http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: POP3 access is now available to all Hotmail users en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:09:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56648 Wed, 13 May 2009 09:42:43 +0000 Lee 56648@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>POP server: pop3.live.com</p> <p>POP SSL required? Yes</p> <p>User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example <a href="mailto:yourname@hotmail.com">yourname@hotmail.com</a></p> <p>Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live</p> <p>SMTP server: smtp.live.com</p> <p>Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)</p> <p>TLS/SSL required? Yes</p> <p>Is how I set my accounts up with MailWasher professional v6.04.</p> <p>It configured ports automatically. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56635 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:38:38 +0000 Robert 56635@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Sue.<br /> Actually the outgoing mail server preferably belongs to your ISP (smpt.your ISP - port 25)... or to the server where you setup your email account.(smpt.live.com - port 587)<br /> If you use the last one you might be asked now and then to decipher a captcha,due to anti-spam reasons.<br /> <a href="http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/01/06/send-and-receive-windows-live-hotmail-emails-from-a-mail-client.aspx">send-and-receive-windows-live-hotmail-emails-from-a-mail-client</a><br /> But somehow FF or my ISP didn't like it me using port 25 at that particular moment.</p> <p>The original announcement was <a href="http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!32413.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&#38;sa=4635819">here</a>. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56633 Tue, 12 May 2009 21:53:08 +0000 RosnSC 56633@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Robert, according to the info on the page at the following web site, the info in your OP is correct. There appears to be no reason to delete your OP. Just out of curiosity, though, where did you read your info at?</p> <p><a href="http://blog.eches.net/microsoft/free-pop3-access-to-all-windows-live-hotmail-users/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.eches.net/microsoft/free-pop3-access-to-all-windows-live-hotmail-users/</a></p> <p>Sue </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56616 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:58:58 +0000 Robert 56616@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Oops...<br /> Could some kind mod please change the original post,leaving this one.</p> <p>Outgoing server:<br /> SMTP server: smtp.live.com<br /> <strong>(Port 587 )</strong></p> <p>(tested with Outlook Express,Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 portable (without plugins) and Windows live Mail) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56615 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:55:30 +0000 Buzz 56615@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Robert. Tried foxmail, another freeware (don't remember name)<br /> even thunderbird with hotmail and webmail plugins without suck-cess.</p> <p>Followed directions, tried many different settings and it all sucks.</p> <p>ps- what prog. do you use to make it work? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56611 Tue, 12 May 2009 16:34:58 +0000 Robert 56611@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I remember having problems too, when I first tried this.<br /> Had to go online first and login into my account that somehow reactivated itself(..my Inbox was completely empty).<br /> No problems since.<br /> Too bad I can't see your settings 'cause every little detail counts.<br /> What email clients did you try? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56606 Tue, 12 May 2009 15:35:32 +0000 Buzz 56606@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have wimbos live ID, tried 3 different email clients this morning<br /> and none of them worked/connected. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56597 Tue, 12 May 2009 12:47:06 +0000 Robert 56597@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I see what you mean BuBBy...<br /> Sue,all former Hotmail accounts need to be linked nowadays with a windows live ID first.Maybe that's the reason why it stopped working.<br /> It's all about give and take I suppose...<br /> And it would be nice if Yahoo! joined the party.After all, GMail supports POP3 access too. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56587 Tue, 12 May 2009 07:44:17 +0000 BuBBy 56587@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hmm. I've been using hotmail for so long with Mozilla Thunderbird - that I had actually forgot how I was getting my mail off the hotmail servers. Just checked to see what I've been using and....</p> <p><a href="http://webmail.mozdev.org/" rel="nofollow">http://webmail.mozdev.org/</a></p> <p>Been a few years now - and it has been running so smoothly - I had forgotten it was there (truth is I don't give it much thought anymore). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56582 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:59:42 +0000 RosnSC 56582@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Robert, I tried that a bit back, and it didn't work - that was before March, 2009 though. I tried that with my comcast.net account, too, and at first it worked, but then stopped. Thanks for that info. :)</p> <p>Sue </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56574 Mon, 11 May 2009 23:04:20 +0000 GMMan, A+, Game Modder 56574@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Nlce. Now we don't have to be tied to bloaty and non portable Outlook. I think thls may be M$'s way of opening up for free software. BTW I typed out this message on my Xbox with my controller... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5308#post-56562 Mon, 11 May 2009 19:31:23 +0000 Robert 56562@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Just thought I'd mention this.Maybe some of you missed the announcement made by Microsoft.</p> <p>As of March 12, 2009 POP3 access is free and available again to all Hotmail users.<br /> So you can use your favorite email program to retrieve and send messages with Hotmail.</p> <p>Enter these items into your email program, to configure the account:</p> <p>Account Hotmail:</p> <p>POP server: pop3.live.com<br /> (Port <strong>995</strong>)<br /> POP SSL required? Yes<br /> User name: <a href="mailto:YourAccount@hotmail.com">YourAccount@hotmail.com</a><br /> Password: Your password<br /> SMTP server: smtp.live.com<br /> (Port <strong>25</strong>)<br /> Authentication required? Yes<br /> TLS/SSL required? Yes </p>