problems - gmail mail fetcher with hotmail

a-p_2

hello
i'm expreincing problems getting gmail to fetch my hotmail.com messages
(hotmail is pop enabled).
after entering details within gmail & clicking 'ok' i keep getting error '[hotmail] connection timed out'.
has anyone sucessfuly managed to get hotmail within gmail?
any help/advice greatly appreciated.
tia

MickMack

Hi,

Its a while ago now since i changed over from Hotmail to Gmail but at that time i do remember reading something to do with the type of email server hotmail uses (cant remember the details exactly) which meant you cant set up gmail (or hotmail) directly to forward emails from hotmail to gmail account.

At that time i found a little application called GetMail which runs on your taskbar and automatically and periodically forwards email from hotmail (and others) to another email account.

http://www.e-eeasy.com/GetMail.aspx

Only problem with this is it only works when your logged into the pc that its installed on, so for example if your away on business or holidays and check your gmail account the hotmail emails wont be forwarded unless your pc is running .

a-p_2

thanks for the advice mickmack, will give getmail a try.

computerwoman

worked fine with my btinternet mail, but wont entertain any others like hotmail/msn/yahoo/lycos.
cw