I have 2 old hotmail accounts that I have configured in OE6. In the last
couple of months I am constantly asked for my password each time I try to
check my hotmail from OE6. If I click 'inbox', I'm asked for a password. If
I click 'sent mail' I am asked for a password. If I click 'deleted', etc. I
talked to hotmail support, they recommended I talk to OE support. I insisted
it is a hotmail server issue, they insisted I talk to OE support (which
charges $35.00 so I came here). Has anyone else seen this and is there a
fix? Or is this just a way for MS to insist I go to the hotmail website so
they can show me banners/advertisements? Thanks.

Terry Torial wrote:

I have 2 old hotmail accounts that I have configured in OE6. In the last
couple of months I am constantly asked for my password each time I try to
check my hotmail from OE6. If I click 'inbox', I'm asked for a password. If
I click 'sent mail' I am asked for a password. If I click 'deleted', etc. I
talked to hotmail support, they recommended I talk to OE support. I insisted
it is a hotmail server issue, they insisted I talk to OE support (which
charges $35.00 so I came here). Has anyone else seen this and is there a
fix? Or is this just a way for MS to insist I go to the hotmail website so
they can show me banners/advertisements? Thanks.




I would take it as an invitation to sign up for a free POP3 access non
..com or .ca yahoo account and use that in my OE. I have one from four
years ago, a yahoo.es one from Spain, and I have never, ever gotten any
spam with it or had any problems with OE.

Alias

Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.

That's odd. I've been seeing the same thing here today, but then I'm
running IE7 Beta (WinXP SP2) so I was thinking this may be playing a part in
the problem.

Are you running a beta of IE7, too?

Are you participating in the beta test of Windows Live Mail?

If you create a new identity and configure the Hotmail account in it, does
the behavior persist?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Terry Torial wrote:
I have 2 old hotmail accounts that I have configured in OE6. In the last
couple of months I am constantly asked for my password each time I try to
check my hotmail from OE6. If I click 'inbox', I'm asked for a password.
If I click 'sent mail' I am asked for a password. If I click 'deleted',
etc. I talked to hotmail support, they recommended I talk to OE support.
I insisted it is a hotmail server issue, they insisted I talk to OE
support (which charges $35.00 so I came here). Has anyone else seen
this and is there a fix? Or is this just a way for MS to insist I go to
the hotmail website so they can show me banners/advertisements? Thanks.

My accounts in another identity are exhibiting the same
behavior but I'm getting a "server unavailable" error when polling here.

Header download for the 'Inbox' folder did not complete. Account: '[name]',
Server: 'http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No,
Error Number: 0x800CCCF0

Historically this points to problems on MSN/Hotmail's end. Till it's
automagically fixed, access your account at www.hotmail.com.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

PA Bear wrote:
That's odd. I've been seeing the same thing here today, but then I'm
running IE7 Beta (WinXP SP2) so I was thinking this may be playing a part
in the problem.

Are you running a beta of IE7, too?

Are you participating in the beta test of Windows Live Mail?

If you create a new identity and configure the Hotmail account in it, does
the behavior persist?

Terry Torial wrote:
I have 2 old hotmail accounts that I have configured in OE6. In the last
couple of months I am constantly asked for my password each time I try
to check my hotmail from OE6. If I click 'inbox', I'm asked for a
password. If I click 'sent mail' I am asked for a password. If I click
'deleted', etc. I talked to hotmail support, they recommended I talk to
OE support. I insisted it is a hotmail server issue, they insisted I
talk to OE support (which charges $35.00 so I came here). Has anyone
else seen this and is there a fix? Or is this just a way for MS to
insist I go to the hotmail website so they can show me
banners/advertisements? Thanks.

Thanks, Pa Bear. Yes, I'm running IE7. Wonder what the deal is on the
prompting for user/pass all the time? Very irritating. Alias suggested
getting a new account with another company but I receive email with these
accounts and am lazy. Plus I like the uasername. My gmail works fine,
though. May have to weed out a few accounts if this doesn't get fixed.


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
That's odd. I've been seeing the same thing here today, but then I'm
running IE7 Beta (WinXP SP2) so I was thinking this may be playing a part
in the problem.

Are you running a beta of IE7, too?

Are you participating in the beta test of Windows Live Mail?

If you create a new identity and configure the Hotmail account in it, does
the behavior persist?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Terry Torial wrote:
I have 2 old hotmail accounts that I have configured in OE6. In the last
couple of months I am constantly asked for my password each time I try to
check my hotmail from OE6. If I click 'inbox', I'm asked for a password.
If I click 'sent mail' I am asked for a password. If I click 'deleted',
etc. I talked to hotmail support, they recommended I talk to OE support.
I insisted it is a hotmail server issue, they insisted I talk to OE
support (which charges $35.00 so I came here). Has anyone else seen
this and is there a fix? Or is this just a way for MS to insist I go to
the hotmail website so they can show me banners/advertisements? Thanks.

I can confirm that Windows Live Mail beta (next-generation Hotmail,
basically) doesn't work currently in my beta version (...) of IE7 (and I
don't think it's working in Vista either). Are you beta testing Windows
Live Mail, too?
--
~PA Bear

Terry Torial wrote:
Thanks, Pa Bear. Yes, I'm running IE7. Wonder what the deal is on the
prompting for user/pass all the time? Very irritating. Alias suggested
getting a new account with another company but I receive email with these
accounts and am lazy. Plus I like the uasername. My gmail works fine,
though. May have to weed out a few accounts if this doesn't get fixed.


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
That's odd. I've been seeing the same thing here today, but then I'm
running IE7 Beta (WinXP SP2) so I was thinking this may be playing a
part in the problem.

Are you running a beta of IE7, too?

Are you participating in the beta test of Windows Live Mail?

If you create a new identity and configure the Hotmail account in it,
does the behavior persist?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Terry Torial wrote:
I have 2 old hotmail accounts that I have configured in OE6. In the
last couple of months I am constantly asked for my password each time
I try to check my hotmail from OE6. If I click 'inbox', I'm asked for
a password. If I click 'sent mail' I am asked for a password. If I
click 'deleted', etc. I talked to hotmail support, they recommended I
talk to OE support. I insisted it is a hotmail server issue, they
insisted I talk to OE support (which charges $35.00 so I came here).
Has anyone else seen this and is there a fix? Or is this just a way
for MS to insist I go to the hotmail website so they can show me
banners/advertisements? Thanks.