Hotmail and Apple Mail/Thunderbird

[RoleyBirkin]

Couldn't find an answer on this after a search

Will Hotmail(free) work with Mail, and for that matter, Thunderbird on Mac

Can't seem to make it happen, e.g. income server settings?

 

[Scythe]

I think for Hotmail you have to pay.
Google mail does it for free though

 

[Will_3rd]

Think there is a HTTP mail plugin for Mail but I don't remember where from

 

[RoleyBirkin]

If it's the 'HTTP Mail Plugin', i've tried it and it doesn't work.

??

 

[Ol!ver]

When I set the missus' iPhone up tonight, I'm going to make her create a gmail account and forward all her Hotmail stuff to that. Hotmail is the work of the devil !

 

[Deleted member 651465]

To have a free service you need to have an old Hotmail account (<2003).

Anything newer and you have to pay Microsoft for the privilege

 

[RoleyBirkin]

Can hotmail be made to automatically forward to another email address?

 

[TheVoice]

I have no idea if it helps, but this is apparently the Hotmail server URL for the HTTP server:

http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v1.0.0/sync.aspx

Taken that straight from the Windows Live Mail program I use. Doesn't provide any other connection details though, but maybe it'll somehow work.

 

[Ol!ver]

Can hotmail be made to automatically forward to another email address?

Yeah, just checked my Mum's account.

 

[RoleyBirkin]

How would that be done then! ?

 

[theheyes]

Yeah I've wanted to do that for a while (forward from Hotmail) although I've not checked recently.

 

[MTWest]

Just thought I'd add that the HTTP plugin worked for me, quite a neat little thing that! I'm happy I can use Mail now to read Hotmail emails, cheers

 

[RoleyBirkin]

Just thought I'd add that the HTTP plugin worked for me, quite a neat little thing that! I'm happy I can use Mail now to read Hotmail emails, cheers

But when did you get your hotmail account?

 

[RoleyBirkin]

bump.

 

[ichabod crane]

Ok the Hotmail plugin only works with old accounts and also isnt very compatible with leopard, if you want mail with hotmail you have to pay no other way around it.

 

[RoleyBirkin]

Ok.

After MUCH searching, experimenting and arse-ing around, I think I've nearly cracked this.

By using a program call 'FreeMacPops', I'm able to make Hotmail work with TB. Atleast it certainly works with the Inbox - still working on how to get your other Hotmail folders to work.

This might all be old news of course