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I believe there is someone here that can help set up Hotmail on iPhone. Why
not set up both for a while until she can switch over. I don't think many
folks use IMAP for very long on the iPhone because of the way it drains the
batter.

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Mikel Brewerton
<mikel.brewerton@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a friend who has had a free Hotmail account forever. She now has a
> new iPhone. She would like to move from Hotmail to Gmail for the IMAP
> advantages. I know how to set up GMail for IMAP on the iPhone and even use
> Bill's modifications. My question is if it's possible to get emails heading
> to her old Hotmail account to go to GMail automatically? It is my
> understanding that the free versions of Hotmail won't auto forward. Can one
> use the POP3 fetch in Gmail to pull from Hotmail? Or is there another
> option? Or can Hotmail auto-forward and I have bad info? Or at the very
> least, can Hotmail do an auto response or vacation response to the sender
> informing them of her new email address so they can update their system and
> send it to the right email address.
>
> I know this is a bit off topic, but it all came about because of a new
> iPhone purchase.
>
> Thanks,
> Mikel
>
>
>

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