I tried those steps and when I typed in the address I want the my mail forward to I got this message "You're only able to forward mail to a custom domain or an e-mail address that ends in hotmail.com, msn.com, or live.com. Please try again." I'm trying to forward it to my yahoo account.
Hey jblnks,
I had that issue as well, but I had to do it exactly as the instructions state...to the tee, step for step. I'm not saying that you didn't, but give it another try. I know the instructions seem to be a little misleading in how they're written, but it does work.
I followed these instructions and it has worked but I have just noticed one thing. When I reply to messages sent to my hotmail from my iphone, the receiving inbox believes it was sent from my gmail address.
If I reply from my PC, then the receiving inbox says- From:
xxx@gmail.com sent on behalf of
xxx@hotmail.com.
Does anyone know how to make it appear it is from my hotmail?
Well, the thing is that it's forwarding the e-mails to your Gmail so I suppose technically those e-mails are no longer a part of Hotmail. It's the same as if you forwarded an email from your Gmail account to your hotmail, it would show it coming from Gmail.
The reason for doing it this way is to get hotmail on your phone without having to pay. If you want to send an e-mail back through hotmail I believe you'll still have to manually log into Safari/Hotmail and send it through there.
Personally, I'm trying to phase out my hotmail account. I can't stand that it deletes all your messages and such if you don't log in for 30 days, and a few other things. The only reason I even have it forwarded to my iPhone is for the odd MSN related e-mail I get, but I have even then told my contacts to please use my other address.
I know that might not be the same for you....so to answer your question, I don't know....but at least you can get your e-mail on your phone, and that's better than logging in every 20 min to check it.
