How to read hotmail messages from GMail?

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Written on 9:26 PM by BlackApple

Windows Live Team has announced that it rolled out POP3 access of Hotmail to all the users. They have been rolling out this feature for a while and now everyone has got the POP3 access finally.

So, if you want to receive an send email through GMail, here is the process:

  1. Login to your GMail account.
  2. Go to Settings. (its on the top left)
  3. Go to Accounts tab
  4. In Accounts tab you can Get mail from other accounts, there you can see Add a mail account you own link
  5. Click the link and you can see a pop-up window
  6. Enter you email there
  7. Finally you'll get another dialog, there you enter your usname, password and POP Server
  8. username should be your full username : abcd@hotmail.com,...
  9. POP Server : pop3.live.com and Port. 995
  10. Add a suitable label for the mails incoming from hotmail
  11. Press Add Account Button

Also if you want to setup hotmail access on your desktop or mobile device? Here are the details you need to configure POP3

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)   
POP SSL required? Yes 
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com 
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live 
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)   
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password) 
TLS/SSL required? Yes


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