Having POP3 access to Live Mail is great (or any mail account really!) if you have a Google mail account (or Google Apps). Follow the steps below, and you can send and receive mail from Live/Hotmail, or any POP3 mail enabled account!
In Gmail, go to Settings, and click the Accounts page. Select the link to Add a mail account you own.
Enter the email address associated with the POP3 account.
Use the following settings for the connection settings
- POP Server: pop3.live.com
- Port: 995
- Check Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail
Optionally, you can also apply a label to all messages, so to help organizing your messages.
Next, you can setup the ability to send mail as your pop3 account (instead of the from Gmail account)
Enter the name you want to show as “From”
Verify that you own the account you are sending as.
Check your POP3 account, enter the verification code, and you’re done!
One other thing that I do, is set my “Reply” address to same address that the message was sent to.
That’s it folks! Remember, this isn’t just for Live or Hotmail – you can use this to check up to 5 external POP3 accounts. Happy emailing!
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