How To Recover Temporarily Disabled Hotmail Account

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Hotmail email account is one of the promising email services. Microsoft Incorporation introduced this email service as the initial era email service. The Hotmail account is easy to use and a regular computer and internet user can use it for emailing and other communication.

Though, Hotmail is easy to use; some users are struggling with it. In fact, they have acknowledged some real problems with it. We have collected the major issues and their respective solution for all Hotmail users.

When users find that, the account is temporarily disabled; use this quick guide to get it fixed.

Step to recover temporarily disabled Hotmail account 

  • The first step in order to get access to your disabled Hotmail account, visit the link https://account.microsoft.com and sign in to your account
  • Once you are done with signing in, you need to provide a phone number to get a security code to be sent to you like a text message. It can be any phone that is actively working and can receive text messages for you; need not to be your personal one
  • Meanwhile, text with security code reaches up to you, here enter the security code into the web page and hit enter
  • Now, you have to change your password to complete this unblocking process
  • Finally, you have successfully reactivated your Hotmail account

You can block unwanted senders and Junk mails into your account using this quick guide.

Steps to block junk mail on Hotmail account

  • Start with signing in to your Hotmail account
  • Now, from the top of the inbox page; simply go to the Settings > Options > Mail > Junk email by clicking on them
  • here, you have to choose the Blocked senders by clicking on it
  • Also, enter the email address or domain that you want to block and choose the Add icon
  • Your final step is to click on Save button

If you are using the Hotmail account on some third-party email client application, you can take help from this server settings guide and fix the issue.

IMAP mail account settings

Incoming (IMAP) Server
  • Server address: imap-mail.outlook.com
  • Port: 993
  • Encrypted Connection: SSL

Outgoing (SMTP) Server

  • Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com
  • Port: 25 (or 587 if 25 is blocked)
  • Authentication: Yes
  • Encrypted Connection: TLS

Or

POP mail account settings

Incoming (POP3) Server
  • Server address: pop-mail.outlook.com
  • Port: 995
  • Encrypted Connection: SSL
Outgoing (SMTP) Server
  • Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com
  • Port: 25 (or 587 if 25 is blocked)
  • Authentication: Yes
  • Encrypted Connection: TLS

We have given the most common issue experienced by Hotmail users and their fixes. In case, you are not sure; you can take help from the Hotmail customer support team.

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