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Outlook.com replaced Hotmail. Use the Outlook.com tag.

Hotmail was one of the first webmail services on the Internet in 1996. Microsoft acquired it in 1997 for an estimated $400 million and launched it as MSN Hotmail, later rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail as part of the Windows Live suite of products. Microsoft released the final version of Hotmail in October 2011 and it was replaced by Outlook.com in 2012.

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PHP API for Hotmail?

Is there a way to retrieve EMAIL (not contacts) using a Hotmail PHP Api? Is there EVEN one?
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PHP APIs for Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo?

I am a PHP developer who is kind of in a pickle. I'm trying to locate and/or build an API capable of speaking to Hotmail, Yahoo and GMAIL in order to retrieve contact lists (with the user's consent, of course). The one I'm having the most trouble…
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What is the format of compose links to web mail clients such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail and AOL?

In my application, I'm currently using mailto: links to open email compose dialogs. This is terrible for web mail users, since it typically causes Outlook or Apple Mail to launch into their setup wizard. Until I've implemented a separate compose…
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center align email in outlook.com

I have created a very simple html email. http://staging.xhtml-lab.com/mailtest/ It's working fine in all email clients, except in hotmail.com/outlook.com in hotmail email is left aligned, it should remain center aligned. I have added following code…
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PHP mail function randomly adds a space to message text

I have a very simple PHP script, something like: while ($condition){ echo " THANKS "; } Of course, I have a bit more code but it doesn't matter. Once I had created this piece of code, the script sends an…
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How to put text over an image without absolute positioning or setting the image as backbround

I'm trying to see if it is possible to put some text over an image without using position: absolute or having the image being, the background of an element. The reason for the constraints is that the HTML code is going into an e-mail, and it turns…
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How to use Microsoft Account in an openID site?

I am planning to build a site with openID authentication , most of my target users will register in the site using Microsoft accounts (hotmail/live/windowslive). Is there anyway to use Microsoft accounts as openID?
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Taking contact list from hotmail gmail yahoo in java?

most of social networks does this. when you register one of them for example twitter it says why dont you invite your friends from hotmail or yahoo or gmail. and expect us to give our credentials and send those mails. I want to implement same…
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Does HoTMaiL or Windows Live ID support OpenID authentication?

Does Windows Live ID or Hotmail (Passport) support OpenID based authentication? If yes, what is the endpoint url, and do I have to register my application somewhere to use it? If no, do they have their own API for 3rd-party authentication?
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C# checking Hotmail Inbox through HTTP

I am looking for a fast way or a library to check a hotmail inbox using HTTP. Note that it must be through Http and not pop3 or Imap(that is not supported anyway). I need that because I need to connect to several accounts using Http Proxies that is…
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javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: 535 5.0.0 Authentication Failed

I don't understand why i am getting this exception. This is the code that attempts to send email message. public void sendAsHotmail() { final String username = jTextField14.getText(); final String password = jPasswordField4.getText(); …
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API for outlook.com

Is there a current or planned API for retrieving or sending email through outlook.com? I can't seem to find if this is or will be supported through POP, IMAP, Exchange or what. The Live Connect Developer Center doesn't seem to mention outlook.com…
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How can I force re-authentication with the Windows Live OAuth API?

Is there a parameter I can pass to https://oauth.live.com/authorize that will force the user to login again? The problem is if the user is logged in, it will redirect transparently back to my site, even if the user wants to use a different Windows…
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Hotmail messing with encoded URL parameters

We have a system that sends out regular emails with links in, many of which contain URL encoded parameters such as this: href="http://www.mydomain.com/login.aspx?returnurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mydomain.com%2Fview.aspx%3Fid%3D1234%26alert%3Dtrue" You…
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HTML Emails Rendering Text Centered in IE

I'm sending a HTML email from Outlook to my mail.live.com account. When I view the results in mail.live.com using Firefox the email looks ok, but when I use IE all the content is centered. I have added lots of align=left and inline CSS…
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