Is there a way to read Hotmail mail with Thunderbird without using the WebMail pluging?

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Some sites tell me Hotmail has POP3 access now, but with Thunderbird it doesn't seem to work. The only solution (which I didn't test yet) is a WebMail plugin that helps Thunderbird to read data from MSN Live / Hotmail. Did anyone get this to work?

I'm still having problems synchronizing the folders: see http://superuser.com/questions/132232/can-i-synchronize-hotmail-folders-in-thunderbird — hsmit, Apr 18 '10 at 07:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '10 at 07:07

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I found out that my password was too long. That was the problem!

answered Apr 18 '10 at 07:07

hsmit

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '10 at 19:48

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http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Thunderbird+and+Hotmail

answered Apr 12 '10 at 19:48

Roland Tanglao

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It helps if you quote the relevant part of the page you're linking to. If the quote would be too long then a summary would do. – ChrisF Apr 12 '10 at 20:00

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '14 at 14:14

To expand on @Roland Tangloa :

In here: https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Thunderbird-and-Hotmail

The IMAP settings are:

Server Name: imap-mail.outlook.com
Port: 993
User Name: your username (for example j.kowal@outlook.com)
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Authentication method: Normal password

Is there a way to read Hotmail mail with Thunderbird without using the WebMail pluging?

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