# Hotmail service change (for the better)(?)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-service-change-for-the-better/527790>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 5, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-service-change-for-the-better/527790 "2010-02-05T13:47:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-service-change-for-the-better/527790/1 "2010-02-05T13:47:15Z")

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Last night, I found I was able to add Hotmail to the mail retreiver on my iPhone (as opposed to accessing it via web like I had been doing). I thought “Kick ass! Hotmail re-enabled POP!” and this morning went online to see when the change was made. It looks like it was made almost a year ago, but that doesn’t make sense because I’ve tried a number of times to add my Hotmail account to my the mail retreiver (along with my company address & gmail).

Anyways, this may or may not be newsworthy, but I thought I’d share.