at last i can access my hotmail mail through any mail client that supports the POP3
where i’m using Evolution
just configure it as shown in those screenshots
For sending:
For recieving:
no more third party self hosted servers 😀
no more “How to configure ur hotmail account on Evolution [ubuntu]“
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Apr 03, 2009 @ 01:04:37
ياه أخيرا يا راجل … ده يمكن ميكروسوفت لو عرفت انها خدمتك فى الموضوع ده ممكن تلغى الخدمة علشان ترخم عليك
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Apr 03, 2009 @ 11:17:39
lol, sa3et-ha ba2a ana elly ha2fel el mail da 😀
Apr 08, 2009 @ 13:19:58
Thank You! I had been trying to configure my UBUNTU Evolution. Yours were the only practical instructions that finally worked. Perfect. am
Apr 08, 2009 @ 14:14:05
u r welcome, i’m glad it helped 🙂
Apr 10, 2009 @ 16:11:29
My next problem with UBUNTU is how to install a AGP video card. I have not been able to do it since UBUNTU won’t recognize it. It’s a PNY GeForce 6200 model and of course the driver is for Windows only. I use an AMD mobo with integrated video and a Athlon XP2000 CPU; really old stuff that would work a little better with the PNY card installed. Any help?. Andres
May 10, 2009 @ 05:35:29
I just wanted to comment that for the sending config it’s also possible to use the 587 port (instead of smtp.live.com:25 you can use smtp.live.com:587) in case it’s not working for you.
Thanks!!!
May 10, 2009 @ 06:13:30
well… till now 25 is working with me
thanx 🙂
Jul 01, 2009 @ 05:03:24
Thanks a lot. Works well.
Jul 01, 2009 @ 15:10:49
طيب يا عبدالله دلوقتى انا عامل folders فى الميل بتاعى
وعايز الفولدرز دى تنزل بالرسايل اللى فيها أعمل ايه ؟؟؟
Jul 01, 2009 @ 17:56:07
howwa till now, there is no a configuration panel for the pop3 in the live website, ya3ny mashya bel baraka 😀
fa te7med RABBENA w t7awel mata3tamedsh 3ala el mail el ta3baan da 😀
Nov 22, 2009 @ 19:14:59
Beautiful! Works great from know!
Dec 05, 2009 @ 18:42:30
Thanks so much! I’ve been searching for a solution for months.
Dec 05, 2009 @ 23:05:53
u r all welcome, i’m glad that it helped 🙂
Dec 08, 2009 @ 06:21:05
Thanks–works for me too, except not on port 25. I had to use 587.
Maybe different settings on boxes in a server farm? Weird.
Dec 08, 2009 @ 09:17:19
it’s a weird mail server from A to Z 😀
Dec 17, 2009 @ 23:08:00
still cant get hotmail to link with evolution, tried everything getting so peed off with this, honestly can anyone help
Dec 18, 2009 @ 10:20:04
does it send only or receive only, or it does none ?
Dec 19, 2009 @ 20:03:26
Great stuff worked fantastic!! So much simpler than others
Jan 05, 2010 @ 04:26:54
port 587 worked for me. Many thanks
Jan 08, 2010 @ 15:47:32
P E R F E C T ! ! !
Many Thanks!!!
Jan 11, 2010 @ 12:39:34
Thanks! Worked like a breeze. There is no need for any hotwayd or any other hot????? programs. No configuration files needed. Simple and elegant.
Jan 18, 2010 @ 06:21:50
Works Great, Sending and Receiving. thank you!!!! Now how about folders that i have set up in hotmail… how can i get those to come over to evolution?!?
Jan 18, 2010 @ 10:11:50
well. i didn’t try it as i moved to gmail 😀
so if u knew it, pliz let me know 🙂
Feb 02, 2010 @ 10:26:54
this one worked!
Great!
Feb 10, 2010 @ 21:42:21
Thanks!!! You have no idea how much I’ve screwed around with the settings, and how much I’ve had to look this up…
I was just about to give up…
Mar 12, 2010 @ 07:40:54
thank you it worked fin I messed up a few times but got it to work wow
Apr 11, 2010 @ 22:37:23
you are awesome, that worked for me even without including the port number
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May 02, 2010 @ 07:34:39
May 15, 2010 @ 00:42:25
Thanks m8,you are the best worked 1st time.Thanks again :d
Jun 12, 2010 @ 12:31:38
…and again…
Thank you so much, I was finding this so frustrating, and now I have it working because of you 🙂
Kind regards,
Scott
Jun 18, 2010 @ 02:58:45
i can’t get it going no matter i use! it still asked me my what my password is, and just time out waiting for the password. any idea???
Jun 18, 2010 @ 05:04:17
r u sure u r using the right password ?! what is the error it displays after trying to connect ?
Jun 19, 2010 @ 04:30:03
the program first one is my signon one. that’s ok. the second one expects this one i can’t indentify. then the tries and just time out i get:
Error while Sending message.
Could not connect to smtp.live.com: Connection timed out
MAIL FROM command failed: Authentication Required
MAIL FROM command failed: Authentication Required
Could not connect to smtp.live.com: Connection timed o
do the second pw is for?
Jul 13, 2010 @ 19:47:17
I get the same error as above:
Unable to authenticate to SMTP server.
Bad authentication response from server.
Any ideas?
Aug 11, 2010 @ 12:39:28
Bravo !!
Feb 11, 2011 @ 16:58:05
Really clean web site , thankyou for this post.
Apr 14, 2011 @ 20:26:35
Thank You.
Apr 26, 2011 @ 23:13:45
thanx buddy after a month finaly i can use ubuntu 10.10 email servers
May 02, 2011 @ 01:20:32
May 12, 2011 @ 04:35:03
Finally i can send and recieve emails from evolution, not the best email but it works i like it cuz its right there no need to go to any website, but this info finally help me setting up my account, thanks a very very big thanks