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How to set up Live Hotmail account in Entourage One of the best feature provided by Windows is to configure Live Hotmail accounts in any mail client and if you own a Mac, luckily you too can do it. Note: Make sure that all the Live mail accounts have to be configured as POP3 account and the steps are mentioned below. Even if you want to make it easier we can not help you as it is not possible to follow setup assistant.Apart from Setting the account up, there are some other steps that needs to be followed, i.e. a scheduler needs to be created as the mails should be sent and received at an interval of not less than 20 minutes as there can be duplicate mails coming in your inbox. Configuring the account: 1. Before we start configuring the account, just login to your Live Hotmail ID using your browser and then just logoff. 2. Now lets start with Entourage, on the Entourage menu, goto Account Settings . 3. Click the arrow after New , and then hit Mail . 4. Now if you get Account Set

Creating a New Account in Entourage Creating a new account in Entourage is simple than any other Email client that you have ever worked on. Here are the steps that you need to follow in order to set up a New POP account. Launch Entourage, click on the Entourage menu (on the very top) then slect Account Settings . On this new Accounts window, click on drop down menu next to New and select Mail POP . Now hit the button Configure account manually . On this edit window enter the details i.e. in the Account name enter a name for this account to identify which Email is configured under this account. In the Name field enter the name that you want to be displayed when someone receives your mail (John Smith, JS Inc.) Enter your complete Email address in the E-Mail address box (e.g. john_smith@bigbird.net) Under the Account ID box enter first part of your email address (e.g. john_smith) In the POP server, enter the POP server name that your administrator might have given you (it should be like