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Collo


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Can anyone tell how to attach a file in the new hotmail.

What was once simple, is now impossible!

Collo.

(pissed off Collo!)

 



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Me too! Collo why fix what don't need fixing.



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I use hotmail (& bigpond web mail) through Windows live mail email client.  No problems.

Is the difficulty apparent when using web mail through hotmail.com ?



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I don't know if you mean the new hotmail that has been swapped over to outlook or not. If you do there is still a way to attach at the top of the page but if you are anything like me I absolutely hate this new system. Without asking or any feedback from consumers they've done this. I for one am swapping over to Google after using this for many years. Dave



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I would avoid web mail. Instead you can "POP" your Hotmail (and Google Mail) accounts. Then you won't need to put with all the web based rubbish.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=hotmail+pop+OR+pop3+settings



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Bill B


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Click on the attach button at top of page, then when it opens the next page click on computer, then it should be similar to what it was before.

This is using Windows 7 & Outlook Mail as it is now called.

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It's now called "Insert", top of a new email, just left of centre - the icon looks like a paperclip. The dropdown arrow gives you a selection to choose how to attach your files.



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Cupie


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dorian wrote:

I would avoid web mail. Instead you can "POP" your Hotmail (and Google Mail) accounts. Then you won't need to put with all the web based rubbish.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=hotmail+pop+OR+pop3+settings

 Can you please explain in language that semi literates like me can understand  ..

The first site that I looked at on this link spoke about adding this functionality to Mail Washer.  I don't use Mail Washer.

I usually use Windows Live Mail to access my Hotmail & Bigpond mail accounts.  It is my understanding that Windows Live Mail is called an 'email client'.  I think that this approach uses a pop access.  Is that right?

When using my wife's iPad, rather than add my accounts to her 'mail' with all the resulting confusion, I use Hotmail or Bigpond Web Mail.  Pain in the Ass!  I suppose that I could set myself up as another user or whatever Apple call it but not worth the bother in that I rarely use her iPad.

 

Yesterday I had trouble in deleting some junk emails in WLM so I went in via web mail & was able to successfully delete them.  Quickly ran Kaspersky system scans & found nothing amiss.  Strange.



-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 2nd of June 2016 10:25:27 AM

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I don't use Microsoft applications for email, so I can't comment on Windows Mail. Instead I use a relatively unknown email client. 

In the past I had several "throwaway" accounts with various providers, and I also maintained two concurrent accounts with different ISPs. Each account was configured as a separate "personality". Each personality had its own user name, POP server, SMTP server, port numbers, password, etc. You can see these settings here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/send-receive-from-app

Incoming (POP3) Server

Server address: pop-mail.outlook.com

Port: 995

Encrypted Connection: SSL 

Outgoing (SMTP) Server

Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com

Port: 25 (or 587 if 25 is blocked)

Authentication: Yes 

Encrypted Connection: TLS

POP3 and SMTP give you basic functionality, ie sending and receiving emails. If you wish to screen your emails before downloading them, then IMAP allows you to see the subject headers and it also allows you to screen out excessively large attachments, etc.

Incoming (IMAP) Server

Server address: imap-mail.outlook.com

Port: 993

Encrypted Connection: SSL

Outgoing (SMTP) Server

Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com

Port: 25 (or 587 if 25 is blocked)

Authentication: Yes

Encrypted Connection: TLS

The MS article also talks about Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) which I've never used or heard of previously (yes, I'm a Luddite).

When people talk about web based email, I think of access via a web page, eg ...

http://m.mail.live.com

I find that very tedious. Instead, my email client, once configured for POP/SMTP access, allows me to download all emails from all my accounts with a couple of mouse-clicks or a Ctrl-M.



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Thanks Dorian.

My interest in the subject has increased as there is talk that MS is about to dump Windows Live Email so I'll need another eMail client.

Currently looking at 'eM Client'.

I used to use Motzilla Thunderbird.  Dumped it because I had trouble with opening video links.  It doesn't get very good reviews these days.  The mail program in Win10 looks rather clunky.

 

On the rather confusing list are ..

Mailbird, Inky, Outlook, Opera, Zimbra, Claws Mail, Metro Mail, Mail for Win 10, Thunderbird & eM Client!!!!



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