Thunderbird 0.8 and hotmail

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orbit

macrumors member

Original poster

• Sep 17, 2004

• #1

Hey is is possible to get thunderbird 0.8 to work with hotmail? its such a nice app but I cant get it to work with hotmail

thanks

 

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justinshiding

macrumors member

• Sep 17, 2004

• #2

orbit said:

Hey is is possible to get thunderbird 0.8 to work with hotmail? its such a nice app but I cant get it to work with hotmail

thanks

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Honestly I'm not sure about running it on the mac, but I have it running on my pc...you need some third party software to actually connect and get the mail...I'm using a program called mr postman...there might be something for the mac that would do the same.

Justin

 

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orbit

macrumors member

Original poster

• Sep 17, 2004

• #3

ive looked but cant find one 🙁 i liked thunderbird so much aswell 🙁

 

munkle

macrumors 68030

• Sep 17, 2004

• #4

Not quite what you're looking for but you can use httpmail to get get Hotmail working with mail.app.

 

Rocksaurus

macrumors 6502a

• Sep 18, 2004

• #5

will httpmail add my hotmail account along w/ my current (school) account or will it overwrite my school account with the hotmail account? 😕

 

munkle

macrumors 68030

• Sep 18, 2004

• #6

Rocksaurus said:

will httpmail add my hotmail account along w/ my current (school) account or will it overwrite my school account with the hotmail account? 😕

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httpmail will add another account to Mail, it won't replace the account you already have. Both accounts will appear under your inbox.

 

Rocksaurus

macrumors 6502a

• Sep 18, 2004

• #7

YESSSS

Oh...My god... This httpmail is the coolest thing EVER. I can't believe I didn't think to look for it. Many thanks, this is AWESOME. Now they just need to make one for gmail 🙄
PS if you want a gmail account, lemme know

 

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orbit

macrumors member

Original poster

• Sep 18, 2004

• #8

yeah ive tryed httpmail but i would prefer to use thunderbird 🙂 so i need a httpmail type thing for it

 

munkle

macrumors 68030

• Sep 18, 2004

• #9

Rocksaurus said:

Oh...My god... This httpmail is the coolest thing EVER. I can't believe I didn't think to look for it. Many thanks, this is AWESOME. Now they just need to make one for gmail 🙄
PS if you want a gmail account, lemme know

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Yeah a httpmail equivalent for gmail would be nice, but in the mean time you could give GMailStatus or GCount a go. They're basically menu bar utilities that tell you the number of unread mail you have in your inbox, not as good as full mail functionality but still pretty useful! 🙂