New features Hotmail

Berenburger · 14 Feb 2009, 08:58 AM

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Whoa, cool new features!
It’s that time again! The Hotmail team has been hard at work since our last release in the fall, and we’ve got a bunch of new features coming out… and we’re rolling them out now! Your Hotmail account has seen a number of awesome changes in the past few months - we’ve introduced a great new look and we’ve made everything faster and easier to use. The new stuff we’ve added came from the feedback you sent in, and we hope you like what you see so far.

Spec's:

More room for messages.
Ever growing storage.
Info at your fingertips.
A little more social.
POP3
More style.

David · 14 Feb 2009, 09:12 AM

It's certainly an improvement on what it used to be. I have started using my account again. You can even select a different 'from address' now.

B4its2L8 · 14 Feb 2009, 09:20 AM

But they don't have a secure (https) email session yet, do they ?

sd

David · 14 Feb 2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by B4its2L8

But they don't have a secure (https) email session yet, do they ?

sd

No, unfortunately.

chrisretusn · 14 Feb 2009, 02:15 PM

I have three accounts. One of them is now POP3/SMTP capable.

Merovingian · 14 Feb 2009, 07:41 PM

Now if they'll only stop randomly blocking mail without notifying me....

sheprd · 14 Feb 2009, 10:23 PM

Hope they don't eliminate the "user@msn.com" version.

theog · 15 Feb 2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Berenburger

Spec's:

More room for messages.
Ever growing storage.
Info at your fingertips.
A little more social.
POP3
More style.

Thanks for the post....

If Microsft were to change "POP3" to "IMAP" they might be on to something.... even if you live in a "microsoft world" you have all the tools to allow their products to access the email, contacts and calendars... in some cases I could use imap access. Even though in those cases POP could work though...

I'd like to see imap... and better email filters!!!

theog · 15 Feb 2009, 11:51 PM

Some good info:

If you want to start using it now, there are some details you should be aware of:

POP server: pop3.live.com
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/new...-us-brazil.ars

chrisretusn · 16 Feb 2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by theog

Some good info:

If you want to start using it now, there are some details you should be aware of:

POP server: pop3.live.com
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes.

Also:
POP3 Port 995
SMTP Port 25 or 587

I switched my country to United States now all three of my accounts are POP3/SMTP capable.

sheprd · 16 Feb 2009, 11:35 PM

Thanks theog for the pop info for Hotmail, it works like a charm and is simple enough for novices like myself to setup. I now can pop mail into Hotmail. Also can pop mail out of Hotmail with my email client.

tgm1024 · 17 Feb 2009, 10:13 PM

What's the current limit on sorting/filtering? 10 seems a little.....restrictive...

nooby · 19 Feb 2009, 08:29 PM

Works in opera M2 mail client for me doing pop3. I sent from ymail.com to hotmail.com and it got instantly delivered and downloaded.

Jay! Happy. That could mean me could use hotmail in my mobile mail client and that would make it much more easy to contact those who use hotmail.

RFK · 21 Feb 2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tgm1024

What's the current limit on sorting/filtering? 10 seems a little.....restrictive...

I have 30 rules in my free hotmail account.

In addition, with POP access enabled, you can create spam filters using any email client (Outlook etc.).

Tsunami · 26 Feb 2009, 05:21 AM

POP3 for free in Hotmail? Improvement for many for sure, not immediately for me as I prefer webmail anyway.

For me an improvement would be: more storage (but seems they fulfilled that wish), getting rid of the ridiculous "account frozen when not signed in for 30 days" rule, and re-open registrations with the msn.com domain which is just a bit more professional than the silly hotmail.com domain (sounds teenage esque slang to me really)

I will never be a fan of Hotmail, but they have one benefit in common with Gmail and Yahoo: all are backed by very rich and powerful corporations, so the chance that Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo will outlive any other email service is very big. If you sign up for for example a new service like in.com it is questionnable if they will still be around in 5 years. With Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail you just know your email address in 15 years will still be the same, unless the internet itself would totally turn into a new format. But in the present day internet format, I see these three providers be around for... basically for as long as the internet exists in its current format.

Only other providers that may have that same stability in terms of continuity may be powerful local providers such as gmx.de, web.de, seznam.cz, mail.ru, walla.co.il, ...

But other than the fact that I feel secure that Hotmail will be around for many more years, I am not a big fan. Their interface is not as nice as the Yahoo and Gmail one IMO.

14 Feb 2009, 09:12 AM	#2
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	It's certainly an improvement on what it used to be. I have started using my account again. You can even select a different 'from address' now.

14 Feb 2009, 09:20 AM	#3
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	But they don't have a secure (https) email session yet, do they ? sd

14 Feb 2009, 02:15 PM	#5
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 846	I have three accounts. One of them is now POP3/SMTP capable.

14 Feb 2009, 07:41 PM	#6
Merovingian Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 1,583	Now if they'll only stop randomly blocking mail without notifying me....

14 Feb 2009, 10:23 PM	#7
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	Hope they don't eliminate the "user@msn.com" version.

15 Feb 2009, 11:51 PM	#9
theog = Permanently banned = Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 1 Microsoft Way Posts: 2,119	Some good info: If you want to start using it now, there are some details you should be aware of: POP server: pop3.live.com POP SSL required? Yes User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live SMTP server: smtp.live.com Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password) TLS/SSL required? Yes. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/new...-us-brazil.ars

16 Feb 2009, 11:35 PM	#11
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	Thanks theog for the pop info for Hotmail, it works like a charm and is simple enough for novices like myself to setup. I now can pop mail into Hotmail. Also can pop mail out of Hotmail with my email client.

17 Feb 2009, 10:13 PM	#12
tgm1024 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 51	What's the current limit on sorting/filtering? 10 seems a little.....restrictive...

19 Feb 2009, 08:29 PM	#13
nooby Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Europe Posts: 474	Works in opera M2 mail client for me doing pop3. I sent from ymail.com to hotmail.com and it got instantly delivered and downloaded. Jay! Happy. That could mean me could use hotmail in my mobile mail client and that would make it much more easy to contact those who use hotmail.

26 Feb 2009, 05:21 AM	#15
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	POP3 for free in Hotmail? Improvement for many for sure, not immediately for me as I prefer webmail anyway. For me an improvement would be: more storage (but seems they fulfilled that wish), getting rid of the ridiculous "account frozen when not signed in for 30 days" rule, and re-open registrations with the msn.com domain which is just a bit more professional than the silly hotmail.com domain (sounds teenage esque slang to me really) I will never be a fan of Hotmail, but they have one benefit in common with Gmail and Yahoo: all are backed by very rich and powerful corporations, so the chance that Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo will outlive any other email service is very big. If you sign up for for example a new service like in.com it is questionnable if they will still be around in 5 years. With Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail you just know your email address in 15 years will still be the same, unless the internet itself would totally turn into a new format. But in the present day internet format, I see these three providers be around for... basically for as long as the internet exists in its current format. Only other providers that may have that same stability in terms of continuity may be powerful local providers such as gmx.de, web.de, seznam.cz, mail.ru, walla.co.il, ... But other than the fact that I feel secure that Hotmail will be around for many more years, I am not a big fan. Their interface is not as nice as the Yahoo and Gmail one IMO.