Set up e-mail alerts on your mobile phone
If you join Windows Live for Mobile, you can receive e-mail alerts on your mobile phone when you receive e-mail messages at your Windows Live Hotmail account.
To set up e-mail alerts on your mobile phone:
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Join Windows Live for Mobile.
- Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID.
- In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options, and then click More options.
- Under Customize your mail, click Mobile alerts for new messages.
- Click Sign up for Windows Live Mobile - it's free and easy.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
- Under What types of Windows Live Hotmail messages do you want to receive mobile alerts for, select the option that you want.
- Optional: Set up your mobile alert filters.
- Select Messages I specify using mobile alert filters, and then click mobile alert filters.
- On the Mobile alert filters page, do one of the following:
Create a new filter- Click New mobile alert filter.
- Select the filter conditions that you want, and then click Save.
Change the setting for a filter- Next to the filter that you want to modify, click Edit.
- Select the filter conditions that you want, and then click Save.
Delete a filter- Next to the filter that you want to delete, click Delete.
- In the yellow information bar, click Yes to confirm the deletion.
- After you've configured your filters, click Done.
- Click Save
