the msn acount i have is free with my qwest dsl setup.
Which i suppose i do pay for within the service i get.

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Carl G
"mae" wrote in message
...
He doesn't have a free Hotmail account so it doesn't apply to him.
He has a Msn paid account.
Hotmail has always been web based.
Msn hasn't dropped the PoP3 for the older Msn accounts.
It started Web Dav in Feb 2000.
I use both.
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mae

"Vanguard" wrote in message
...
| "Carl G" cgerving@msnDOTcom wrote in message
| ...
| Hi Ted
| Qwest says that is the only way they do it.
| But i thought maybe someone knew of a different way to convert that
http
| server back to pop3.
| I know nothing about that stuff.
|
| "Ted Zieglar" wrote in message ...
| What did Qwest technical support say?
|
| "Carl G" wrote in message ...
| I just got Qwest DSL about 3 weeks ago,with msn.
| Is there a way around useing that lousey http mail server and keep
| outlook
| express as it was with pop3 mail.
|
|
| There are no POP3 or SMTP mail hosts anymore for Hotmail. Microsofts
| dropped then something like 6 years ago. WebDAV scripting is used to
access
| Hotmail over HTTP, and Outlook and Outlook Express know WebDAV so they
can
| connect to Hotmail. However, you will need a paid Hotmail account if it
was
| created after 29-Nov-2004 since WebDAV access is disabled for freebie
| Hotmail accounts created after that date. I believe there are some 3rd
| party mail aggregating services that also have scripted in WebDAV to
access
| Hotmail accounts. I think HotPOP (http://www.boolean.ca/hotpop/)
supports
| WebDAV: it used to be free but I stopped using it when it became
trialware
| and cost money ($18).
|
| Why is using WebDAV such a pain? It's just another set of commands
within
a
| script that get sent to the mail host and similar to how your e-mail
client
| sends commands to the POP3 and SMTP servers. The problem isn't with
WebDAV
| or HTTP. The problem is with the Hotmail service. You don't have to
use
| the e-mail service included by your Internet provider.
|
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