Gmail unable to receive Hotmail via POP3 now

Scam · 31 Oct 2024 at 11:25

Wasn't 100% sure where the post this. Hotmail seems to have stopped allowing POP3 access as of September, which means I can no longer receive emails into my Gmail account. I use my Gmail account to receive emails from about 3-4 Gmail address, my Hotmail, my own domain email addresses...

I'm not getting anywhere trying to find a straightforward solution online, what I need to do here. Any ideas? :confused:

Scam · 31 Oct 2024 at 15:38

Mr Jack said:
Is it related to the changed authentication requirements?

(That's for Outlook email, but as I understand it that's what hotmail became so I think it still applies)

Correct. But the guides there are lacking instructions for Gmail (surprisingly)

Scam · 31 Oct 2024 at 20:29

visibleman said:
Until GMail supports OAuth (Google Workspace may be different) for connecting to/importing emails then your best bet might be use your email clients to aggregate your emails rather than trying to funnel it all through a single mailbox.

Hmn this is quite problematic. Gmail is my client essentially. I’m surprised more people are not stuck with this!

Scam · 2 Nov 2024 at 09:17

lovelyhead said:
I have multiple old hotmail accounts and I just set up forwarding to send all mail to my gmail account.

It seems like this might be the easiest thing to do now. I never send emails from my Hotmail, just use it for the sites I least trust to sign me up to spam

Weird there’s no solution though. Glad I’m not the only one that couldn’t find one.