Hotmail POP3 access from Inbox...

[andresp]

Has anyone with premium Hotmail account managed to make POP access work from within the Inbox client?

I have three premium (paid for) Hotmail accounts that I wish to quickly access WITHOUT having to sign-in and out from one to the other everytime single time.

Having the Inbox app download my emails automatically from all three accounts at the same time every 15mins is what I'm hoping for.

I have tried PocketMSN and WindowsLive apps, but they both handle only one account at a time. Also I have tried the pop3.live.com and smtp.live.com servers with no success.

I'm using a WM5 Athena.

Thanks for any help.

[greendaypunk74]

I heard hotmail got rid of the pop3.


Try pop3.email.msn.com
smtp.email.msn.com

[andresp]

Thanks, but apparently they pulled the plug on those servers. And for some reason the new live.com mail servers do not work with the Inbox app. But have read some are successfuly using them with Outlook. Maybe an SSL thing.

I just can't believe my Blackberry can handle mail so much better than this thing. It can automatically download several accounts, hotmail (free or Premium), gmail, pop3, you name it, right out of the box.

I'm in LOVE with my Athena but this is a deal breaker for me (and darn pricey one). Specially after MS making so much fuzz about so called 'direct push technology'.

[Rudegar]

why pay for hotmail when gmail offer all that for free?

[andresp]

True, Gmail is way better.

But even before Gmail existed, I already had Hotmail accounts that I used extensively. After some years, it is hard to move to a new address. Most of the contacts and registrations everywhere point to those emails.

But never mind. I found the solution. It is HTTPMail. It allows me to create several new email accounts (even several Hotmail and/or MSN accounts). AND integrates very cleanly with pocket inbox.

Now I have two hotmail accounts, one msn account and three pop3 email accounts that are automatically check every 10mins (my setting) right from pocket inbox and are shown in the today inbox plugin.

Awesome! :cool:

Now I only wish I could uninstall Windows Live.