rajeesh Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Since Microsoft released its new cloud-based email service Outlook.com, there has been lots of buzz about it. The word on the streets is it’s a winner – superior to Gmail and certainly better than the lacklustre Hotmail. Email is email, right? So what does it offer that makes it stand out among its competitors? Let’s take a look at the features that make Outlook.com the go-to email service. Outlook.com will eventually replace Hotmail altogether and is available for anyone on any device to download and use for free. It has the look of Windows 8 with your tiles for People, Mail, Calendar, and SkyDrive but you don’t have to be using Windows 8 to use Outlook.com mail services. Read the full article at source: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_kent Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Does Outlook.com allow POP3 and IMAP clients like Gmail does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl@pSh0ck™ Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Does Outlook.com allow POP3 and IMAP clients like Gmail does?I have it setup in my MS Outlook email client, you just have to install "MS outlook hotmail connector" COM plugin. I just don't know with any other email clients though. EDIT: BTW I just renamed my live.com mail to an outlook.com mail, so I'm not sure if it does work with a newly created outlook.com email account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 how did you rename your account?? more info please id like to do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Oh no, unfortunately the all new Outlook.com does not pop a snook at Gmail (not yet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl@pSh0ck™ Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 how did you rename your account?? more info please id like to do the same.Here you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 2, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 2, 2012 So far, problems I experience with Outlook.com:Page refreshes after some time. It keeps refreshing every 30 secs or so. It's hard to concentrate.Clicking the delete button (or pressing) when an email is open, leads to the main email view again, instead of opening next one. I miss this feature. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_kent Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Does Outlook.com allow POP3 and IMAP clients like Gmail does?I have it setup in my MS Outlook email client, you just have to install "MS outlook hotmail connector" COM plugin. I just don't know with any other email clients though. EDIT: BTW I just renamed my live.com mail to an outlook.com mail, so I'm not sure if it does work with a newly created outlook.com email account. I just tested it using Thunderbird 14 and it works! But it still uses live.com domain (smpt.live.com & pop3.live.com). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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