I have managed to get the G1 to download emails from my Hotmail account (something that a lot of people are having trouble doing I understand). I have been informed that these settings will work in the UK and most of Europe but I cant verify if it works elsewhere. Maybe you will have to set your locale on the hotmail webpage to UK to get it working.
Anyway here are the POP3 and SMTP settings for hotmail using the email app supplied on the device. I have tried and been able to read from my hotmail account.
POP server: pop3.live.com Authentication type: SSL User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com Autentication type: use TLS
edit: These settings now work when forwarding email to gmail
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Last edited by Ageless Stranger; January 30th, 2009 at 06:09 AM.
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It tells me my usename and password is incorrect, its not.
Have you enabled SSL? Mine did that until I enabled SSL which is required. You might need to set your locale in hotmail to be UK if you live in the States. All I know is, the directions I posted work perfectly in the UK
Looks like it doesnt work outside Europe. Have any of you guys gone to your hotmail settings using a web page, and set your home location to UK and tried it again?
Thanks for persisting with this, now we have a solution to give out to anyone who asks "how can I read my hotmail". Thanks
No worries man... just so everyone knows it did not work with K9-0.95 which is on the market it did however work with K9-0.98 but you have do download and install the apk from your sd... here is the link : http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/
Last edited by noonehereyet; February 1st, 2009 at 10:19 AM.
Older accounts before a certain date had it for free, is yours an old account? I remember wanting to access to the pop3 server ages ago, thats how i remember.
Im going to try again now though.
Last edited by danielbb; February 1st, 2009 at 10:59 AM.
But now POP3 access is now available to Hotmail users in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Last edited by danielbb; February 1st, 2009 at 11:44 AM.
Guess my question would be what email app are you using because here in the states the I had to use K9 mail to get it to work...
im using the built in email app in android...
i live in canada so i guess the built in app doesn't work for hotmail in North America???
i guess i'll try the k9 app as well and post again in case someone else is having the same problem..thanks
im using the built in email app in android...
i live in canada so i guess the built in app doesn't work for hotmail in North America???
i guess i'll try the k9 app as well and post again in case someone else is having the same problem..thanks
http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/ also make sure you adjust your hotmail to show you reside in Europe as for some reason it does not work in US most likely not canada either
http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/ also make sure you adjust your hotmail to show you reside in Europe as for some reason it does not work in US most likely not canada either
thanks.. but still not working..i've changed my resident and work address to UK as instructed on the link provided above but i get the same message. oh well..i 'll figure it out somehow...
Mouse over Options, and then click on More Options.
Click on View and edit your personal information link under “Manger your account” section.
Click on Registered Information link.
For both Home Location and Work Location, change the following details to specified values: Postal Code: WC1B 3DG
Constituent Country: England
Time zone: London, United Kingdom - GMT
Click on Save when done.
Go back to Hotmail, and ensure that the display language of Hotmail is set to English by mouse over the Options.
The email client or another mail service provider should be able to access, login and download or send through Hotmail without error.
Once Hotmail POP3 and SMTP support is enable on the account, it’s possible to change and revert back to your original web interface language, home and work location.
Then on my phone:
POP server: pop3.live.com Authentication type: SSL User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com Autentication type: use TLS
credit goes to ageless stranger and danielbb
Last edited by cred05; February 4th, 2009 at 08:49 PM.
I tried to use the standard email app for hotmail when i first got my g1, just entering my address and password and it didn't work. When i saw this thread i thought i woul give it a try. Weirdly i just put in address and password again and it worked without changing any settings.
Last edited by ChilledMatt; February 5th, 2009 at 12:24 AM.
hmm...mine still doesn't work....even with all the settings changed in hotmail and im using k9 mail client on my phone...
but i found something interesting in the article which provides pop3 & smtp settings for hotmail...this might explain why mine doesn't work and others if they think they are doing everything right and just can't connect to the smtp server.
"Windows Live blog announced that Hotmail users in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are the first to enjoy the free POP3 and SMTP service as part of Hotmail wave 3 roll out. Good news is, all Hotmail users should have POP3 and SMTP enabled and turned on in their account by end of 2009."
Bloody phone, mine now only works the first time I add the account, on subsequent inbox requests I get a connection error. If I delete the account and add it again it works, lol
It does work but you have to log into your hotmail account from your pc and change your location to somewhere in the UK as for some reason us users get blocked.....
It does work but you have to log into your hotmail account from your pc and change your location to somewhere in the UK as for some reason us users get blocked.....
Mr. Bloppy can you confirm whether the above solves your problem or not, most people who can't use hotmail say the above fixes the problem for them. A few people still have issues though.
Mr. Bloppy can you confirm whether the above solves your problem or not, most people who can't use hotmail say the above fixes the problem for them. A few people still have issues though.
it may not be the problem anymore... according to them it is no longer limited to certain countries....
"We are happy to announce that POP3 technology is now available to Hotmail users in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and theNetherlands. If you don’t see your country or region in this list, never fear, we’ll be rolling POP3 out to more parts of the world later this year.
UPDATE: As of March 12, 2009, POP3 access is now available to Hotmail users WORLDWIDE."
UPDATE: As of March 12, 2009, POP3 access is now available to Hotmail users WORLDWIDE."
Nothing quite as satisfying as a redundant thread, the authors of chomp and steel will be thinking the same thing about their tasty virtual keyboards when (if) the next update includes one.
I've been using hotmail for months now,the only thing I had to do was go to the mobile link and they sent me a confirmation sms,its worked pretty much flawlessly
Reading your hotmail on the G1's email app
