How to access your email from behind a HTTP proxy

 
Well, You will have to believe that not every body can use mail clients to download their mail. Many people are behiind an HTTP proxy, which stands between your computer at work or LAN, blocking POP, SMTP, IMAP, basically any protocol other than HTTP(one that browsers use) to pass through them. The reason being misuse of precious bandwidth. Well then, we'll use http to download our mail.

 
Outlook uses Activesync, which is based on HTTP to download mail from your Hotmail account. And Hotmail has features to import POP mail from, say, Gmail and other services. Combine them both and your gmail gets delivered to your desktop.

You can have mail delivered to desktop client, read them even without active internet, compose offline messages and send them whenever you are

online. You can download all your mails on your computer and it will be in sync with your online account. Can be used with a hotmail account natively, and with gmail and other POP/IMAP services with a little more action. 

 
Here is how to do it:

1. Open MS Outlook
2. Open your browser and go to hotmail.com.
3. If you have an account, great, otherwise create a new account (necessary).
4. Get your Hotmail account working online. Send email messages to check and confirm that you can access it.
5. If you get an option to use HTTPS connection, ignore it. HTTPS creates problems for Outlook.
6. If you have https enabled, click on OPTIONS at the top right of the Hotmail website(when you are viewing your inbox)>more options>advanced privacy settings>go to https settings>don't use https automatically>save.
7. Download the Outlook Hotmail connector form at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=39db2b89-af2e-41f... '''or'''http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotma...
8. 64 bit links can be found somewhere in the above pages, at the bottom mostly.
9. Save .exe and install it.
10. Open internet explorer>internet options>advanced>restore advanced settings> OK. close it.
11. Open Outlook, allow it through any firewall.
12. Add new account dialog>other>ms outlook hotmail connector> fill name, username, pass>OK.
13. New account dialog can be opened anytime by clicking tools>account settings>email tab>new.
14. Done!
15. Let it connect online and download all your mails.
16. Now set up up Gmail and other POP accounts. You will be using Hotmail to download mail from all your accounts and send to your Outlook.
17. Now go to your Hotmail inbox in a browser.
18. On your browser, click on options>more options>managing your accounts>sending/receiving email from other accounts.
19. Find 'You can receive mail from these accounts' below it, click on add an email account.
20. Enter your email address(complete address, like abc@def.com), password and let Hotmail draw all your new emails.
21. Don't panic if only new emails are visible. Hotmail sometimes downloads emails later than time of setting up of the account.
22. If Hotmail fails to configure your email automatically, click on advanced options and enter the account server and port details These details can fe found on the settings page of most mail services. You will have to look for it. Click next.
23. Select a New folder, leave default if you don't wish to change.
24. A message will be sent to your Gmail/pop/imap account. Click on the link provided in it and activate it (open Gmail to so so).
25. You are good to go. Open Outlook and press send/receive. If your internet explorer can access internet, you will get your mails downloaded in Outlook. Remember to allow it through any firewall.
26. Still not working, reread the above steps and try to find where you lost me.
27. Still have problems? this method is not for you; use webmail instead.

 Hope that This was useful for you.