If you use the Webdav setting in the webmail extension, this will no longer work after 1st September. If you use one of the other "Mode" settings in the Hotmail webmail extension, this will continue to work as before (subject to being broken from time to time by Hotmail changing the coding on the web site!). Hotmail do now allow free POP access to email accounts using any email client of your choice. It takes some digging around the Hotmail help pages to find the settings, but they are there, or you can look through this group's archives to see where this has been discussed previously.
Loppis wrote: > I have recieved a mail that somehow I have to change settings, but > this settinngs are not for thunderbird, can I stil use thunderbird? > > > > > Windows Live Newsletter > > > Dear Windows Live Hotmail Customer, > > You are receiving this note because you have used Microsoft Office > Outlook, Outlook Express, or Entourage to view your Windows Live > Hotmail®. Microsoft is changing the way these programs access Hotmail > e-mail which will require you to take action. > > To continue to receive e-mail from your Hotmail account, please select > one of the alternative solutions below before September 1, 2009. After > this day, new e-mail can only be delivered to your mail programs > through the following alternative solutions. > > If you use Microsoft Office Outlook to view Hotmail , you can download > free Office Outlook Connector to continue accessing your Windows Live > Hotmail within Outlook 2003 or 2007. If you're using Outlook 2002, you > will need to change the settings on your program to access your > Hotmail. Click here to learn more. > > If you use Outlook Express to view Hotmail , you can choose to > download free Windows Live Mail (recommended) or change the settings > on your program to access your Hotmail within Outlook Express. Click > here to learn more about your options. > > If you use Entourage to view Hotmail , you can change the settings in > your program to view your e-mail. Click here to learn more. > > Don't know what you're using to view Hotmail? Have more questions? > View the FAQ page or visit the Community Forum. > > Why is this happening? Outlook, Outlook Express, and Entourage use a > legacy communications method (known as the DAV protocol) to access > Hotmail. Because the DAV protocol is not optimally suited for programs > to access large inboxes such as Hotmail which now provides users ever- > growing storage*, new alternatives have been built. Last year, > customers asked us to postpone plans to retire the DAV protocol until > more options were available. Now that these options (including the > POP3 protocol) are available, we are ready to retire the DAV protocol. > > Thank you for using Windows Live Hotmail. > > Sincerely, > > Your Windows Live Hotmail Team > > *Assumes a reasonable growth rate. > Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online > Privacy Statement. > Microsoft Corporation > One Microsoft Way > Redmond, WA 98052 > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
