Guide to setting up Hotmail / Yahoo accounts in Mozilla
- Download the MrPostman installer.
- Run the installer. (If you can't just double-click it, you should download the JRE. If you're sure you have this installed and you still can't double-click it, you can run it manually by issuing the command c:\program files\java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\java -jar c:\(path to desktop)\install-mrpostman-20040806.jar.) You can select all the defaults. We're going to assume you've installed this application to c:\program files\mrpostman.
- Make sure you're logged in as an Administrator and run c:\program files\mrpostman\install-ntservice.bat.
- The MrPostman GUI will show up. Uncheck the "show GUI on startup" option and close the window.
- Add your account in Mozilla:
- From the Edit menu, choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings.
- Click Add Acount.
- In the Add Account wizard:
- Choose Email account. Click next.
- Enter your name and your Hotmail address (include the @hotmail.com part). Click next.
- Choose POP and enter localhost as the Incoming Server. Click next.
- Enter your complete Hotmail address as your username. Click next.
- Type an alias for this account. I used hotmail. Click next.
- Review your choices. They should look something like this screenshot of the wizard summary. Click finish.
- You should be back the the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings dialog. Find your newly-created account in the left-hand pane and choose its Server Settings page. Change the port to 11110 (that's four 1's). Click OK.
- Try it out. Choose your new account in the left-hand pane of Mozilla Mail and click Read messages in the right-hand pane.
Courtesy of
http://2mod2.com/mohot
This works in Mozilla suite mail client as well as Thunderbird.
You'll need to use your ISP's SMTP details (eg for ntl smtp.ntlworld.com) and the POP3 interface is MrPostman- this merely converts the webpage interface into a POP3 server to use in all email clients.
I think it tells you all that though
