The automagic solution is working! I tried the old scenario again after
reading your post, and it seems to work just fine. Thanks, Bear! I'll be
revising my hotmail behavior per your other suggestions. Thanks for your
help.

Regards,

Crunchie



"PA Bear" wrote:

Assuming this is a sudden, new problem:

1. That error and similar (80004005) almost always indicates problems on
either MSN/Hotmail's end (~95%) or that of your ISP (~4%), not yours. Until
it automagically clears up, access your account at www.hotmail.com.

2. Otherwise, it's possible that your current Identity may be damaged,
especially if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of your
accounts in a new Named Identity (File Identities Add new identity).
Assuming all is well, import messages from the old Identity before deleting
it (File Identities Manage Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items (Local folders) to archive messages. Move
them to local folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items (Local) folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- While Hotmail messages aren't scanned, your anti-virus application's email
scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides
no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Crunchie wrote:
I have been using OE6 to get to my hotmail account, and a few days ago it
suddenly stopped working. I contacted hotmail support, they suggested
deleting and reinstalling the hotmail account in OE, which reduced the
error messages from two to one, but I still couldn't get messages. I
complained again, they suggested going to OE tech support. I couldn't
find the answer. Can you help?

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Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail',
Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Server Response: '', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:
12029, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
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