Set Up Mail on Your Mac for Hotmail
If you have an active Hotmail email address, you can set it up quickly in Mac Mail. You can read and respond to mail and send new mail using your Hotmail email address from inside the Mail application on your Mac.
How to Get a New Hotmail Account
If you don’t have a Hotmail address, it isn’t too late to get one. Microsoft considers Hotmail to be legacy email, but the company still supports it. To sign up for a new Hotmail account:
How to See if Your Hotmail Account Is Still Active
If you have a working Hotmail email address, your mailbox is located at Outlook.com. Check Outlook.com to ensure your account is active. If you haven’t used your Hotmail email address for over a year, it may have been deactivated. Log in to Outlook.com with your Hotmail email address and password. If you don’t see it, it probably isn’t active. Don’t worry. You can set up a new Hotmail address.
