Bearded Kirklander Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 The best thing that Microsoft can do is re open the POP3 for free hotmail members.And that you can read and write e-mails in MSN messenger!!!! You don't need the 2Mb anymore!!!!!!! If you use Outlook Express 6, you don't need Pop3. You can handle your hotmail accounts from there with no problem. And many of us don't use MSN Messenger, or any form of messenger for that matter, and simple email suits us fine. I think the only flaw in Yahoo's Free email is the text ad at the bottom. But if you pay $19 for one full year, you get all the stuff you could hope for with no email ads or on site ads. That is a great deal, but 100 meg attachments for the paid service would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 100 MB of storage for free 200 MB Payed 300 MB Payed like you said ProF87? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 is there a way to open your free hotmail account in Outlook express!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Aziz Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 is there a way to open your free hotmail account in Outlook express!! There's programs that put a hotmail account as a pop3 account in outlook which has to be open all the time to recieve your mail. one of them is called "GetMail", thats what I remember, n I think there's a lot of other ones too. check google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favvi Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 is there a way to open your free hotmail account in Outlook express!! yes Tools>Accounts> Add> Mail, type in your name etc.. and your hotmail adress and there it is. you can also purchase "Hotmail Popper" and use some other email client [such as Mozilla Thunderbird] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Thanks Apple Farmer and ProF87? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAM Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 I'm "popping" my hotmail.com messages with Mr Postman. It would be nice with POP3 and great with IMAP4, but the rather low storage space limit on hotmail.com isn't that much of an issue as its not even my primary account. Let's face it, any fixed number of (MBs/GBs/?) will be a limit sometime into the future. Why don't some come up with a dynamic limit (exponential growth anyone?), or perhaps even unlimited offering? Well, it will probably come, it's just a matter of time. For now it seems to be best to run your own mailserver, and grow the disks as needed (assuming you can afford the cost of HW, SW, and management of it all). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 is there a way to open your free hotmail account in Outlook express!! It is built right into Outlook Express Tools > Accounts > Add > Mail Type in your Display name and press NEXT For your Email address type in your hotmail address (yournick@hotmail.com) After you click Next, it should default to Hotmail. Click Next if it does. Fill in the remaining screens and when it asks you to download folders, say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favvi Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 It is built right into Outlook ExpressTools > Accounts > Add > Mail Type in your Display name and press NEXT For your Email address type in your hotmail address (yournick@hotmail.com) After you click Next, it should default to Hotmail. Click Next if it does. Fill in the remaining screens and when it asks you to download folders, say yes. already posted :p :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 he doesnt know what hes talking about. :huh: How does that disqualify him from posting on Neowin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 already posted :p :p Sorry. Guess you guys beat me to it. :o Well, we can all feel good we tried to help, eh? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=21605&category=main Hotmail will announce plans to offer more space to customers. In a bid to rival Google's upcoming Gmail, MSN plan to give free customers as much as 250meg of email space. MSN will also announce a plan to have a "plus" paid version of Hotmail for $19.95 a year which will include 2gig of email space. Free Hotmail Service: 250meg storage + 10meg attachment limit 30 day expiry if no activity Antivirus scan & clean Hotmail Plus Service: Annual fee (price varies per country) expected to be $19.95 2gig of storage + 20meg attachment limit No expire date No unneeded graphics or ads Access to pop3 settings Antivirus scan & clean MSN Premium subscribers are expected to get the same as the Hotmail Plus Service subscribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 Yes this is fantastic. Gmail is gonna loose!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 did everyone get this email from hotmail as I never got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hotmail offers extra space This not a Hoax. check this http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8185/Capture2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I8PP Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I see it too (on the Home tab)... woohoo! And, we see your email address... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlcaulley Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Heh heh! :p Actually, that's not his e-mail address. It's from somebody else who posted it in the front page news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sushubh Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Yes this is fantastic.Gmail is gonna loose!!!!! GMail is more than just 1000 megs of email storage space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Currently, with my 2 meg hotmail, I can check email in Outlook Express 6 without having to logon to the web page. Does anyone know if this feature will still be available after the upgrade? Thanks, BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 Yes, why not!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 GMail is more than just 1000 megs of email storage space... This should not be some war between Gmail and other providers, at least on the user side. We all benefit, and whatever service you choose to use, more power to you! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbet Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 ^good point. Now only if the fanboys would realise this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 I can use Gmail for storage, and hotmail for private Stuff!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctebah Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I can use Gmail for storage, and hotmail for private Stuff!!!! same here, kinda. unless google goes pop3 (yes i know there's a program but i don't like that idea) and such. hotmail will never lose, does to the fact that msn messenger is very popular. you can use ur gmail email to chat on msn messenger but it don't let u know if you have new mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 yeah I feel the same way, gmail I will use for things like mailing lists that tend to fill up your mailbox, and my msn address is useful for more private use as it integrates with msn messenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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