Signing Up IMPORTANT: for a variety of reasons (expanded on here), we are no longer providing forwarding services. Instead, we can provide POP3 accounts with 50MB quotas. Configuration information is here. What you’re asking for To be clear, what you will be requesting is a new email address of the form: alias<at>exmsft.com where “alias” is your […]
The exmsft.com meltdown of 2012
March 16, 2012 by
If you’re wondering if exmsft.com had been having problems, you’re quite correct – it was. Emphasis on “was”. In the first half of March 2012 the original exmsft.com had a major and terminal meltdown. This is the completely new exmsft.com server, and at the same time a new volunteer owner: Leo Notenboom. As a result […]
Changing your POP login password and Webmail
March 16, 2012 by
Usermin The server has a per-user interface that will allow you to check email and perform other tasks, called “usermin“. https://exmsft.com:20000/ Sign in with your existing exmsft account email address and password. Once in you’ll get a pretty standard webmail interface. (On occasion I’ve had to click on the “Inbox” when it appears to get […]
POP3/SMTP account configuration
March 13, 2012 by
Follow these instructions carefully. They may not be the default as recommended or pre-filled in by many email programs or services. These are the settings used for POP3 email accounts on exmsft.com. Mail Server Username: XXXX@exmsft.com – your full email address. Incoming Mail Server: mail.exmsft.com port 110 (POP3) or mail.exmsft.com port 143 (IMAP) Outgoing Mail Server: […]
exmsft.com Terms and Policies
March 12, 2012 by
Terms of service Updated: 2023-07-27. exmsft.com is a free service to ex-Microsoft employees. As such there’s no guarantee of uptime, support, and so on. That’s not to say we don’t make our best efforts, we absolutely do – but we just can’t guarantee anything. 🙂 In the spirit of full disclosure, I’d recommend you have […]