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I use Messenger app on my PC as its handy for getting Hotmail alerts. Seeing as they're turning off the servers next month, wanted something else that would monitor Hotmail and alert me of new mail. I believe Skype doesnt do this, so was thinking of Windows Mail
Anyone used it and can you link Hotmail accounts to it? Does it look/act in the same way Outlook does and alert you when you have new mail?
Cheers
Edited by bobble_bob (Thu 14-Feb-13 16:08:44)
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Any email client, like WLM, will read your Hotmail msgs, as long as you set it up and open it.
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Cheers. Yea wanted something that would sit there in the background checking for mail, similar to Outlook
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You could use something like Poptray.
Mike
If you have to swallow a frog, try not to think about it. If you have to swallow two frogs, don't swallow the smaller one first.
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Windows Live Mail gets a lot of stick but actually does what it says on the tin. I have it set to download from three accounts and open it when I switch on then minimise it.
It has various alert types to let you know when 'you have mail'.
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Ah good. Whats the negative stuff people say about it?
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Would you please tell me how to use the alerts when you have mail? I use windows live mail on my windows 8 , but I am not aware of these alerts!!
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In the General Tab in Options, tick 'play sound when new messages arrive'. You also get a little envelope in the Live icon on the Task Bar, but I think that this is automatic.
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As for the negatives, I think the link to Windows Live and other stuff that you don't really need. But you can igonore all that very easily. I also read about possible security issues, as you log in with your actual email passwords, not a different one, as in Outlook Express.
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you log in with your actual email passwords, not a different one, as in Outlook Express. I don't see that! Each POP3 a/c in OE needs its actual email password.
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Windows Live Messenger requires your actual password to log in too,
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What I meant was that to log into OE you could have another password to access the settings for specific accounts - the account password was stored so you weren't typing it every time. This avoided keylogging attacks. I realise that you can do this with WLM too.
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What I meant was that to log into OE you could have another password to access the settings for specific accounts Where in OE (or WLM)? I don't see one.
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