Setting up email to work - with outlook/live/hotmail

[ubacher]

I finally tried to use the IM email feature. But it fails on my settings.
I use web based outlook (formally live mail and before that hotmail) as my mail.
I select smtp.live.com; Port, Authentication and Connection at default settings.
I put my email and password. Send test mail fails.

On the computer I run thunderbird as the default mail server. Works OK.

What am I doing wrong?

[Mario]

Does IMatch display an error message?
Which one?
What's in the log? Usually when the connection fails, IMatch logs the response from the server in the log file.

[jch2103]

Is IMatch supposed to work with web-based e-mail? I thought I had trouble in an earlier version with that, and had to use an e-mail client program. But maybe I'm confused/out of date.

[Mario]

IMatch supports sending email both via Windows MAPI (the default Windows email feature) and also by directly connecting to a mail server. As long as your provider supports standard mail server protocols, it can be used in IMatch (including googlemail, hotmail, Yahoo email etc.). Only when you use a mail provider which only supports sending and received emails via a web browser or a dedicated app you are locked in.

[ubacher]

I found it to work with the following settings:
Host : smtp-mail.outlook.com
Authentication: Auto
Connection: AUTOTLS
user: My hotmail email address
From email: above address

[sinus]

I found it to work with the following settings:
Host : smtp-mail.outlook.com
Authentication: Auto
Connection: AUTOTLS
user: My hotmail email address
From email: above address

Hi Ubacher ...

thanks a lot, your posting helped me a lot!

BTW, pictures are sent as attachements, do your know a way, that such a pictures, created and sent by IM5, does displaying in the mail? I am using also Outlook.

[Mario]

This may be possible by constructing a HTML email.
Send yourself a HTML email with some image attachments. Then look at the source code and how the HTML refers to the images attached. Maybe this gives you some clues.

[sinus]

This may be possible by constructing a HTML email.
Send yourself a HTML email with some image attachments. Then look at the source code and how the HTML refers to the images attached. Maybe this gives you some clues.

Yes, Mario, it does gives me some clues, thanks a lot! I will try!

[jch2103]

I found it to work with the following settings:
Host : smtp-mail.outlook.com
Authentication: Auto
Connection: AUTOTLS
user: My hotmail email address
From email: above address

I was able to set up IMatch e-mail back in May or June using ubacher's suggestion above, but now (on another computer) I'm having problems. Did something change on either the IMatch or Microsoft ends?

Also, when I tried to use a gmail account, I got a message that the attempt to send was blocked because I wasn't using the latest secure methods. Not sure how to change that.

[jch2103]

In case it helps anyone else, I got IMatch e-mail working again with these settings:

Host: smtp-mail.outlook.com
Port: 587
Authentication: Auto
Connection: AUTOTLS
User: [user name]@live.com

etc.

[digi56]

  Thank you, works great