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By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive Gmail gains offline support and Hotmail adds…um, POP3?? «

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:12:38 +0000

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By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive Microsoft’s Outlook Connector «

WebWorkerDaily » Archive Microsoft’s Outlook Connector « — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:01:03 +0000

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By: Web Worker Daily » Archive MailShadow: Exchange-ing Microsoft for Google «

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:00:17 +0000

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By: JohnJones

JohnJones — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:01:25 +0000

nice it seems like it is a wrapper around perl WWW::Mechanize only bundled up

I would like a perl module since I really dont trust third party servers…

thanks for the list

John

http://www.johnjones.me.uk

By: junyor

junyor — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:23:07 +0000

Just as a point of clarification, this change effects only Outlook Express & older version of the Outlook Connector. Only OLC versions 1.8 and older rely on DAV. If you use the current version of OLC (4), you will still be able to connect Outlook 2003 & 2007 to your hotmail/windows live account. Many (if not most) corporate environments rely on Exchange Server for their mail system. Even if there are smarter solutions and I think that is debatable (and a matter of preference) many folks are stuck with Outlook because of their employer. I agree with you on Outlook Express, there are quite a few better options out there, including the Window Live Mail client.

By: foaf

foaf — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:25:38 +0000

Hotmail syncs with Outlook using the Outlook Connector, free from MS (Google it or visit http://tinyurl.com/yt6zqq).

Plus, Live Mail is actually a very good app for personal email (ie photo attachments, multiple web based email acounts).

By: Technology Hacker

Technology Hacker — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:06:14 +0000

Thanks for suggesting Izymail

By: Jez

Jez — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:53:39 +0000

“OK, smart people won’t be using Outlook…”

WHAT?? Lots of people have no choice but to use Outlook, as its the default calendar/email system in most business.

Its actually pretty good, straight outta the box.

(seen your apology) but you dont see that in the RSS feed

By: Some people never learn - Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov

Some people never learn - Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:22:38 +0000

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By: Zia

Zia — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:12:45 +0000

Thanks for Izymail, it rocks. I posted a review on my blog.

By: Imran Ali

Imran Ali — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:45:01 +0000

Apologies – I should limit that comment to just Outlook Express and Hotmail as Outlook is a professional tool and yes, it’s not about smart people, but really that there are smarter solutions out there than Hotmail or Outlook Express :)

By: chrismou

chrismou — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:57:27 +0000

“smart people won’t be using Outlook”

I don’t get this bit. Whats wrong with outlook? I have an office licence, and so i have access to an email reader, calendar, to-do manager, etc. How is it smarter to then download a client that requires 10 plugins to get it to do what i want? Or use a web based system that i can’t access when i’m outside a wi-fi zone? I also can’t sync my phone with either of these without trawling the web for an add-on (assuming its even possible).

So for clarification – in your eyes, what part of using outlook makes me ‘not smart’ ?

By: Zia

Zia — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:21:28 +0000

Time and Time again, I have had issues with using Tbird’s webmail extension.

By: Neal G

Neal G — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:56:20 +0000

You are able to transfer ALL of you emails to Yahoo. Perhaps other online services allow you to do this as well.

By: Daspion

Daspion — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:43:55 +0000

There is also Mail Forward by System Support Products, Inc. which I’ve been using for a number of years now to forward any hotmail I get to a POP account. There is a cost for the program, but I’ve found it worthwhile as some people still email me at hotmail and almost seem to refuse to update their address books. They also offer regular updates as Microsoft changes access to hotmail.