How to Configure Windows Live Hotmail to Always Use SSL Encryption
Posted by Rob Rogers in Internet
If you access Hotmail using its website to view your email over public or unsecure wireless networks, you should use SSL Encryption to help keep your account safe from hackers.
NOTE: Enabling automatic HTTPS will only work for Hotmail’s site, if you use Outlook or Windows Live Mail to acces your account, this setting can cause errors.
1. Go to Hotmail and login to your account.
2. Go to the upper-right corner and click Options. Select More options.
3. Under Managing your account, click Account details (password, aliases, time zone).
4. Scroll down to the Other options section. Click Connect with HTTPS.
5. Select the Use HTTPS automatically radio button.
6. Click the Save button.
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February 09, 2011 at 6:53 pm, Anonymous said:
I haven’t done this because (and don’t even try hacking — this ain’t my email name!) I use Outlook at home to collect Hotmail and I’ve heard time and time again that this will cause errors. I’m not clear why Microsoft –clearly aware of this– hasn’t enabled an Outlook fix.