Please Help With ISP/Mac Mail Question

[Audiodragon]

Amie,
There seems to have been a lot of confusion here and I hope your still checking these. I was looking for an answer to my own hotmail and mac mail problems when I came across this little chat. I think I can help. Unlike many of the responses said, you CAN get your hotmail into Mac's Mail app. I too have had a hotmail account for many years and don't wish to give it up. I also have been getting my hotmail messages into Mail for a while. While you can not download new messages to Mail from hotmail while offline you can look at old messages while offline, which I find useful. I also like to have all of my mail in one place and Mac Mail manages all three of my email accounts very well. Hotmail uses an http protocol which Mail does not support. However, there is a plugin that I've used called httpmail which sort of updates the Mail application to recieve hotmail messages. You can google it or go to
http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php
Download the file appropriate for your version of OSX (10.2, 10.3 "panther", 10.4 "tiger") If your not sure which version you have, you can click on the apple icon at the top left of your screen and select "about this mac". It'll have the version number in the second line of the window below the large apple. After you download the file and uncompress it (simply double clicking the downloaded file will uncompress), there should be a new folder, most likely on your desktop with the plug-in in it. There is a very good read-me file included with detailed instructions on how to follow it. I would suggest reading all the instructions first then following them to the T. The read me file also has good instructions on how to set up your hotmail account in the Mail application. I ran this plugin in OS 10.3 for 10 months and never had a problem with it. Just last week I upgraded to 10.4 and tried reinstalling this plugin. I didn't read all the instructions before trying to reinstall and thus did it wrong, which is why I'm now having problems with the plugin. But, if you follow the directions you should be golden to use hotmail in the Mail app! I hope you find this post useful. If you have any questions, you can email me at
audiodragon02@hotmail.com
Good Luck!

[Amie]

Originally Posted by Audiodragon

Amie,
There seems to have been a lot of confusion here and I hope your still checking these. I was looking for an answer to my own hotmail and mac mail problems when I came across this little chat. I think I can help. Unlike many of the responses said, you CAN get your hotmail into Mac's Mail app. I too have had a hotmail account for many years and don't wish to give it up. I also have been getting my hotmail messages into Mail for a while. While you can not download new messages to Mail from hotmail while offline you can look at old messages while offline, which I find useful. I also like to have all of my mail in one place and Mac Mail manages all three of my email accounts very well. Hotmail uses an http protocol which Mail does not support. However, there is a plugin that I've used called httpmail which sort of updates the Mail application to recieve hotmail messages. You can google it or go to
http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php
Download the file appropriate for your version of OSX (10.2, 10.3 "panther", 10.4 "tiger") If your not sure which version you have, you can click on the apple icon at the top left of your screen and select "about this mac". It'll have the version number in the second line of the window below the large apple. After you download the file and uncompress it (simply double clicking the downloaded file will uncompress), there should be a new folder, most likely on your desktop with the plug-in in it. There is a very good read-me file included with detailed instructions on how to follow it. I would suggest reading all the instructions first then following them to the T. The read me file also has good instructions on how to set up your hotmail account in the Mail application. I ran this plugin in OS 10.3 for 10 months and never had a problem with it. Just last week I upgraded to 10.4 and tried reinstalling this plugin. I didn't read all the instructions before trying to reinstall and thus did it wrong, which is why I'm now having problems with the plugin. But, if you follow the directions you should be golden to use hotmail in the Mail app! I hope you find this post useful. If you have any questions, you can email me at
audiodragon02@hotmail.com
Good Luck!

Wow. And I thought these people on this forum knew EVERYthing!

Seriously, thanks a lot for all the great information. However, I hardly ever keep/read old e-mails. Once I reply to them, I delete them. I'm very anal and like to keep a tidy e-mail inbox. LOL So, that's really the only reason why I was checking into Mail in the first place--I was thinking that I could inport NEW Hotmail messages into my Mail account while offline. But you said that's not possible, so I guess I won't do the Mail thing. Ah well. Can't have everything, right?

Thanks again for all your help.