Microsoft Allows Free POP3 Access To Hotmail (once again)

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Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
WIN!
POP3 access is now available to Hotmail users in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands
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US FAIL.
Canada WINS.
 

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Windows 10 Professional 64-bitRyzen 9 5900XG.Skill 3600Mhz CL16 16GB × 4EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom build
OS
Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
Memory
G.Skill 3600Mhz CL16 16GB × 4
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming
Sound Card
On-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Alienware AW3418DW
Screen Resolution
3440x1440
Hard Drives
1×Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2TB nvme SSD (System, internal)
2x4TB Western Digital Blue (Internal)
1x4TB HDST 7200RPM (Internal)
PSU
Seasonic Focus Plus 850W Platinum
Case
Corsair 680X
Cooling
Stock fans + 3× Corsair QL120, Corsair H100i Platinum
Keyboard
Logitech K350
Mouse
Logitech M510
Internet Speed
120Mbits dl - 20Mbits up
Antivirus
ESET NOD32 Antivirus
Browser
Firefox (latest version)
Other Info
Headphones : Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 220 + Plustek OptiBook 4800
That's good to know for new users, although I've always had it being a free user since before the cut of date a few years ago ;)
 

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Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 ...Intel Pentium J3710 @ 60GHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz...8.00GB DDR3 @ 1599MHz/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3/8.00GB...Intel HD Graphics/Intel/512MB ATI AMD Radeon ...
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire XC-704 x64 bit/ Asus K55A Notebook PC/HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
OS
Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit
CPU
Intel Pentium J3710 @ 60GHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz/AMD A9 Radeon
Motherboard
Acer Aspire XC-704 (SOCKET 0)/Asus/HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
Memory
8.00GB DDR3 @ 1599MHz/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3/8.00GB Dual-Channel
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics/Intel/512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5 Graphics (HP
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio/Onboard/AMD High Definition Au
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer LCD K222HQL /Asus 15.6/Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@6
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@59Hz/1366 x 768/1920x1080@60Hz
Hard Drives
1863GBWesternn Digital WDC/Asus/119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD)
931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA)
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt/Inbui
Mouse
Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Same plus Touchpad/Same + Pad
Internet Speed
Infinity 2 up to 76 Mbps
Antivirus
MSE/MSE/MSE and all 3 have MalwareBytes Premium
Browser
Edge, Firefox/Edge, Firefox/Edge, Firefox, Chrome
Other Info
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
Seagate Expansion Portable Drives 500GB and 1TB
Epson XP-332 Wireless Printer
Re USA etc.

Microsoft plans to roll out POP3 access to more parts of the world later this year.
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That's good to know for new users, although I've always had it being a free user since before the cut of date a few years ago ;)
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I've always had the access as I too was a sub. years before the ban.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
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