Comments on: The Bat! – Gmail, Hotmail, and Hostgator Email Account Settings For POP3 and SMTP

By: elwoode

elwoode — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:48:34 +0000

I can confirm that the hotmail settings dont work for me either. It is strange as the same settings work when I use Thunderbird email, Eudora and others.

By: Florane

Florane — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:27:16 +0000

Thanks Cynthia ….all work.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:49:05 +0000

Hi John, thanks a lot for your comment. I looked over the settings and realized I made a tiny mistake.

The SMTP setting is “smtp.live.com” and NOT “smtp.gmail.live.com”. Accidentally slipped ‘gmail’ in there.

The rest of the hotmail settings are correct, and is what I’m using to retrieve mail from my hotmail accounts.

– Cynthia

By: john locke

john locke — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:59:05 +0000

cynthia thanks for the psot but sad to say your hotmail configuration does no work for me. is this still the way you’re setting up hotmail with thebat