Forwarding E-Mail Notification to Your Wireless Device from MSN Hotmail

Arch subscribers using MSN Hotmail can keep track of important e-mail messages by forwarding notification of incoming messages to their wireless device while they are out of the office. Please note that Hotmail alerts are currently limited to the message sender and the subject field. Following are step-by-step instructions to forward MSN Hotmail alerts to your Arch wireless device.*

Step 1: Register Your Wireless Device

Step 2: Define Messages to Forward

Step 3: Finalize New Rule

* Please direct any questions about the features of your e-mail service to your e-mail provider.


Step 1: Register Your Wireless Device

    To forward notification of incoming e-mail messages from your MSN Hotmail account you must first register your wireless device with MSN Mobile. This is a free service provided by MSN.

    1. From your MSN Hotmail "Inbox" go to the "Options" section and click on "Hotmail Alerts" and click on the link to the MSN Mobile Page. You can also go directly to MSN Mobile at mobile.MSN.com.
    2. From the MSN Mobile page, follow the directions to sign up for MSN Mobile.
    3. Once you have registered for MSN Mobile return to the MSN Hotmail "Options" section.

Step 2: Define Messages to Forward

    1. From your MSN Hotmail "Inbox" go to the "Options" section and click on "Hotmail Alerts".
    2. On the "Hotmail Alerts" page select "Page me only if the e-mail fits any of the following criteria" if you only want to be notified when an incoming e-mail meet the filter criteria or "Page me anytime I receive an e-mail" to be notified whenever you have a new e-mail.
    3. Enter a "rule" to identify which messages to notify you of when new messages are received. Be sure to check the "Enabled" box, otherwise the rule will be ignored.
    4. When you have entered rules for any e-mails you want to be notified of, click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the page.
    5. The wireless device you set up in MSN Mobile will now receive notification when you receive incoming messages meeting your criteria.

Step 3: Finalize New Rule

  1. Click the "Save" button to save the filter settings you created. The new filter will now appear on the "Filters" page

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