i have the same problem. outlook express fails when it tries to grab new mail
from hotmail, but no error is given. the odd part is, as soon as i hit
send/receive again, it works. it will always work AFTER it fails the first
time. that suggests that it isn't a server issue.

error:
http://uploads.neowin.net/download.p...name=error.JPG



"Jesse" wrote:

Most of the time, when I start Outlook Express, I get the following message:

An unknown error has occurred
Configuration:
Account: Hotmail
Server: http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp
User name:
Protocol: HTTPMail
Port: 0
Secure(SSL): 0
Code: 80004005


I dismiss the error message, and OE seems to continue running normally. Any
ideas what this might be about?

I'm running OE6, and IE7. I have a paid hotmail account.