Question about hotmail and Mail

iApple · Jun 14, 2008

Ok so i am trying to use hotmail with the built in mail app. I downloaded to plug in for it and all but it seems i am only able to send mail from it and can not receive my mail. Has anyone tried to do this and actually have it working?? If so please let me know what i need to do to get it working, thanks!!

visualpurple · Jun 14, 2008

what plug-in did you download? httpmail?

how old is your hotmail account? httpmail only works with older accounts

what system are you on? 10.5.3 broke httpmail

apart from that all you can do is read the httpmail documentation... and I would recommend switching to gmail, which works natively with Mail.

lukenn77 · Jun 14, 2008

like mentioned above, just switch to gmail, i did and its so much easier. i went through all the hassle of the hotmail plugin and it really wasnt worth it, just use gmail and it works perfectly.....that or upgrade to a premium hotmail account...but that costs obviously

iApple · Jun 14, 2008

bah i am on 10.5.3....I guess i will have to switch to gmail. Thanks guys.

MBasile · Jun 14, 2008

there is also MacFreePops

UFGator · Jun 15, 2008

iApple said:
bah i am on 10.5.3....I guess i will have to switch to gmail. Thanks guys.

is gmail the same thing as a yahoo account? because that's what i have.

lukenn77 · Jun 15, 2008

UFGator said:
is gmail the same thing as a yahoo account? because that's what i have.

Nope, not the same thing (as far as i know). Gmail is google's e-mail client. Yahoo! mail is Yahoo!'s e-mail client. I havnt tried yahoo in mail.app but i dont see why it wouldnt work.

Aptmunich · Jun 15, 2008

lukenn77 said:
Nope, not the same thing (as far as i know). Gmail is google's e-mail client. Yahoo! mail is Yahoo!'s e-mail client. I havnt tried yahoo in mail.app but i dont see why it wouldnt work.

AFAIK Yahoo also charges for pop access, so avoid yahoo mail as well.

Gmail even offers free IMAP.

iApple · Jun 15, 2008

Yeah i've switched all my stuff over to my gmail account and its working great so far!

UFGator · Jun 19, 2008

So by switching over the gmail account, you are just making a new e-mail right? There really is no way just to "switch" over is there?

iApple · Jun 19, 2008

UFGator said:
So by switching over the gmail account, you are just making a new e-mail right? There really is no way just to "switch" over is there?

Right, i know there is probably something out there that can forward my MSN to GMAIL (cause i used to use it on my pc) but i havn't found one for Mac so i will just use my gmail account. I just switched all of my major things to that address and it works great.

Aqua · Jun 19, 2008

sorry I haven't tried using the mac mail since the 10.5.3 update, but if you are really wanting your hotmail you could also try thunderbird for the time being... I'm sure they will either get the plugin for mail fixed or someone else will bring one out...

lukenn77 · Jun 20, 2008

UFGator said:
So by switching over the gmail account, you are just making a new e-mail right? There really is no way just to "switch" over is there?

Im not certain on how it works (so dont quote me on this) but if your yahoo account allows automatic e-mail forwarding, you could try forwarding all your yahoo messages to a gmail account, and using that gmail account in mail.app. This may not work at all so sorry if it doesnt, and I may have completely the wrong end of the stick as to what e-mail forwarding does....but i just thought id throw it out there so you can experiment.

iApple · Jun 20, 2008

Yeah i believe you can have hotmail forward your emails, but you have to have the premium hotmail account, and i only have a free one, and dont feel like giving bill gates any money for it lol