Hotmail issues for Ipad mini

We have been having problems connecting to hotmail and they have been experiencing server issues . They now say this is fixed yet after several reboots , reinstalls and checking set up had intermittment service. I searched the internet and found this guys instructions in you tube to set up email as Other account.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqGohK7JW9o

I did this and it works well , unfortunately the saved folders and sent mail did not come through.

Important note for outgoing server step his step where he changes port from 587 to 995 , set straight to 25, incoming server is good. Also the incoming server on Ipad mini is easily visible, to go to outgoing server just click on smtp.live .com in mail setup and you have to put your email and password in again

I sent some mail and all OK.

Keep your hotmail account alive as this will still sync your contacts and calendar etc as it appears only mail is the problem.

So you will now have 2 email accounts , when you name this one just change name to Ipad hotmail or similar.

maybe one day hotmail will work properly, but for now at least you can get and send mail.