I'm trying to sync a Hotmail/Windows Live/MSN email account to Evolution - however I'm unable to do so with both POP and IMAP. If I understand correctly this is because Microsoft blocks all email clients other than Outlook. Is there a way around this?
asked Sep 28, 2010 at 0:18
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After a lot of hunting through old threads on the forums. I was mistaken that POP is disabled for all non-Microsoft clients. Here are the settings that worked for me.
In Evolution go to Edit -> Preferences. Choose your MSN/Live email account and select "Edit".
Receiving Settings
- Server Type: POP
- Server: pop3.live.com:995
- Username: Windows Live Email Address
- Use SSL Connection: SSL encryption
- Authentication Type: Password
Sending Settings
- Server Type: SMTP
- Server: smtp.live.com:587
- Use Secure Connection: TLS Encryption
- Server Requires Authentication
- Authentication: Plain
- Username: Windows Live Email Address
As a side note. When you try to send mail for the first time it will fail. You will get an email from Windows with a link to confirm you are a person and enable this functionality. After that you can Send as expected.
answered Sep 28, 2010 at 1:12
Hotmail does indeed support POP3:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Live-Hotmail-POP3-Support-Now-Worldwide-106772.shtml
The details for connecting are also included in the article.
answered Sep 28, 2010 at 1:10
