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Years later, Hotmail supports incoming POP
Configuring the new feature is pretty straightforward. Log into your Hotmail account and click “Add an e-mail account” on the left side of your inbox. Then, simply provide the email address and password for your other account and choose where you want the messages to appear. Naturally, you’ll also need to go and enable the POP3 services of your other account.
Then again, if you want speedier access and a more intelligent user interface, switch to Gmail and access multiple email accounts using that instead.
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Tekkaraiden
on July 1, 2009 7:08 AM |
I'm pretty sure hotmail had this feature before it was owned by microsoft. They just got rid of it. |
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gobbybobby
on July 1, 2009 7:21 AM |
so thats why I could never send emails from outlook express. I Spent ages trying to configure it to send emails. Looks like you can't! |
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TJGeezer
on July 1, 2009 9:50 AM |
Gmail has had POP3 access since the early betas, not to mention the best spam filter I've seen anywhere. It never seems to stop mail I've asked for but it lets precious little spam through. I'm not a Google religious nut, but once I saw Gmail I stopped even looking at Hotmail. Adding POP3 access this late in the game won't change that, even if Hotmail did manage to speed up its service. I doubt MS is interested in spending the kind of bucks that would take. |
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TomSEA
on July 1, 2009 10:48 AM |
LOL...between Yahoo! and Gmail, I'm surprised HotMail even exists any more. |
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Rick
on July 1, 2009 2:01 PM |
LOL. POP... Gmail has IMAP.... |
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gobbybobby
on July 1, 2009 3:45 PM |
people have Hotmail because it links to Windows live messenger (MSN) Xbox Live. and other ''. net services'' (I no it has not been called a .NET passport in a long time, they call it a windows live ID.) People have several email accouts. Google also have a whole host of services linked to a g mail account, such as google earth photo uploads. Yahoo have games and yahoo messenger. |
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Relic
on July 1, 2009 5:39 PM |
Once Microsoft let me merge all my live ID services to gmail, I never logged back into my hotmail account...wonder if I still get mail there. Oh well... |
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Guest
on July 10, 2009 7:28 AM |
Heh, people are misunderstanding the article. They are saying Hotmail will now check pop3 on other email accounts and drag it into it's own clunky interface. Gmail has been doing this for ages. Hotmail has always had outgoing pop3 access as it seems so many commenters are thinking. You just have to subscribe for it. |
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Guest
on July 12, 2009 2:22 PM |
POP3 POP3 access is now available for all Hotmail accounts, adding support to access Hotmail from any email client ? most notably mobile devices.[8] POP3 Settings: POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995) POP SSL required? Yes User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587) Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password) TLS/SSL required? Yes That was taken from the hotmail wiki, it works ive tried with outlook and my cell phone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail#POP3 |
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