The original reason for the extension was to allow access to Hotmail
through Thunderbird in a POP like way when Hotmail didn't allow this.
This was the main reason for most people to install the extension. Now
that Hotmail allows native POP access this reason is now redundant. The
extension does offer some features not available via POP access however.
If you have subfolders set up in Hotmail, Thunderbird will not download
mails from these folders using POP. The POP protocol only allows for
mails to be in the top level inbox, any other folders are ignored. The
extension can download from folders other than the inbox, furthermore it
adds a line to the email headers which can be used by Thunderbird mail
filters to sort mails back into any subfolder structure you may desire.
Also, and this may be the clincher for most users, some work networks
block access to Hotmail's POP servers. The extension allows users behind
such corporate firewalls to read their Hotmail at work.
Personally I removed the Hotmail extension and set up direct POP access
as soon as Hotmail allowed me so to do. Others still use the extension
for the reasons outlined above.
On 15/03/2012 17:59, Max Peters wrote:
Hi,
I just set up my Thunderbird to receive my hotmail email, then I read
about this extension. I'm a bit confused as to what it does, as the
standard Thunderbird seems to be sending and receiving my hotmail
fine, so why would I need this extension; does it offer other
features?
I did do some google searching to try and find out what this extension
does that thunderbird doesn;t but couldn't find any info, so i
apologise if its been covered before.
Thanks.
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