Hotmail haven't exactly gone out of their way to publicize it but those countries do now have free access, I've got my free UK Hotmail working as a POP3 account. See; >> <http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!3241...> >> <http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/01/13/pop3...> >> <http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/01/06/send...> >> To send mail you need to set your outgoing server settings in Thunderbird to TLS and port 587. Not port 25 the default port and the port Hotmail suggest in these web pages.
Frank Fileccia wrote: > You cannot get FREE pop access. > > I have free Canadian and USA Hotmail accounts and neither allows access. > You can only access through POP3 if you have a PAID subscription > > Webmail Author wrote: > >> If you live in one of the following countries you can get free pop >> access from MS now >> >> UK, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, >> Netherlands. >> >> If you don't live one of the above countries do you have the error >> console message (see tools menu) >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
