Windows Live Mail pop3?

[nav]

I apologise if I dont know where to post this query, so please change if required.

How do I setup a pop3 account in Windows Live Mail i.e. i.e I can retreive my isp mail, yahoo mail etc, just like in outlook express?

[Fresh]

Im confused, you want pop3 into your Windows Live? Sounds difficult if not impossible.

I suspect you have to pay for the service if it exists - as you do when you want hotmail delivered to outlook. My advice is to change to googlemail - much simpler and the account continually grows in size.

If you need an invite to googlemail, PM me. There are details on the googlemail website as how to setup with either outlookexpress or other versions of outlook, so either have a look there or I can talk you through it on msn.

[nav]

I already have my hotmail account setup to my outlook express, but I would like to know if I can use the web based windows mail live so I can receieve my other email accounts i.e. yahoo, blueyonder etc... (just like I have setup in outlook express to retrieve those emails)

Understand?

[SoundOfFaz]

Understand?

Tad patronising perhaps??

To set your hotmail in Outlook, you must be paying for this service, yes? Well, it's just the same for Yahoo etc. you need a Yahoo premium account in order to use Yahoo as a pop3 server.

[Fresh]

Tad patronising perhaps??

Rather, yes.


To be honest, I have no idea why anyone would want to Windows Live Mail instead of Outlook to receive all their mail from different email accounts.

[nav]

I apologise if I appear to be patronising, I'm not!

I prefer to use Windows Mail Live at work as I don't have outlook express.

Its ok, if there is no way.

Thanks for your help.

[marcode]

pop3 is pretty much out of the question unless your willing to pay i think.

but most email services should allow you to set up rules to forward on emails..

you should try setting up a few rules so that all your mail services just forward everything on to windows live mail...

although WLM is quite possibly the worst online mail facility i have ever had the displeasure of using, hell its even worse than the old hotmail interface and thats saying something.

get yerself a gmail account m8.. you wont regret it.

[Waka]

Ah, I just popped my hotmail account into Outlook (not express) - and it works!
Had my hotmail address since before MS took it over :-)

nav - I take it you're not using a windows machine then - because Outlook express comes free with pretty much any flavour of Windows. If not, as above, use gmail.

W.

[marcode]

gmail now does mail pickup for up to 5 of your other email services btw:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...n&answer=21288