BigT716 All American 3458 Posts user info edit post |
does anyone with a hotmail account know how to get your incoming mail forwarded to a new email address. i am switching to gmail and am trying to combine my accounts into one. 4/25/2006 11:13:37 PM |
JonHGuth Suspended 39171 Posts user info edit post |
isnt hotmail like yahoo where you have to pay for forwarding? 4/25/2006 11:24:04 PM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
lol
I doubt you'll get MS to forward your email to a @gmail acct for free.
It would be slightly humorous though. 4/25/2006 11:25:22 PM |
Prospero All American 11662 Posts user info edit post |
I know of no way to forward email sent to your hotmail account to your gmail account. There may be a way to pay for the option but I've never seen it, nor heard about how to do it.
(thx to google, see this app: http://www.e-eeasy.com/GetMail.aspx)
But here's my solution for importing your existing hotmail into gmail... (not sure if it works but should)
1/ Open up Outlook Express and create a new account (setup with hotmail http server) 2/ Create a new local folder in Outlook Express 3/ Download/Copy all your email to your local folder 4/ Export/Import email into Thunderbird 5/ Use this app to forward all your existing email to Gmail http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/
[Edited on April 25, 2006 at 11:31 PM. Reason : .] 4/25/2006 11:29:14 PM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
That's a pain in the ass, if he wants to keep getting new emails @gmail, and not just archive his old ones.
But yeah, it might be your only option. 4/25/2006 11:44:22 PM |
Perlith All American 7620 Posts user info edit post |
1) Setup your email client to receive hotmail and gmail (I know Outlook Express and Outlook 2003 can do this). 2) Setup a rule in your email client to automatically forward to gmail (if thats what you REALLY want) or move the message to your gmail account folder. 3) Profit 4/25/2006 11:57:43 PM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
Wait....
I must be confused here.
I thought hotmail wouldn't let you use pop3 unless you paid. 4/25/2006 11:58:45 PM |