WM6: Anyway to get Hotmail through "Messaging"

bentleysmom · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 09:30 PM

I just upgraded from WM5 to WM6 and can't find a way to set up my Hotmail account through Messaging. Is it just not possible to do this? So I have to go through PIE? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

**HBOOT** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 09:45 PM

BentleysMom whatcha talkin bout?lol . Hey do you use a Treo as your sig states? Anyway as a Mogul user I will hit Messaging/Tools/New account and follow the prompts...

bentleysmom · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 09:51 PM

HA!

Yes I have a Treo, and I do get the prompts to add it, but if I check "try to get my settings automatically from the internet" it just gives me a link to Windows Live mobile. And then if I uncheck that box to set it up myself, it asks for an incoming mail server. And maybe because I'm still a newbie ... I don't think Hotmail required those, so assumed I was doing something wrong? Also I think Hotmail uses HTTP and it's asking me to choose POP3 or IMAP. Is there a way around that?

kwajr · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 10:43 PM

just follow thru with windows live set it up and it adds a hotmail account under messaging scren

bentleysmom · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 11:16 PM

I did, but it doesn't add hotmail under my messaging screen when I close out of Internet Exporer ....

I do have a premium msn subsciption as well, and with some searching found the incoming and outgoing servers, but for some reason, it doesn't like my e-mail address and password.

Very strange ... and frustrating. Any help is much appreciated

Thanks!

icefalkon · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 11:35 PM

Hey there,

I'm having the same problem with WM6 and hotmail. I've been looking for a fix for a month now...so far nothing works.

Ice from NYC

aammiitt · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 11:35 PM

humm...surprising...cuz I went to "messaging"....then "set up an email account"...entered my details...and bingo....works like a charm.

or try this.....go thru outlook email set-up.

Should work.

my 2 cents.
Cheers.

icefalkon · #8 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 12:42 AM

Just tried again, and still won't work. Just gives a link to the Live login page.

**HBOOT** · #9 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 11:08 AM

Now that is messed up. Here Bentley and the other dude, let's try the old trick. When prompted to enter your email, please enter some garbage hh@xyz.com and continue,it will ask for your provider and whatever else . Now you may be in business!!! report back.

Hotmail works really well. The reason why we responded the way we did b/c it didn't take us to the log in page when we did ours a while back. Now it does and it did after I tried. I am sure it is something to do with the hotmail server being modified.

My pet like greenies...lol

across110th · #10 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 04:59 PM

Just set up hotmail to forward to another email address that works on your phone. If you dont have one, set up a gmail address. I'm not sure exactly where it is in hotmail, but somewhere in the settings you can forward a copy to another email address. Hotmail is iffy, the only email provider that either works or doesn't for no particular reason.