I really don't like outlook.com or this web interface to live.ucl.ac.uk So I though why don't I collect all the mail in my Gmail account so I can read it in alpine. It is quite easy to set up.
- You first sign into Gmail and then click on "settings" (top right) then you select "Accounts and Import"
- Then you need to click on the "Add pop account"
- Enter your UCL address and click next step
- This will fail and you will be asked to add your data manually
- Email address: yourlogin@live.ucl.ac.uk
- Username: yourlogin@live.ucl.ac.uk
- Password:
- POP Server: outlook.com
- Port: 995
- And use SSL
But that's it. Quite simple actually.
To see how to send mail trough Gmail using your UCL address see my other post: Howto send mail through Gmail using your UCL address
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Yes I have been using Gmail to federate all my email accounts for about 2 months now. It really is great, obviously you are using alpine and not the Gmail interface but I particularly like the labels to separate mail for different accounts and sending mail through other mail servers. Certainly a tab open with Gmail beats an outlook instance for resource hogging.
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