If you want to check your Hotmail with some program other than outlook, then all you need is Hotmail Popper. It runs a POP3 proxy on your computer that sits between the Hotmail servers and your POP3 client (e.g. Eudora, Netscape). It's pretty easy to setup and takes a few MB of RAM to run. I leave mine running all the time, so it's use is transparent to me.
Now if I only got real mail instead of 99% spam from my Hotmail address...
Posted by ramk at June 30, 2003 03:54 PMwhy not just let your hotmail address die? go yahoo.co. and enjoy the free pop mail. Added bonus! no overhead!
It's the logical thing to do!
Posted by: Dan at July 1, 2003 12:20 AMMy bet would be that if yahoo.com became a pay-based service, then yahoo.co might not be far behind. I know there are tons of countries to choose from also, but I don't really want a co.uk or a co.jp at the end of my address. Another thing is that I still could get some useful mail from my Hotmail address. And finally any spam that comes there is my fault, since I put that address in a bunch of bad places. (like signing up for websites, making downloads, etc.)
Posted by: Ram at July 2, 2003 08:26 AMokay i have downloaded the hotmail popper thing and i have outlook 2003. i was wondering if you could help me set it up i thought i did it right but then it wouldnt let me send a email
Please help me
Posted by: Clayton at July 4, 2006 10:36 PM