There have recently been some interesting developments regarding
Hotmail/Live email. For some time Microsoft have provided both a web
presence and also communiation over some email clients using their
proprietory protocol. For most screen reader users the preferrable
option was to use a mail client to access this service using Outlook
Express and certain versions of Outlook as well.
Last year Microsoft informed users of Outlook Express that they would
have to switch to using Windows Live Mail to continue with the free
service using a Windows mail client. Until very recently this was the
position I understood. However Microsoft appears to have opened up the
service so that Hotmail/Live mail can be access using standard POP3
protocol without any charges.
The practical upshot of all this is that those who were on XP and used
Hotmail/Live mail can now go back to using Outlook Express. I have
already set up two POP3 email clients this way with the information
below and it certainly works. Furthermore those using a mobile phone
should with a bit of effort be able to access the mail service using
their phone as well. Here are some links which may help.
Announcement of new pop3 support:
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bdy2ru
Instructions etc:
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/01/06/send-an
d-receive-windows-live-hotmail-emails-from-a-mail-client.aspx
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/dd6mvh
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Hallsworth
Sent: 23 March 2009 08:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Live Mail
Eleanor Hotmail is free for us UK residents. If you're happy with Gmail
best to stick with it. I mean Hotmail's ok but... I'll see what I can do
with instructions.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Live Mail
I was told that Hotmail is not free Chris. How would I set that up on
my
phone please? Would you be prepared to give me an off list step by
step. I
have e-mail set up on my phone at present, it is pop3 bt and g mail.
Eleanor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 9:40 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Live Mail
Also you can now set up Hotmail using their free pop/smtp service
should
you
have that available in your country.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 7:43 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Live Mail
Hi.
Yes, you can set up mail on your phone, you can either use a mobile
website
which is a scaled down version of hotmail or the windows live for
mobile
application depending on your preference. Also, some phones allow you
to
set up hotmail through the phone's own interface but I couldn't tell
you
whether this would be available on your model. It certainly is on the
E71.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message -----
From: Saqib
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:59 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Live Mail
Hi Ibrahim. Thanks for that explanation. I like this way of
retrieving
e-mail as I can check them when ever it suits me on either machine and
I
don't feel obliged to run through them all in a mad hurry when I am
short
of
time. I wonder if I can take it a step further and bring in Mail on my
phone? I know pop3 works on phone but I've never tried Webmail.
From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 3:42 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows Live Mail
Hi Saqib.
This is because Hotmail uses a protocol similar to IMAP where all
messages
are stored server side and not downloaded to your computer. If you
moved,
read or deleted any messages from your inbox, those changes would show
up
on
all computers in to which you log in to your mail account, either
using
mail
or hotmail on the web.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message -----
From: Saqib
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 3:39 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Windows Live Mail
HI. I'm slightly confused about Windows Live Mail. I'm using my
Hotmail
account and can't tell whether the messages are downloaded to my
computer
or
not. The reason why I'm enquiring about this because I was checking my
mail
this morning and left 20 messages in my inbox unread. Later on in the
day
I
logged in to the Mail client and I got the messages in which I'd left
unread
on the other machine. I had the 20 messages in which I hadn't read
this
morning plus the new ones that came in. This wouldn't happen with a
pop3
account because downloaded messages can not be downloaded again on
another
machine.
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