Hotmail for Thunderbird

b2bomber81 · Nov 27, 2004

Hey guys, how's it going. I'm trying to convert from the evil empire's browser and email software, to go 100% Mozilla. I love Firefox. It's a great alternative to Explorer. But I want to use Thunderbird also. The only plugin I've found for it to be able to access Hotmail, actually downloads and deletes the messages from Hotmail. Outlook Express just downloads new mail and keeps it on the server - which is a feature I really like. I would like Thunderbird to do the same thing.

Anybody seen any other options for being able to do this? Any links to some good plugins that will do this? Thanks!

Didou · Nov 27, 2004

I do not know which of these you've already tried & I can't exactly tell you which one leaves the messages on the Hotmail server.

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Mr Postman

Rick · Nov 27, 2004

For as long as you use hotmail, you will never be able to escape the Evil Empire.

Can I access my Netscape WebMail or Hotmail accounts through Thunderbird?

No. Netscape WebMail and Hotmail use proprietary protocols. To access WebMail directly through an e-mail client requires you to use Netscape 6+ with AIM; to do so with Hotmail requires either Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. There are also freeware applications available that will let you do the same thing, such as Hotmail Popper.

Another example is Gotmail, which is a utility to non-interactively download email from a Hotmail account. It can download messages from all folders, messages from certain folders, or new messages only. There are options to delete downloaded messages or mark them as read. Gotmail can forward messages to other email addresses or save them as local mbox-style mailboxes.

Of course, you can access your WebMail account on the Web at http://webmail.netscape.com/, or Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com/.

Source: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cach...ml thunderbird hotmail&hl=en&client=firefox-a

b2bomber81 · Nov 27, 2004

Rick said:

For as long as you use hotmail, you will never be able to escape the Evil Empire.

Yeah, but I like the evil empire's Hotmail service. I don't totally hate everything the evil empire produces - just Explorer and Outlook Express :unch:

Thanks for the info guys. I have tried Postman - it does download and delete the messages from the server. But I'll check out this Hotmail Popper and see what it does.

thanks!

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Hotmail for Thunderbird

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