HOWTO: Send and Receive Hotmail through Evolution

[dpm]

Host lookup failed: @hotmail.com: Name or service not known

My guess would be that you did not fill in the smtp server correctly in Evolution, but I cannot tell you much, since I only use hotwayd to receive e-mail, not to send.

Does receiving e-mail work for you?

[Lucas2005]

the first method worked for me, i even have a @msn.com address and not @hotmail.com

[SirShaggy]

I had never done this before, I don't use my msn account much at all. I decided to give it a try, only I wanted to use Thunderbird. I used the setup direct from the howto with my account information, it immediately downloaded the 87 messages I had on the server. Cool!

SirShaggy

[gammyhand]

If you have a newer account like me the way to get it going is to get into the Windows Live Mail Desktop beta as that enables WebDAV to get Delta Sync working.

Brilliant guide and the tip above fixed it for me.

[klokwyze]

I get the WebDAV pay error as well.

"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 *****@hotmail.com on host 127.0.0.1"

ill look for this "gotmail" project now... anyone else have any obvious/easy solutions to this problem besides a new different email service or program?

[klokwyze]

Nevermind... got going through a pop3server thing called "izymail.com" to receive my inbox messages.

I can't seem to send messages though... Evolution just hangs on the "send/receive mail" screen. It completes receiving inbound messages, but just stays @ 0% on outbound messages.

For "server" under server configuration I've tried

127.0.0.1:2500
127.0.0.7:2500
hotmail.com:2500
out.izymail.com:2500

all of them with server type "smtp", "server requires authentication" checked, no security, plain authentication, with my full email as the username.

anyone have any suggestions?

[matchstich]

When I tried to retreive my mail I got this error :-


EDIT: All sorted, authentication was login instead of password

Worked lovely, excellent !!!

can

you explain what you mean by this, i am getting the same error
thanks

[cibara]

As far as I gather from my limited understanding, yes, the information is sent in the clear. I hope someone more knowledgeable on the subject can confirm or deny this.

I was also curious, so i sniffed the traffic while connecting, and found some enlightening data in the TCP stream.

Connection: Keep-Alive
Authorization: Digest username="xxxxxxxx@msn.com", realm="Microsoft Passport", qop="auth", algorithm="MD5"

Although the user name is sent in the clear, the password authentication is encrypted. Albeit lightly. So, as long as you have a respectable password, you are in good shape.

Thanks to the original poster for an excellent how-to.

[linderback]

Thank you for this guide.

Downloading my messages in Evolution works fine. However, when I try to send messages I get the following message "Error while performing operation. Welcome response error. Operation now in progress". Outbound messages are stuck in the outbox.

I've used Hotmail for about 8 years or so but I recently "upgraded" it to Windows Live Mail. I've had my account for a long time and I'm not very keen on switching to a new one.

I guess I can't be the only one with this problem?

Rich

[kashms]

I was getting an error about needing to pay for webdav access but then I signed up for the Desktop Mail Live beta and I think it is ok for webdav access now. But now I'm getting another error in Evolution:
"Unable to connect to POP server 127.0.0.1.
Error sending password: -ERR Unable to find folder inbox on remote server"

Anyone know what this one is about?