Or you have a free "grandfathered" Hotmail account, i.e. one old enough
(can't remember when) for M/S to have allowed OE access to it.

"Alias" wrote:
Unless you paid for a premium Hotmail, you can't receive Hotmail in
Outlook Express. I suggest you use the web interface to read your
emails. If you did pay for premium Hotmail, there should be instructions
on hotmail.com on how to configure Outlook Express for Hotmail.