Outlook.com Now Supports IMAP, Which Means Great New Apps
Integration  One of the major issues with Microsoft's Hotmail
replacement, Outlook.com, is you could only access it on the web
or, with email clients, through the POP3 or Microsoft's EAS
protocol. A lot more devices and services use IMAP, and now so
does Outlook.com.  This means you can access your Outlook.com
in, say, Thunderbird using IMAP, which offers a few advantages,
such as syncing sent items and other folder changes.  In
addition, it means third-party apps like TripIt, OtherInbox, and
Slice can connect to your Outlook.com email for things like
tracking your travel itineraries, keeping your inbox organized,
and gathering all your receipts (respectively).  Along with the
introduction of IMAP, Microsoft has also made the authorization
for both IMAP and SMTP to OAuth 2.0, so apps/services that
connect to Outlook.com may be more secure, since they require
your authorization.  Check out the changes and the settings for
IMAP in Microsoft's Outlook Blo