I'm using Windows xp. I have been reading suggestions and this is what I've done so far. I went into
www.outlook.com went into options, POP and IMAP, clicked yes to Let devices and apps use POP but I didnt allow them to delete messages. I saved my changes and hit the back arrow. After enabling POP3 I opened Windows Live Mail, created a new account for my old email address and checked the box that said Manually config server settings. For incoming server info I selected POP-mail.outlook.com, Port 995, SSL.
For Outing server smtp-mail.outlook.com, Port 25, TLS.
After doing all this I get a message on my screen saying ' We were unable to reach your e mail provider. Please check your server settings or try again later'.
Strollin you mentioned that outlook.com no longer supports the protocol WLM uses (delta sync) to retrieve the mail). Is that what is wrong I wonder. If I change to Thunderbird can I keep my currant e mail address?