Hotmail.com

Victoria_Meldrew

Have set up a gmail account now - I can't stand it any more. I am so untechy that I can't figure out how to set it up to receive my hotmail e-mails. Could someone be so kind as to spell it out in words of one syllable?

ballyblack

In GMAIL

Click Settings ( Cog Icon) top right

click on 'Accounts'

Click on

'Add a POP3 mail account you own'

enter ur hotmail address & password

Step 2 here;

http://www.techspot.com/blog/543/access-multiple-email-accounts-with-gmail-in-3-easy-steps/





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Victoria_Meldrew

Thanks ballyblack - seems to have worked OK. Couldn't have done it without you though.

ballyblack

Test it by sending an email to ur hotmail account

anotheruser

I own my name domain name and use that email address everywhere. However on my website, it simply forwards the mail to another address so I can change email "supplier" whenever I want and easily get all my emails swapped.

Victoria_Meldrew

ballyblack wrote: »

Test it by sending an email to ur hotmail account

Most e-mails I receive are now going into my gmail account but 2 or 3 are still going to my hotmail account. Not sure why. Also, they are all going into a POP file in my hotmail account. Do I just delete them from there? Don't like gmail as much as hotmail but I'll probably get used to it and it's so less frustrating than Outlook has been for the last few weeks. My daughter uses Hotmail and hasn't had any problems so it must just be some of us.

ballyblack

They should first go into your hotmail account.

Then gmail should collect them.

Some hotmail may end up in your Spam folder in gmail




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chunter

Poor Microsoft. Vista, Windows 8, Outlook.com. It seems they're just rubbish at everything theses days. Sad to see such a distinguished company in a such a mess.

Victoria_Meldrew

Sods law that since I've moved to gmail I go back onto my hotmail account daily to make sure I'm not missing anything and it's been working perfectly. Does it look like they've fixed the problem? Should I revert to Outlook?

Paully232000

After my initial complaint I have now found that hotmail is back how it used to be. IS working as it should.
Fingers crossed it continues like this.