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Is there a current or planned API for retrieving or sending email through outlook.com? I can't seem to find if this is or will be supported through POP, IMAP, Exchange or what. The Live Connect Developer Center doesn't seem to mention outlook.com yet.

Tim Lehner
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    I have read that Hotmail and Live.com are same thing in a blog. When I clicked on developer link in bottom I found http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/live//default.aspx hope this have something interesting for you. – Anirudha Gupta Aug 01 '12 at 19:38
  • Hey @Tim, what you means send or get email through outlook.com? if you try to send mail in your code by outlook.com then it's also use smtp server of outlook.co. – Anirudha Gupta Aug 01 '12 at 19:41
  • outlook.com is just a UI which is used email address hosted in Hotmail or outlook.com itself. if you use hotmail.com service it's make you also use outlook.com services. – Anirudha Gupta Aug 01 '12 at 19:42

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I don't know if it means anything now, but Microsoft has released what we need

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/live/hh826535

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I couldn't find a lot (it's all pretty new)

A reference to Azure and the Outlook.com app marketplace

And an MSDN reference that looks promising but doesn't state anything about Outlook.com but my bet is you can use these APIs to connect to Outlook.com too (or soon)

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Outlook.com now supports IMAP.

MSDN Reference for Outlook.com IMAP

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While this may not be the whole answer for everyone, my Palm came up with these settings on its own, and they seem to work:

Incoming mail server:

  • pop3.live.com
  • SSL encryption
  • Port 995

Outgoing mail server:

  • smtp.live.com
  • Use authentication: on
  • TLS encryption
  • Port 587

This seems to agree with the community info provided in Microsoft Answers.

Tim Lehner
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