hotmail used by Mail.

[juanster]

i know it has been talked about a lot, i have tried reading as many threads as possible, ive tried so many things said in posts, does anyone know and can tell me what i need to do to get my hotmail account to work with Mail?

 

[JNB]

Apparently, you can't. It's not POP or IMAP, strictly HTTP, and this can be found in the Hotmail FAQ's:

To protect our users from the increasing amount of unsolicited junk e-mail or spam sent from MSN Hotmail accounts through Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express, we have reluctantly had to restrict the new use of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express to subscribers.
If you use Microsoft Outlook 2002 or 2003, you can set up a separate Inbox for your Hotmail account within Outlook. This option is currently available for Microsoft Windows operating systems only.

In Outlook, click the Tools menu, and then click E-mail Accounts.
Click Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.
Click HTTP, and then click Next.
Type your user and sign-in information, and then make sure Hotmail is selected as the HTTP Mail Service Provider.
To help protect your privacy, do not select the Remember password check box unless you are the sole person with access to the program. If you do not select the Remember password check box, you will be asked to enter your password in step 5.
Do not select the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box.
Click Next, and then click Finish.

 

[juanster]

Apparently, you can't. It's not POP or IMAP, strictly HTTP, and this can be found in the Hotmail FAQ's:

damn it

 

[rspeaker]

Whoa whoa whoa. There is a way, and I've been using it since I swtiched to Macs (Panther,) and also when I bought my new Intel last year. It's called httpmail. Works just as advertised (and no more going to Hotmail to check it!)

http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php

 

[juanster]

Whoa whoa whoa. There is a way, and I've been using it since I swtiched to Macs (Panther,) and also when I bought my new Intel last year. It's called httpmail. Works just as advertised (and no more going to Hotmail to check it!)

http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php

realllllllllllyy??? ok i ll give that a try thanks a lot man

 

[flopticalcube]

Whoa whoa whoa. There is a way, and I've been using it since I swtiched to Macs (Panther,) and also when I bought my new Intel last year. It's called httpmail. Works just as advertised (and no more going to Hotmail to check it!)

http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php

httpmail does not work on all types of hotmail accounts. If httpmail cannot work for your account try freepops instead. The latest incarnation, 0.2.0, is easy to set up and run on a Mac. The hotmail plugin (which comes with the Mac package) works for most types of hotmail accounts.

 

[rspeaker]

httpmail does not work on all types of hotmail accounts. If httpmail cannot work for your account try freepops instead. The latest incarnation, 0.2.0, is easy to set up and run on a Mac. The hotmail plugin (which comes with the Mac package) works for most types of hotmail accounts.

You're right, I forgot about that. For whatever reason, httpmail works with my account, but freepops won't. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[D0ct0rteeth]

Thanks for the help in this thread. Ive been trying to get httpmail working for my brother.

 

[juanster]

Whoa whoa whoa. There is a way, and I've been using it since I swtiched to Macs (Panther,) and also when I bought my new Intel last year. It's called httpmail. Works just as advertised (and no more going to Hotmail to check it!)

http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php

oh wow,, this works pppppppperfectly thank you sooooo much