thunderbird/hotmail

tankgirl1

hi all

is there a way i can put my hotmail account on thunderbird??

i have tried, but it doesnt work. my btinternet email works fine though.

thanks in advance

Lord_Chris

if thunderbird is an email program like microsoft outlook, then NO you cannot put hotmail on it. If you want to use a free email that you can use on an email client you need to find one that gives you POP3 settings.

If you want to be able to access your email from the internet ASWELL you can use a website called mail2web.com ... that picks up any email that hasnt been downloaded.

hope this helps

hazza_2

This extension will allow you to download your hotmail emails into Thunderbird.

http://webmail.mozdev.org/

leesmithg

Lord_Chris wrote:

if thunderbird is an email program like microsoft outlook, then NO you cannot put hotmail on it. If you want to use a free email that you can use on an email client you need to find one that gives you POP3 settings.

If you want to be able to access your email from the internet ASWELL you can use a website called mail2web.com ... that picks up any email that hasnt been downloaded.

hope this helps

Yes you can put hotmail accounts onto it.

You set it up as webmail and use the appropriate extensions.

If you wish to send emails you use your isp smtp outlet.

tankgirl1

have tried downloading that hazza, and im getting this

tankgirl1

leesmithg wrote:

Yes you can put hotmail accounts onto it.

You set it up as webmail and use the appropriate extensions.

If you wish to send emails you use your isp smtp outlet.

erm... im a complete techno-idiot..

i have no idea how to do that

leesmithg

tankgirl1 wrote:

erm... im a complete techno-idiot..

i have no idea how to do that

There are no easy tutorials available.

I will write one and post it tomorrow, just pm me your email address and I will write one when I get up at around 5 a.m., I will do it before working and send it around 11 a.m.

In your pm tell me who your isp is, examples bt, aol etc.

Aswell if it's hotmail.co.uk or hotmail.com

hazza_2

tankgirl1 wrote:

have tried downloading that hazza, and im getting this

There's a manual step for loading into Thunderbird, right click on the extension and chose Save As. Then from Thunderbird go Tools->Extensions->Install. Make sure you also download and install the hotmail extension in the same way. Finally follow the instructions under account set-up on the webmail page.

As leesmithg says this won't let you send emails from thunderbird, your ISP may provide details of how to set it up (It can still appear as from hotmail) or maybe consider getting a gmail account.

tankgirl1

thankyou guys- im still having trouble, even just doing what hazza suggested.

leesmithg- thats a lovely offer- thankyou :beer:, but i'd feel awful if you were to take ages writing a tutorial for me

the only reason i want to put hotmail onto thunderbird is to recieve emails from msn contacts - not to send emails.

ill perhaps have another look tomorrow when im not so tired

thanks a million for your help guys :beer: :T

shopbot

I asked the question about Hotmail/Thunderbird about six months ago. I never did manage to get it working. It seems that of you have a paid for Hotmail account you can get it to work but not for free Hotmail accounts:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=146963

leesmithg

shopbot wrote:

I asked the question about Hotmail/Thunderbird about six months. I never did manage to get it working. It seems that of you have a paid for Hotmail account you can get it to work but not for free Hotmail accounts:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=146963

Well live mail don't work in Thunderbird, for some reason when I was first beta testing it with a hotmail.co.uk account, just didn't work.

I changed the account back to ordinary (not beta) and it worked fine again in Thunderbird.

I would suggest not using live mail for Thunderbird accounts if you wish to receive the mail to your desktop.

If this has changed since 8 months ago, then stand on me.