HOWTO: Send and Receive Hotmail through Evolution

[Josh_b]

bugger.

[kutuluu]

This worked 99 % correctly for me.

One flaw happend to me while applying original instructions from indras,,,,

(Evolution was running on backround)

I executed all as described, then activated evolution , but evolution has crashed.Did not accept any commands, had to kill it.
-> then i tried to open it again, but nothing happened
--> then i restarted ubuntu.
---> all worked !

As you might see / feel, i am windows user restart makes magic.

But, most importantly, this is the way to make instructions !

BIG thx !!!

[BLTicklemonster]

Wow, I'm recieving email from my hotmail account in evolution for the first time ever. Sweet! But I sent myself 2 emails and haven't gotten either one yet. Hmmmm. Just checked it on the web browser, and they are there, probably just takes a bit to make it from there to here. Excellent! Thanks!

[cvmostert]

great guide, worked for me! takes long to log onto the server though..

cheers

[MrLeN]

I tried both setws of instructions, but when i type:

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/xinetd

I get a document, but there's nothing in it -- so I can't change it.

MrLeN

[MrLeN]

sudo apt-get install inetutils-inetd

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package inetutils-inetd

Is this bad?

[srf21c]

Unable to connect to POP server 127.0.0.1.
Error sending password: -ERR Hotmail said you must pay money to have WebDAV access

Please enter the POP password for <username>@hotmail.com on host 127.0.0.1

>I get this error message after entering password and trying to download mail?

Just tried setting up hotway+evolution for a friends account, and getting the same error. Hotmail account is 3 years old. Going to have him sign up for the Windows Live desktop beta, see if that helps.

[Jeremiah478]

Thanks for the HowTo, just thought that I would let you know that I used this to setup Hotmail inside of Thunderbird and it works great, so once again, Thanks.

[darundal]

Was able to get it "almost" running in Thunderbird. Pretty sure this is a cross platform then, but when I try to use it, it says I must pay for WebDAV Access...

[srf21c]

an update. Hotmail access via Thunderbird and the Webmail extension(s) works fine with the friends hotmail account in question.

Next step is to try configuring Evolution+Hotway on another system to see if I can replicate the problem.