Hotmail POP3 access

[El Koeno]

Hi,

I'm currently using Opera on my laptop. It's pretty nice, but I can't access my hotmail using its mail program. Well, I can access it, using FreePOPs, but I can't send any mail.

If anyone knows other (free) programs like this, that do allow you to send mail, I'd be glad to hear.

BTW: I know I can do this with Thunderbird, but I wanted to try out Opera's all in one approach. If it doesn't work out at all, I'll consider moving back to FF/TB.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

With Hotmail I think you have to pay to be able to do that.

 

[Zelig]

Yeah, hotmail doesn't have real pop3, clients that downloading messages from it are using workaround hacks.

Why switch to FF/TB because the M2 client doesn't work? Why not just switch to Opera/TB?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Easy: Switch to Gmail.
Nah, not really. But you do have to pay for Hotmail POP3 access, but smart people (or cheap ) got past it. I once seen something.

Okay, it was for Yahoo Mail. But it may be useful.
http://jjjunk.com/2007/07/18/how-to-forward-yahoo-mail-to-gmail-without-having-yahoo-plus/

 

[GrandAdmiral]

The pop3 access for hotmail is pretty misleading. You do need to pay for it if you are not using a work around. Conventionally you need to use a mail client such as Windows Live Mail desktop to access it reliably ( or another MS mail client such as Outlook ). The same goes for accessing hotmail on your cellphone.

You also have to pay for Yahoo pop mail but you can use it with any client. Some non- US accounts such as Yahoo Japan let you get free pop mail if you let them send you spam.

Gmail has free pop mail access. Although it is very finicky at times if you are accessing it from multiple clients. They have been improving it though. It works best if you set it for recent mail instead of synching every message you have on the server.