Windows Live Hotmail – now with POP3 support
Just saw this via Richard (Windows Observer) on Twitter.
Hotmail now supports POP3. What is POP3? According to Wikipedia:
“The Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP3 and IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol) are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support both.
POP3 has made earlier versions of the protocol, informally called POP1 and POP2, obsolete. In contemporary usage, the less precise term POP almost always means POP3 in the context of e-mail protocols.
The design of POP3 and its procedures supports end-users with intermittent connections (such as dial-up connections), allowing these users to retrieve e-mail when connected and then to view and manipulate the retrieved messages without needing to stay connected. Although most clients have an option to leave mail on server, e-mail clients using POP3 generally connect, retrieve all messages, store them on the user's PC as new messages, delete them from the server, and then disconnect. ”
The website Windows Mobile Cool provides details on how to set it up in your favorite email client here.
Previously:
Windows Live Hotmail – New Improvements!
Resources:
A Look at Windows Live Mail 2009
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