1. Overview
  2. Sendent for Outlook (Cross-Platform)
  3. Getting Started (Administrator)
  4. How to Set Up With Outlook.com, Live.com, or Hotmail.com

How to Set Up With Outlook.com, Live.com, or Hotmail.com

This article is intended for users of the free Outlook.com email service platform, which is also known as live.com or hotmail.com. If you wish to use the Sendent for Outlook integration, you will need to sideload the application into your mailbox.

 

In order to do that, make sure you're logged in with your outlook.com account in the browser. From there on, click the link below. This will open a new window that shows you the ability to manage installed plugins and sideload the Outlook integration.

https://outlook.live.com/mail/owa/?path=/options/manageapps

The window your presented with contains a pop-up that shows you possible Outlook integration to install, it looks like the image shown below.

Dialog when clicked up-on link.

From there on if you click 'my add-ins', you will see the option to load in custom add-ins.

Option when clicked up-on 'Add a custom add-in'.

The file you have to upload is your customized manifest file, this can be found by navigating to your hosted Sendent for Outlook instance, for example: https://outlook.sendent.com/manifest.xml.

Next if you have your manifest file opened, save it as 'manifest.xml' on your local-drive (shortcut ctrl + s). In your Outlook.com tab, where you have the above custom addins dialog available, add your manifest.xml in the 'Add from file...' option.

You will be prompted with a warning if you're sure to install a custom add-in.

Dialog shown when uploading manifest.

Click on 'Install' to install Sendent for Outlook into your outlook.com account. 

If the installation was succesfull the dialog will show you that Sendent for Outlook is installed. 

Verification that Sendent for Outlook is installed within your Outlook.com account.

In order for the add-in to fully load properly, we recommend a page reload.

If you want to uninstall Sendent for Outlook

  1. If you're logged in with your account in the browser, navigate to: https://outlook.live.com/mail/owa/?path=/options/manageapps
  2. Click "My add-ins" 
  3. Click on the dots ("...") you see at Sendent for Outlook 
  4. Click on "Remove".
  5. We recommend a page reload.

Removing Sendent for Outlook from your mail account.


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