To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.

There have been at least three (3) other similar posts in OE newsgroups
today, all posting the 80004005 error. This tells me that, once again, the
problem's on MSN/Hotmails end.

I'll take a (or another) look at your other thread.
--
~PA Bear

Jesse wrote:
Thanks PA Bear. The problem doesn't seem to be authentication, because
after
the error message on startup, OE seems to continue running normally. I can
send and receive email from both POP and Hotmail accounts.

I'm trying to figure out whether this problem is related to another one
I'm
having with msimn.exe crashing (also posted in this newsgroup:
http://tinyurl.com/y6g6jw).

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Authentication fails when you use Outlook or Outlook Express to try to
log
on to a HTTP-based mail server if you use Internet Explorer version 7.0:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942

Otherwise, the problem's on MSN/Hotmail's end. Until they automagically
clear up (hours/days/weeks...), access the account at www.hotmail.com.
--
paste
"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