How to access your email from behind a HTTP proxy without using POP, IMAP etc

Well, You will have to believe that not every body can use mail clients to download their mail. Many network admins use an HTTP proxy, which stands between your computer at work or LAN, which donot allow POP, SMTP, IMAP, basically any protocol to pass through them. The reason being misuse of precious bandwidth.

You can have mail delivered to desktop client and you can read them even without 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.

I use Outlook Hotmail Connector. It uses a HTTP based connection to download all your mails. Works for hotmail only. But Hotmail can be configured to draw all mail from any POP IMAP enabled email service.

Here is how to do it:

All you need is MS Outlook, Windows, Internet connection(You can browse using a browser).

1. Open your browser and go to hotmail.com
2. Create a new account (necessary), SIGN UP.
3. Get your hotmail account working online. Send email messages to check and confirm that you can access it.
4. If you get an option to use HTTPS connection, ignore it. HTTPS creates problems for outlook.
5. If you have https enabled, click on OPTIONS at the top right of hotmail website(when you are viewing your inbox)>more
6. options>advanced privacy settings>go to https settings>dont use https automatically>save.
7. Download Outlook Hotmail connector from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=39db2b89-af2e-41f9-a175-f93e1377959f                          http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx
8. 64 bit links can be found somewhere in above pages, at 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, imap accounts. you will be using hotmail to download mail from all your accounts and send to your outlook.
17. Now go to hotmail INBOX
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 abd@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. 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.