Hotmail

helix26

I have been using hotmail since past 7 years and the quota on Account has start bugging me and i am personally not inclined to pay for the Subscription to upgrade my MS account but recently i manage to open a Gmail account which provides quiet a substancial amount of space plus POP3/SMTP services which is great so i thought maybe i can slowly phase out my hotmail account but i am not sure how to go about doing that what i would like to do is download all my Hotmail emails to my Gmail account if possible or forward all my emails to gmail any ideas ?
cheers
Helix

ntlbell

helix26 wrote:

I have been using hotmail since past 7 years and the quota on Account has start bugging me and i am personally not inclined to pay for the Subscription to upgrade my MS account but recently i manage to open a Gmail account which provides quiet a substancial amount of space plus POP3/SMTP services which is great so i thought maybe i can slowly phase out my hotmail account but i am not sure how to go about doing that what i would like to do is download all my Hotmail emails to my Gmail account if possible or forward all my emails to gmail any ideas ?
cheers
Helix

something like http://www.e-eeasy.com/GetMail.aspx

helix26

Thanks didn't get a chance to try yet will do it later.

Matt Simis

helix26 wrote:

I have been using hotmail since past 7 years and the quota on Account has start bugging me and i am personally not inclined to pay for the Subscription to upgrade my MS account but recently i manage to open a Gmail account which provides quiet a substancial amount of space plus POP3/SMTP services which is great so i thought maybe i can slowly phase out my hotmail account but i am not sure how to go about doing that what i would like to do is download all my Hotmail emails to my Gmail account if possible or forward all my emails to gmail any ideas ?
cheers
Helix

Did you upgrade your Hotmail account to 250MB for free already? You know, by closing it and reopening it as a US account.


Matt

Sam Vimes

you can increase your hotmail size to 250mb. here's how:


go into the options and change your country to america, state to florida and zip to 33332.

then close your account. the quickest way to find the option is to go to the help section and search for close account.

then go to log in as normal. make sure it goes to the main hotmail page and not that one where its remembered your address so its written on the page and not in a text box.

when you log in it'll ask you to activate your account. activate it and click past all the ad things. when you get through you'll have 25mb available. after a week or two it may or may not change to 250mb. whether it does or not seems to be random

**Timbuk2**

as far as I know it changes to 250MB after a month, but I may be wrong

Microsoft wrote:

Receive 25MB at sign-up. Please allow at least 30 days for activation of your 250MB storage to verify your email account and help prevent abuse. Microsoft Corporation reserves the right to provide 250MB inbox to free Hotmail accounts at its discretion.

SeanW

Best idea, get yourself a Yahoo account, gives you 1GB email, a geocities website (15MB), a Briefcase (30MB private file store), groups and a whole bunch of other stuff.

KrankStricher

how is that better than 2gb?

galwaydude18

get a gmail account! you'l never ever look back on it once you get one! Pm me if you want an invitation for one!

mikelmessi

Don't know if it's any use to you but everybody I've met in the UK or Holland have got free 250 mb hotmail. I just changed my country of residence in the personal info to Netherlands. One week later I had 250 mb. I was in Holland when I did this, a friend did here in Ireland and it didn't work.

KrankStricher

Service: Gmail Y ahoo! Mail Hotmail
Free Storage 2GB and rising 1GB 250MB
Additional Storage N/A up to 2GB for $19.99/yr up to 2GB for $19.95/yr
POP3 Access Yes (over SSL) Yes (with upgrade) Yes (with upgrade)
Spam Filtering A A B
Search A- B- C
Support A- A- A-
User Experience A+ A- B


Says it all really, got that from here.


(QQ; Gmails better)

zokrez

Commander Vimes wrote:

you can increase your hotmail size to 250mb. here's how:


go into the options and change your country to america, state to florida and zip to 33332.

then close your account. the quickest way to find the option is to go to the help section and search for close account.

then go to log in as normal. make sure it goes to the main hotmail page and not that one where its remembered your address so its written on the page and not in a text box.

when you log in it'll ask you to activate your account. activate it and click past all the ad things. when you get through you'll have 25mb available. after a week or two it may or may not change to 250mb. whether it does or not seems to be random

When you close and reopen account, does it wipe out your inbox ?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Zakrze wrote:

When you close and reopen account, does it wipe out your inbox ?

edit:maybe not

Matthewthebig

no

Sam Vimes

Zakrze wrote:

When you close and reopen account, does it wipe out your inbox ?

nope

**Timbuk2**

I know how you feel

I was a bit hesitant to do it because I thought I would lose everything, but I went with the guide that I was following and closed it and reopened it and didn't lose anything!!!

If it reassures you you could back-up your email just in case, but I have never heard of anyone who lost their email using this trick

zokrez

yeah it worked and it gave me the 25mb immediately.

eamoss

I have 2GBs of space on my hotmail account for free!


Im testing Windows Live Mail beta for them!!

KrankStricher

So what? doesn't that meant you have to fill out firms and stuff, why not just go with g-mail I don't get it.
(FTL:"Why the Extra work for same/worse service?")

**Timbuk2**

I was going to test that Beta but then decided no, what's the use

Gmail is 10x better anyway

SeanW

G-Mail, you have to be "invited" and they read your E-Mail.

Yahoo also lets you open multiple accounts if you need to I have 3. My main account, another one for potentially risky (re: spam) activities, and another for my Deus Ex gaming clan.

I wouldn't bother with G-Mail TBH.

Stark

The worst thing about Hotmail is the worthless spam filter. They're going to all this effort to improve the UI with Windows Live Mail but seem to be doing sfa to combat spam. Gmail on the other hand catches hundreds of spam messages every month(it's not like the spammers aren't trying) but only lets one through once in a blue moon.

**Timbuk2**

How do you know that they read your e-mail??

I know that bots scan your email so the ads can match the subject of your email on the side of the page but they don't actually read your email

And it is easy to get invites, just ask anybody here on boards.ie and they will help you out

If anyone wants an invite to gmail just PM me

Also, what's to stop you having as much accounts as you want on gmail. One for main email, one for spam, one for gaming clans (if you so wish) and one for gmail space (extension for firefox, allows you to upload files onto your gmail space)

Here is the equation : GMAIL > YAHOO => YAHOO > HOTMAIL => HOTMAIL > feck all

helix26

ntlbell wrote:

something like http://www.e-eeasy.com/GetMail.aspx

Getmail works great i managed get it working with Webdav and it's perfect to migrate all your emails...now i probably have to check with the Hotmail guys, if i can put an Out of Office reply in the near future to let users know about my new address.
cheers for the help

Bob the Builder

How are ye' doin GMail is the best offers the most space, better spam filters, accessible services (google.com/ig, personalized homepage etc.). Google has a smart system though it is only a beta yet. (ie. If u sign up for an external service, gmail wont put it in the spam box where as Yahoo will)

I have plenty invites left and if you want one just email me (Nev.Farrell@GMail.com)

There is also a feature accessible to webmasters which I use, ie. at your website create a forwarder (me@MyDomain.com) and at your GMail account Create an account that you can 'Send mail as' (Me@MyDomain.com). I thought I would say that because it is a nw feature. You use GMail high storage for your website and not your own space