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The official Microsoft 'LiveLog' from the netherlands says: Yes you can! livelog.spaces.live.com/.../cns !F22E9E9D8F70E526...
–martijnsch
re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?

Can't seem to get it on my @live.com email. I'll try getting another regional email :P.
–orionll
re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?

I wonder if there's anything else compelling left for Hotmail Plus users. Maybe a final upgrade to IMAP?
–quikboy
re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?

I just tried it and I am able to get access to Hotmail using POP3 on my Motorola Razr phone in Australia using a live.com...
–Terry_K
re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?

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POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?

Posted Jan 12 2009, 01:01 PM by Kip Kniskern with 8 comment(s)

A Dutch website, www.iphoneclub.nl, is reporting that at least some users are able to access Hotmail on their iPhones using POP3, which has been promised for Hotmail for free but up until now has only been available with a Hotmail Plus account.

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Another iPhone news site, iPhonetunes, has an English translation of the Dutch post.

A quick test here didn’t get it working with a mail client (no iPhone to try), and we suspect this may be a trial in the Dutch market before deploying more widely, but for those of you who want/need Hotmail POP3 access for your iPhone etc, it may be coming sooner rather than later.

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levi3man wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-12-2009 2:56 PM

it actually works! i get a warning abouthotmail plus, then after go to my inbox, and  my messages start appearing!! its working i think.

forget the i think bit, sent an email to another of my email adresses that i also have on my ipod touch and it sucessfully sent, and i sucessfully recieved it. I am in the UK. and i have a hotmail.com address

adeharding wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-12-2009 3:56 PM

just tried on my iphone in UK and works with my live.co.uk address

thejoker wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-12-2009 5:10 PM

Come on, Microsoft!

POP3 is obsolete. Please implement IMAP.

Khristopher wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-12-2009 7:17 PM

Now an official Messenger app would be great!

Terry_K wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-13-2009 2:44 AM

I just tried it and I am able to get access to Hotmail using POP3 on my Motorola Razr phone in Australia using a live.com.au address. Looks like it's not just iphone users that can access it.

quikboy wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-13-2009 4:12 AM

I wonder if there's anything else compelling left for Hotmail Plus users. Maybe a final upgrade to IMAP?

orionll wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-13-2009 8:14 AM

Can't seem to get it on my @live.com email.

I'll try getting another regional email :P.

martijnsch wrote re: POP3 Access for Hotmail here/coming soon?
on 01-13-2009 11:50 AM

The official Microsoft 'LiveLog' from the netherlands says: Yes you can!

livelog.spaces.live.com/.../cns!F22E9E9D8F70E526!1875.entry

- Hotmail ondersteunt nu ook POP3- handig voor je iPhone -

- Hotmail supports now POP3- handy for your iPhone -

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