Greetings!

I just signed up for a new live.com email account. Then I setup the Outlook Express so that I can read my emails without logging into the Live.com website. While setting up Outlook, I made sure to fill correct email ID and password. However, the test email failed. And now I can only receive emails but can't send emails. I did receive the Hotmail welcome email which stated I need to verify my account by logging into my Live.com account. So I did that. But still, I cannot send emails through Outlook. I simply fail to understand this COOL Live.com feature. If you don't wish to allow people to use Outlook, simply write that down in bold letters so that people don't waste their time creating a Live.com email account.

Is there a simple fix to this problem? And I'm sure, I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. My sister created a Live.com email ID a week ago. She also tried to use Outlook and had the exact same problem. Can't send emails using outlook. So what do I have to do in order to verify myself that I'm not some spammer or hacker, I'm just a simple person trying to make my life easier by using Outlook.

Please, make things easier, not complicated. If there a solution to this, can you reply and help me? Appreciate your help a lot.

Thanks.