Tate Create & T2 Creative Media » access http://www.tomtatedesigns.com Geek Chic - Smart Design for the Style Conscious Fri, 14 May 2010 14:31:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 IMAP vs. POP – What’s right for your email? http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/24/imap-vs-pop-whats-right-for-your-email/ http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/24/imap-vs-pop-whats-right-for-your-email/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:11:58 +0000 thomastate http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/wordpress/2007/10/24/imap-vs-pop-whats-right-for-your-email/ Which is better for you?
Face it, most of the time, you can get by knowing very little about how anything really works. You put the gas in your car and it goes. You put the potatoes down the insinkerator and they go. You flush the toilet and it just… goes. Who cares where or how, right?

As far as email is concerned, you actually might benefit from knowing the difference between these two bad boys of the email underbelly. Because choosing the right one for your lifestyle needs, just may save you some stress, time and/or embarrassment.

Here’s how it breaks down.

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

IMAP uses a client-server model that maintains a link between your inbox and the mail server. IMAP gives you added security, by storing the email remotely. This way if anything happens to your personal computer, your email is safe. You can always backup your IMAP email, but because it is stored remotely you can access it from anywhere, via any computer.

  • Advantages:
      Your messages and any changes to them stay on your server, saving local disk space.
      You always have access to an updated mailbox.
      You can get your mail from multiple locations.
      Performance on a modem is faster, since you initially download message headers only.
      You can synchronize specific mail folders for offline use.
  • Disadvantages:
      Not all ISPs support IMAP.

Post Office Protocol (POP3)

Post Office Protocol (POP), works like a moving company. It brings all the mail from the server to your computer, just like moving the furniture from your old apartment. Once it’s been moved, that’s it. It’s only ever in one place at a time. You can force POP to make a copy before it moves, but the default is to move the original permanently. Once the transfer is made, the connection between the Server and your Computer is severed and you can go on about your day. Offline editing to your hearts content.

  • Advantages:
      Your messages are downloaded to your local computer all at once, thereby making offline reading easier.
      You can specify whether to keep copies of the messages on the server.
      Most ISPs currently support POP3.
  • Disadvantages:
      You must synchronize your local inbox with your server’s mailbox. This can result in downloading new messages over and over each time you connect.
      If you use more than one computer, messages might reside on one
      or the other, but not both.
      POP3 doesn’t work as well as IMAP over a slow link connection.
      You can’t access all mail folders from multiple locations.

For my money, IMAP is your best bet. With today’s unlimited cable and DSL connections, the time of connection or load on the server is no longer of primary concern the way it was in the time of modem connections and pay by the minute contracts. This digital age is all about flexibility and access to information. IMAP allows for both and it’s ability to give you access to your email from wherever and whenever means the tether to your personal computer is cut.Five years ago, support for IMAP was lagging, but just today, the online service GMAIL from GOOGLE announced it was adding IMAP support to it’s popular web based email. And as we are quickly coming to realize in this digital age, so goes Google, so goes the Internet.

_The Sheik

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]]> http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/24/imap-vs-pop-whats-right-for-your-email/feed/ 0 How to Access Hotmail via OS X Mail for FREE http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-via-os-x-mail-for-free/ http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-via-os-x-mail-for-free/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:30:51 +0000 thomastate http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/wordpress/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-via-os-x-mail-for-free/ Okay. So you’re a hacker. Big deal. You’re almost a scammer, but not totally a bludger. You get your appz, warez and all other z files where you can and when you can because you are a bad azz mofo. And who really wants to pay the man anyway right?
Well here’s your chance to stick it to Microsoft. Yeah. Stick it to the Man. Yeah. Awesome. Check 1 in the little guy’s column. Woohoo! ahem. Let’s get to it.

So you thought about signing up for Windows Live subscription. Which would give you easier access using the httpmail add-on to OS X’s Mail app but you decided against it.
That’s where If you are no subscriber, do not fret. Using MacFreePOPs interface translation tool comes in. It basically translates between web email interfaces and email programs allowing you access to your free Windows Live Hotmail right there in Mac OS X Mail.

To set up a free Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail account in Mac OS X Mail:

  1. Install MacFreePOPs and make sure the freepopsd service is running.
  2. Select Mail | Preferences… from the menu in Mac OS X Mail.
  3. Go to the Accounts category.
  4. Click + beneath the Accounts list.
  5. Make sure POP is selected under Account Type:.
  6. Enter "Windows Live Hotmail" under Account Description:.
  7. Type your name under Full Name:.
  8. Enter your Windows Live Hotmail address under Email Address:.
  9. Click Continue.
  10. Enter "localhost" (without the quotation marks) under Incoming Mail Server:.
  11. Type your full Windows Live Hotmail address under User Name:.

    1. Mac OS X Mail probably has already entered your user name, and it’s enough to append "@hotmail.com" to complete the address.
  12. Enter your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.
  13. Click Continue.
  14. Click Continue again, ignoring the error.
    We’ll take care of that in a bit.
  15. Make sure Password is selected under Authentication:.
  16. Leave Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) unchecked.
  17. Select an existing mail server to send mail under Outgoing Mail Server:.

    1. You cannot send mail through MacFreePOPs. If you have no outgoing mail server through your ISP, you can use a Gmail or AIM Mail account’s.
  18. Click Continue.
  19. Click Continue again.
  20. Now click Done.
  21. Highlight the "Windows Live Hotmail" account in the Accounts list.
  22. Go to the Advanced tab.
  23. Enter "2000" (not including the quotation marks) under Port:.
  24. Close the Accounts window.
  25. Click Save.

And we are clear. Try it out. If it doesn’t work, try the tech support over at http://www.e-link.it/macfreepops/.
It’s donation ware so hook these dudes up.

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]]> http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-via-os-x-mail-for-free/feed/ 0 How to Access Hotmail with Mac OS X Mail http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-with-mac-os-x-mail/ http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-with-mac-os-x-mail/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:33:28 +0000 thomastate http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/wordpress/2007/10/22/how-to-access-hotmail-with-mac-os-x-mail/ You know exactly what I’m talking about. If you can answer yes to the following 3 criteria then read on.

  1. You have a Mac.
  2. You love Aggregated Email.
  3. You hate logging on to hotmail.com.

Following you will find instructions for those of use who refuse to pay $19.95 per month for free email. By the way, if you are a subscriber, maybe it’s time you thought about sticking it to the man and switching to any number of AWESOME free email providers. I detail the top 10 here.
If you don’t have a subscription and httpmail stopped working for you 2 years ago then check out the MacFreePOP’s service. I’ll tell how to do that here. It’s less comprehensive but still AWESOME.
Instructions after the jump.

To set up access to a MSN Hotmail account in Mac OS X Mail:

  1. Make sure you have an MSN Hotmail Plus subscription for the Hotmail account you want to access in Mac OS X Mail.
  2. Install httpmail for Mac OS X Mail.
  3. Select Mail | Preferences… from the Mac OS X Mail menu.
  4. Go to the Accounts category.
  5. Click the + ("Create an account.") button.
  6. Make sure httpmail is selected as the Account Type:.
  7. Enter "Hotmail" (or something similar) as the Description: for this account.
  8. Type your Hotmail address (something like "hmmzl@hotmail.com") under Email Address:.
  9. Enter your name under Full Name:.
  10. Make sure the Incoming Mail Server: is set to "hotmail.com".
  11. Enter your Hotmail user name ("hmmzl", for example) under User Name:.
  12. Type your MSN Hotmail password under Password:.
  13. Select None under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):.
  14. Close the Accounts window.
  15. Click Save.

And you’re on. Fire up Mail and try her out. Let me know in the comments if it worked for you. Remember you have to have a Paid Subscription for the above to work. If you aren’t paying $19.95 per month to Microsoft then you’re not eligible. Check out the Free option workaround here.

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