"Jim D. Joseph" wrote
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Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail account. To send and
receive messages in your Hotmail account, go to http://hotmail.live.com on
the Web, or try again later. To get help from Windows Live Customer Support,
go to http://support.live.com and click Windows Live Mail in the list of
services.

Server Error: 0x80072EE7
Server: 'http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80072EE7

Since many anti-virus programs install an add-on into Outlook, have you
yet tried disabling e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program?