Tales and traumas of a 'Teenage Pretty Boy'

All free Hotmail accounts to get POP access soon

Free POP access is now available on selected Hotmail accountsThe wait is over. On the 14th of January 2009, Microsoft has announced free Hotmail POP access for subscribers from some countries. The United States is not in the list and India is missing too but I suppose it's only a matter of time. Some time back, Microsoft had enabled POP access for Hotmail Plus users and now faced with intense competition from Gmail and (probably) hundreds of emails from loyal users, the company has finally given in.

FYI, the protocol used on Hotmail, now called Windows Live Hotmail, was changed to DeltaSynch from DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning) protocol around the middle of last year (2008). The availability of POP (Post Office Protocol) for accessing Hotmail emails shows Microsoft is finally pulling up its socks and becoming wiser when faced with stiff competition.
Free Hotmail POP availability

At the time of writing free Hotmail POP access is available only to subscribers of United Kingdom, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Australia. And Microsoft has promised that they "be rolling POP3 out to more parts of the world later this year". Hurray!

A big congratulations to all you lucky subscribers; here are details you would need to configure email programs:

* Username: Your full Hotmail email address.
* Password: The one you use to access your online account (... what else?)
* Incoming POP server: pop3.live.com
* Incoming POP server port number: 995
* SSL required for incoming server: Yes
* Outgoing server address: smtp.live.com - Port 25
* Authentication required?: Yes
* TLS/SSL required? Yes

Hotmail and Windows Live Mail email client

Before the availability of POP access, Hotmail could setup on Windows Live Mail, the new email program from Microsoft. But now, one can now get Hotmail emails on any POP enabled email client and even mobile phones (I'm waiting to configure it on my iPhone). Read more about the new way to get Hotmail emails.

In the beginning of a relationship, everything looks so peechy keen between both parties and it seems like the grass is always greener on the other side and most people that see a couple and might say “Oh, you see that couple is perfect for each other” where it’s almost so serene. Although, relationships are work and you have to make it work by communicating with one another because if there’s no communication and trust, you have nothing at all. You have to trust one another all the way. Now, the worst thing to do is set off false accusations. Now, lets be truthful here no one wants to be with a nag and if you nag your mate about every little thing then that’s just going to push your mate away to stray.

Know this: Let your man have his guys night out with his friends, and you ladies should have a ladies night out with your girlfriends. The same way a man has his male friends, a woman should have girlfriends too as well. And once the both of you get back together at the end of the day, everything should be great between both parties because you gave each other space to do what you both wanted to do.

VIP: You don’t need anyone breathing down your back while you’re handling business because it only complicates things. In order to remain sane, you both have to live your own lives and give each other some space and breathing room, by not being too demanding and overprotective. Give your partner a chance to miss you at the end of the day. You both have to come with compromising situations with an understanding. The mistakes that a lot of people make when in relationships are doing silly things to keep your mate, because you can’t trap anyone to keep them. If your relationship isn’t broken then don’t try to fix it. Because that’s where the problems begin and if you’re living with someone and keys are given to you, you should not snoop around. If you snoop around, you’ll find out things that you don’t want to find whether it’s in the past or the present. So, eventually in the end someone ends up getting hurt in the long run and that’s where the problems start. By snooping around, you’re not respecting your mates space that he or she has given you and by doing so you’re also violating your mates privacy, ruining your chances of ever getting closer because of one’s silly actions. Just like your mate has to maintain his sanity, you should be able to maintain your sanity as well. Women should not wear the pants all the time because you have to let a man be a man. Don’t try to be little your mate because at the end of th day he’s still a man. Respect one another!

Aut: Jerin Josey (Who ever Reads this, Place a comment on this.)
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