Thunderbird your Hotmail

Today I'll tell you how to install Thunderbird and use it with Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and many other email providers.
After the first time of using Thunderbird I feel like kicking M$ Outlook in the arse lots of times :D.
Using Thunderbird which is user friendly and very easy to use (and also works on Linux) will allow you to maintain your email account even when you're offline.
When Thunderbird had been released I couldn't log into my hotmail address with it I kept searching until I found that it needs an add-on called WebMail.

I- Download Thunderbird from here then install it.
II- Download WebMail add-on from here.
III- Download the extension you need (depending on your email account) from this page.
i.e. for Hotmail download hotmail extension here and so on with other extensions.
IV- Run Thunderbird and open Tools --> Add-ons --> Click "Install" and choose the WebMail add-on file you downloaded and restart Thunderbird.
V- Again Tools --> Add-ons --> install the Hotmail (or your choice) extension you downloaded and restart Thunderbird again.

Now we installed the program, let's create our account.:
I- Open File --> New --> Account
II- Select Email Account and press Next.
III- Write your Name and your email address and press next.
IV- In the Server Information Enter
Server Type : POP
Incoming Server : localhost.
Outgoing Server : localhost (You may not find this but don't worry).
Press Next.

V- Enter your email address in the "Incoming User Name" and "Outgoing User Name" fields.
VI- Choose an account name Click next, then finish.
VII- Enter the password in the popup text box and download your messages.
Congrats :)

Note: You can check other options of the extensions from Tools -> Add-ons -> choose the extension and press options.
For example you can specify whether your Hotmail account is Live or is the old version (from Mode tab).

and you can also tell the extension to download specific folders from your email and whether you want it to download the junk folder or not :)
I told you....Thunderbird RAWKS :)
have fun
Salam