Setting Up Carleton E-mail in Hotmail
1. There are two methods for accessing your new mailbox. You can either login to the Carleton Portal (http://www.carleton.ca/portal) with your normal login details and click the ‘Carleton Email’ link or go to https://login.microsoftonline.com/. This is the standard Microsoft Outlook Live webmail portal that will link to your Carleton Email account. Use the full email address to login i.e. [email protected]
2. Once you have logged into the mailbox, click on the ‘Options’ link in the top right hand corner and then select the ‘See All Options’
3. In the Account Settings menu, click on the ‘Settings for POP, IMAP and SMTP access... link. This will then display a pop-up window with your specific account settings in. Take a note of all of these settings. 4. Once this is done you can then ‘sign out’ of your email account and then login to your Hotmail account (http://www.hotmail.com) 5. Login to Hotmail and click on the Cog Icon in the top right hand corner and select “More Email Settings”. 6. Under the ‘Managing your Accounts’ section, click on the ‘Your email accounts’ link. Then in this section, click on the ‘Add a send-and-receive account’ button.
7. In the next window, click the ‘Advanced Options’ link first then fill in the following details” a. Email Address:
8. Click Next. Hotmail should then check and setup your account. If successful it should ask you if you want the new emails to go directly into your inbox or a separate folder. Choose which best suits your needs and click save to finish.