How to set up Hotmail.ca for an iPad/iPhone

History of Hotmail.ca

Outlook.com is a personal information manager web app from Microsoft consisting of webmail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks services. Founded in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith as Hotmail, it was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million and relaunched as MSN Hotmail, later rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail as part of the Windows Live suite of products. Microsoft phased out Hotmail in October 2011, relaunching the service as Outlook.com in 2012. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com

Setting up Hotmail.ca

It is possible that the Mail app will find the e-mail settings automatically, and configure your account. Follow these steps to try:

1. Open Settings, then Mail and tap Accounts
2. Tap Add Account, then Other, then tap Add Mail Account.
3. Enter your name, email address, password then a description for your account
4. Tap Next. Mail will now try and find the e-mail parameters and complete setting your account. If Mail finds the email configuration, tap Done to complete your account setup.

If the Mail app didn't find your e-mail parameters, then you have to enter them manually. I think you will need the following information:

Configuration Needed for Receiving Email via IMAP

Configuration Needed for Sending Email (using SMTP)

Tap Next, then follow these steps:

1. Choose IMAP or POP. If you are not sure which one to opt for, contact Hotmail.ca.
2. Type in the required details (You will take a look at the table above) for Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then click Next.
3. If the e-mail settings are correct, tap Save to finish the setup. If the email configuration is incorrect, you'll be asked to modify those settings.
4. If you still can't set up the e-mail account, or store the e-mail settings, contact Hotmail.ca.