How to Configure Gmail to Download, Get and Transfer Mail from Hotmail via POP3
Hotmail has finally added POP3 support, and although it’s not worldwide launch yet, there is hack to instantly enable and turn on Hotmail POP3 support even though you’re not register at the initial launch region or country. Once POP3 is enabled, email messages sent to Hotmail can be downloaded to Gmail Inbox or mailbox via POP3 access protocol. User no longer need to depend on hectic process to transfer Hotmail to Gmail anymore.
Tip: Enable Hotmail POP3 support before attempting to link it from Gmail.
How to Set and Configure Gmail to Download Emails from Hotmail Account
- Login to Gmail account.
- Click on Settings link on the top right corner.
- Go to Accounts tab.
- Click on Add another mail account link under “Get mail from other accounts” section.
- In the pop-up web page, enter the email address of the Hotmail account to get mail from, e.g. username@hotmail.com, and then click on Next Step.
- Configure the mail settings for the Hotmail account with the following values:
Username: username@hotmail.com [full MSN or Windows Live ID Hotmail address in @msn.com, @live.com or @hotmail.com]
Password: [enter Windows Live ID password used to sign in to Hotmail]
POP Server: pop3.live.com
Port: 995
- Tick the check box for Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail option.
- Other options that are optional, and can be configured are:
- Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server.
- Label incoming messages with an identity (move to a folder).
- Archive incoming messages (Skip the Inbox).
- Click Add Account button when done.
- Optionally, user may choose to use Gmail to send email from your other email addresses (as Hotmail). To do so, just continue to complete the wizard, and verify by clicking on confirmation link send to the Hotmail Inbox (which should now appear in Gmail Inbox after a while as POP3 is now working to retrieve and download all received mails in Hotmail to Gmail).
- All mail received on Windows Live MSN Hotmail will now be retrieved, downloaded and transferred to Gmail Inbox automatically and without intervention or attention required.
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October 14th, 2009 13:40
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September 7th, 2009 07:02
does anyone know if collecting my hotmail via POP on my Gmail account will keep my hotmail account alive?
ie: I think i have to sign in to hotmail every 30 days to keep it active. Will this “collection” method through gmail keep it alive so i don’t have to sign in any more?
thanks.
J.
August 26th, 2009 08:34
how do u get 2 Accounts on gmail?!! helpp
June 3rd, 2009 11:23
A few questions:
1) I did what you suggested, but if I choose to “Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server” my hotmail account begins to be filled with duplicated email. If I choose not to leave a copy of my messages in the server will I lose all the messages stored in my hotmail account?
2) I have been using Hotmail for over 10 years now, there are tens of thousands of emails categorized in folders. Now, is there any way I could assign a Gmail tag to an email located in a specific Hotmail folder?
Because all the messages I accumulated for many years, I decided to register for a paid hotmail account, as soon as Microsoft started to offer that option, so I do have POP access.
I decided to change my email provider after dealing with hotmail support for months regarding the failure in their search feature. Their final answer was that, due the size of my account, I cannot expect to be able to do a search over all the emails in my account using their online search feature, no matter if I have a paid account or not. I need to download all those gigs of information in every PC I need to access my hotmail account from, and then do a local search in my PC or laptop. They were not even able to tell how much storage I am now using.
Now I found myself under their mercy, until I find a way to transfer all this information to a different provider that does not have this absurd limitation for a paid account. Gmail has the option to upgrade the amount of storage available for an annual fee, so I’m hoping to be able to use their service instead.
May 14th, 2009 06:53
That was super! Thanks you!
May 9th, 2009 10:37
Thanks very much. Worked like a charm!
April 29th, 2009 11:25
You. Are. Amazing. Thank you!
April 28th, 2009 00:53
Keep working ,great job!
April 19th, 2009 07:09
Thanks so much! I have been searching all day for a solution that works on a Mac, and was about to give up. This is a godsend for those who have been trapped in hotmail. I wish all online explanation were as complete and thorough, with screen grabs, as yours are. My compliments.
April 9th, 2009 05:00
I can’t add your rss feed to my reader, what could be the problem?
March 12th, 2009 19:37
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February 24th, 2009 04:45
For those that say it didn’t work, you have to put in exactly what the example has … even the port #, and the @hotmail.com extension on the user name … that was a couple of things that did not automatically come up and I had to type them that way.
February 24th, 2009 04:34
Thanks for the info … now I can use my gmail … hotmail’s ads and “new and improved” design are very annoying.
February 13th, 2009 20:16
sign out of hotmail, and sign it again, then try to add to gmail.
works for me.
February 5th, 2009 10:30
enabled pop3 and followed all steps and i get server denied pop3 access for given name and password?
January 28th, 2009 15:03
So I tried this but it still doesn’t work for me!
Gmail says: Server denied POP3 access for the given username and password.
Please contact Microsoft’s support team for more information on POP access.
Server returned error: “user does not have POP3 access”
No clue what I am missing! I tried to set the pop3 on the hotmail, and I change all the info to unitedkingdom and
Postal Code: WC1B 3DG
Constituent Country: England
Time zone: London, United Kingdom – GMT
Any other clues?
January 22nd, 2009 10:53
You need to enable POP3 support first.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/22/hack-to-enable-hotmail-pop3-and-smtp-support-instantly-for-all-countries/
January 22nd, 2009 08:47
Server denied POP3 access for the given username and password.
Please contact Microsoft’s support team for more information on POP access.
Server returned error: “user does not have POP3 access”
January 22nd, 2009 06:39
becouse WLM forwards only to a .net live [that's it's name?] account.
of course you can verify your gmail account, but also doesn’t work.
January 22nd, 2009 06:02
Why not just forward your Windows Live Mail to your Gmail address (and then create a filter)? WLM does forwarding now.