Set hotmail account in Unity Mail

Question

I've been googling for quite some time but nowhere have I found a way to set a hotmail (windows live) account for Unity Mail. In preferences, under server data, I don't know what to put in the host / port fields.

Is Hotmail supported by Unity Mail anyway?

It's an application for Unity to display the unread email count on the Unity launcher as well as new mail notifications using NotifyOSD. — Uri Herrera, Mar 07 '13 at 19:38

Uri Herrera · Answer 1 · 2013-03-07T19:42:19.073

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No, Unity mail doesn't support POP3 only IMAP4 and Hotmail doesn't support IMAP4.

The application works with any IMAP4-compatible server, but the quicklists currently work with Gmail only (so you'll have to edit the launcher if you want quicklists for a different mail service).

Source.

And from the Launchpad project page:

Mail count and notifications for Ubuntu desktop

Features:

Works with any IMAP4-compatible server
Multiple accounts support
Unread messages count on the Launcher
Unity Quicklist support (GMail URLs by default)
Messaging Menu integration
NotifyOSD notifications

edited Mar 07 '13 at 19:42

answered Mar 07 '13 at 19:31

Uri Herrera

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Can you update this answer. I think hotmail.com does allow for IMAP4 now. – don.joey May 08 '14 at 14:59

Set hotmail account in Unity Mail

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