reading hotmail using pop3

"stef" wrote in message
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follow-up to: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress

is it possible AT ALL to pop3 my hotmail account (free account, not
premium, etc.)

as an alternative, i hear pop peeper does that job. any comments?

tx
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No.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

You can't do it on the free version but you can if you pay a subscription
£14.99 per year.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"stef" wrote in message
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follow-up to: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress

is it possible AT ALL to pop3 my hotmail account (free account, not
premium, etc.)

as an alternative, i hear pop peeper does that job. any comments?

tx
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No.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

"stef" wrote in message
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follow-up to: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress

is it possible AT ALL to pop3 my hotmail account (free account, not
premium, etc.)

Not without third party software


as an alternative, i hear pop peeper does that job. any comments?


never used this one, freepops is the other main software, but I think you'll
find all these are a bit limited in that they only allow you access to your
Hotmail Inbox - if you have other folders set up in Hotmail you won't see
those.

HTH

just as an indication, it IS possible in Thunderbird using their
webmail extension.
you can pop the hotmail (haven't been able to do it wi/ the msn.com
address tho), and yahoo on both sides (send and receive).....
i was wondering if this wd be possible w/ other email clients as well,
etc....
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N. Miller wrote:

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:58:18 -0800, stef wrote:

follow-up to:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress

No. MSN does not operate a POP3 server for users in the msn.com, or
hotmail.com domains; with the rare exception of grandfathered users
of the MSN service from way back when they did offer POP3/SMTP
access. You would know it if the exception covered your service.

is it possible AT ALL to pop3 my hotmail account (free account, not
premium, etc.)

No.

as an alternative, i hear pop peeper does that job. any comments?

It is a mail proxy, with all that entails when using MS Outlook
Express. It probably will work, but it might hose your .dbx files if
it doesn't.

Hotmail doesn't provide POP3 access.

There are several programs that simulate POP3 access. If he program
uses the HTTP access that OE does, then it would require a paid account.
If the program simulates web access, then it would work with a free
account, but the program would require updates whenever Hotmail changes
their web interface.

You'd have to check with individual products to find out if they will
work with a free account.

Lua FreePOPs for Web base mail sites
http://freepops.sourceforge.net

IzyMail (replaces Pop3Hot) for AOL, MSN, Hotmail, Yahoo)
http://pop3hot.com/


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"stef" wrote in message
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follow-up to: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress

is it possible AT ALL to pop3 my hotmail account (free account, not
premium, etc.)

as an alternative, i hear pop peeper does that job. any comments?

tx
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thanks....
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Michael Santovec wrote:

Hotmail doesn't provide POP3 access.

There are several programs that simulate POP3 access. If he
program uses the HTTP access that OE does, then it would require a
paid account. If the program simulates web access, then it would work
with a free account, but the program would require updates whenever
Hotmail changes their web interface.

You'd have to check with individual products to find out if they will
work with a free account.

Lua FreePOPs for Web base mail sites
http://freepops.sourceforge.net

IzyMail (replaces Pop3Hot) for AOL, MSN, Hotmail, Yahoo)
http://pop3hot.com/

No directly from hotmail. It only supports http if you have a paid account
or are a legacy user.

However 'web scrapers' like the one you mentioned can simulate a pop server
on your email client; but they need some setup (with the mail server being
localhost) etc


"stef" wrote in message
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follow-up to: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress

is it possible AT ALL to pop3 my hotmail account (free account, not
premium, etc.)

as an alternative, i hear pop peeper does that job. any comments?

tx
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