hmmmm, this was like from 2 months ago... wow! Anyway I solved it found out hotmail had pop and smtp servers so I just use that... works for me [using fetchmail]
Daniel On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 08:57:17PM +0000, Christopher Cole wrote: > I've been banging my head trying to get hotmail through thunderbird. > I found out however that MS will not that be posible if you have a free > account. > I guess money is so tight that MS is going to nickle and dime long time > account holders. That is why I'm moving on to gmail. It's configured > in my Debian etch laptop and lenny desktop. > > Best of luck > Christopher Cole > > > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:32:44 +1100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: downloading hotmail emails > > > > Thanks will give this ago. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:41:32PM +0000, Pedro Insua wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:00:54PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Could someone please give me some hints on setting up fetchmail with > the > > > > hotmail pop3 server provided in a reply to this thread? Eg. how do I > > > > enable ssl in fetchmail, and establish an ssl connection with > fetchmail > > > > and get the required pem files or whatever from hotmail? > > > > > > 1) Install `fetchmail' > > > > > > apt-get install fetchmail > > > > > > 2) Read the doc in /usr/share/doc/fetchmail > > > Read de manual `man fetchmail' > > > > > > 3) Create '~/.fetchmailrc' and set it `chmod 0600' > > > > > > Now you have to put something like this in '~/.fetchmailrc' to > > > retrieve the hotmail mail: > > > > > > # hotmail.com > > > poll pop3.live.com > > > proto pop3 > > > port 995 > > > user "[email protected]" > > > pass "yourpassword" > > > is your_home > > > fetchall > > > ssl > > > > > > Well, i don't use hotmail, but.. i think will be something like > > > this... > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Porqu? loitar e matar, se podes amar e sonhar > > > > > > /"\ > > > \ / CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML > > > X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL > > > / \ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Windows Live* Contacts: Organize your contact list. [1]Check it out. > > References > > Visible links > 1. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
