reading hotmail using pop3

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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This:
http://freepops.sourceforge.net/en

"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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looks good! does it work? how complex is it to install it for yahoo
and hotmail?
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Milhouse Van Houten wrote:

This:
http://freepops.sourceforge.net/en

"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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Tip: It might /not/ work for the Hotmail account in the very near future,
Stef. MSN/Hotmail's going to be rolling out some mail server changes very
soon.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

stef wrote:
looks good! does it work? how complex is it to install it for yahoo
and hotmail?

This:
http://freepops.sourceforge.net/en

"stef" wrote in message
...
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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u mean the "live" thing, etc.?
u can always use it in the meantime if it works....
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PA Bear wrote:

Tip: It might not work for the Hotmail account in the very near
future, Stef. MSN/Hotmail's going to be rolling out some mail server
changes very soon.

You can't "pop3" it. Because it is html.

However, it is trivial to configure to read/write your hotmail in OE.

OE | Tools | Accounts | Mail | Add | Mail |

Fill out all the blanks, and viola! You've got OE hotmail. Yes, even the
free hotmail. I just tested that too.

-Frank

"stef" wrote in message
...
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
--

They're pretty responsive to changes (one of the latest, mentioned on the
home page, refers to live.com).

It does sometimes require a little care and feeding, but the forum has all
the information you need:
http://freepops.diludovico.it/freepops-english/

"stef" wrote in message
...
u mean the "live" thing, etc.?
u can always use it in the meantime if it works....
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PA Bear wrote:

Tip: It might not work for the Hotmail account in the very near
future, Stef. MSN/Hotmail's going to be rolling out some mail server
changes very soon.

That won't work for free accounts unless you have an older, grandfathered
account that you've been using this way all along. FreePOPs does effectively
give you POP3 and works with any kind of account.

"Frankster" wrote in message
news
You can't "pop3" it. Because it is html.

However, it is trivial to configure to read/write your hotmail in OE.

OE | Tools | Accounts | Mail | Add | Mail |

Fill out all the blanks, and viola! You've got OE hotmail. Yes, even the
free hotmail. I just tested that too.

-Frank

"stef" wrote in message
...
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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tx. any chance u can give me a direct link in the freepops forum where
the specifics are?
there r so many posts on that forum; specific links wd be helpful..
i just signed up for a new email address and would like to
use freepops with AND also use it with this hotmail address as well.....
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Milhouse Van Houten wrote:

They're pretty responsive to changes (one of the latest, mentioned on
the home page, refers to live.com).

It does sometimes require a little care and feeding, but the forum
has all the information you need:
http://freepops.diludovico.it/freepops-english/

"stef" wrote in message
...
u mean the "live" thing, etc.?
u can always use it in the meantime if it works....
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PA Bear wrote:

Tip: It might not work for the Hotmail account in the very near
future, Stef. MSN/Hotmail's going to be rolling out some mail
server changes very soon.

btw, i just read that u still have to use your ISP's smtp server as
freepops only takes care of the pop side not the sending of messages.
is that true?
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Milhouse Van Houten wrote:

They're pretty responsive to changes (one of the latest, mentioned on
the home page, refers to live.com).

It does sometimes require a little care and feeding, but the forum
has all the information you need:
http://freepops.diludovico.it/freepops-english/

"stef" wrote in message
...
u mean the "live" thing, etc.?
u can always use it in the meantime if it works....
--


PA Bear wrote:

Tip: It might not work for the Hotmail account in the very near
future, Stef. MSN/Hotmail's going to be rolling out some mail
server changes very soon.