See how you can configure Outlook with an Outlook.com (Hotmail), Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL or iCloud account. The account settings are given for each possible account type and clarified with screenshots.
Microsoft is migrating all Outlook.com mailboxes to the Office 365 Exchange Online mail servers. This will give you a much better synching experience in Outlook but unfortunately may require you to re-add the Outlook.com account to Outlook and make some additional changes once your mailbox has been moved over.
This guide introduces several techniques which you can use to sort your email based on the account you have received it with. While this guide is mainly focused on separating mails received from different accounts, the techniques can be used to sort mail based on other criteria as well.
Outlook names your email account and mailbox folder set after your email address. Find out how you can change them into something shorter.
Using an Outlook.com account is a great alternative for your current POP3 or IMAP account if you want to sync your emails, contacts and calendar items with multiple devices such as your desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet or smartphone. It behaves a lot like a personal (hosted) Exchange or Office 365 account but for free. You can set it up with an @outlook.com address, your own domain but also with an address you already have from another provider like Gmail.
Learn how to show Outlook data on the Live Tiles in Windows 8. For instance, show your upcoming appointments on the new Start Screen or Lock Screen.
This guide discusses the main changes and new features of Outlook 2013 and provides several tips on how to work with or around them.
Need additional mail profiles or need to recreate it? While a single mail profile can contain multiple mail accounts and different account types, in some cases it might be recommended or required to create an additional mail profile or to recreate the current one.
What is the difference between an e-mail address and an alias and how does that relate to a mailbox?
There are many reasons why sending or receiving a message could fail. This guide provides solutions to solve your send/receive errors with Outlook.
