Hotmail access using POP3 protocol

Finally, Microsoft follows the industry standards and has a reasonable mail service. It is now possible to use the POP protocol to send and receive email from hotmail.

Instructions for Apple’s Mail application on Leopard:

In Mail go to Preferences, and click on Accounts

Click the plus button (lower left) to add a new account

In the Add Account panel, enter your Name and your hotmail (or live) email address and your password and click ‘Continue…’

In the ‘Incoming Mail Server’ panel select ‘POP’ from the Account Type menu, and give the account a description

You must fill in the following information correctly:

Incoming Mail Server: pop3.live.com
Username: Your Hotmail address (with @hotmail.com, @live.com extension included)
Password: Your Hotmail password
Click on Continue

Set the Outgoing Server to smtp.live.com, then click Continue, and click ‘Create’.

On the other hand, I use PowerMail instead of Mail, which makes things a little more interesting.

In PowerMail do this:

From the Setup menu select ‘Mail Accounts…’
In the ‘Mail Accounts’ panel, click the ‘New’ button on the top left.
Give the account a description.

Under the ‘Identity’ tab, enter your hotmail email address and your name.

Under the Receiving tab:
Protocol: POP3
User account ID: your complete hotmail/live address
Incoming mail server: pop3.live.com
check the save password box and enter your password.
Under Advanced, check the ‘Use secure connection (SSL/TLS) box and make sure the ‘On a dedicated secure port’ radio button is selected.

Under the Sending tab:

Outgoing SMTP server: smtp.live.com
check the Authenticate as user box and enter your full email
password: your hotmail password.

Under ‘Advanced’ check the ‘Use secure connection (SSL/TLS) box and make sure the ‘Using the STARTTLS command’ radio button is checked.

Apple gives in to the music labels and joins others…

Various online sites are reporting that Apple isn’t the only one with variable pricing on its iTunes music store.

While other sites are going for inflammatory and sensationalized headlines like iWay robbery by Apple.

Does anybody believe that it’s Apple’s choice to hike the prices?

The labels have been pressuring Apple to hike prices since the iTunes store proved successful in 2004. It’s a miracle that Apple has been able to resist this long.

By the way, I scanned the new prices and found plenty of tracks going for $1.29, and I managed to find only 2 tracks going for $.69. Is anybody surprised with my find?