Hi All
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.
Thanks.
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Carl G

What did Qwest technical support say?

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"You can do it if you try."

"Carl G" cgerving@msnDOTcom wrote in message
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Hi All
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.
Thanks.
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Carl G

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.
Thanks for the response.


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Carl G
"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
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What did Qwest technical support say?

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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Carl G" cgerving@msnDOTcom wrote in message
...
Hi All
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.
Thanks.
--
Carl G

"Carl G" cgerving@msnDOTcom wrote in message
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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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There are no POP3 or SMTP mail hosts anymore for Hotmail.

POP3/SMTP mailservers for MSN mail is still around but only a very few
"legacy" customers have POP3 access to their accounts.
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Vanguard wrote:
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"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.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
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There are no POP3 or SMTP mail hosts anymore for Hotmail.

POP3/SMTP mailservers for MSN mail is still around but only a very few
"legacy" customers have POP3 access to their accounts.


Hotmail, which is what MSN uses now, dropped the POP3/SMTP mail hosts a long
time ago. MSN probably had their own POP3/SMTP servers before cutting over
to using Hotmail. So it is probably MSN that still has mail hosts for
grandfathered MSN accounts. Since the OP said they got Qwest just 3 weeks
ago, there's no way the OP is going to get access to whatever "legacy"
POP3/SMTP mail hosts may still exist.

Hotmail started July 1996. Microsoft acquired Hotmail around December 1997
(http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p.../Hotmlpr.mspx). On July
2002, Hotmail dropped access to POP3/SMTP servers. I don't know what was
happening over at MSN regarding their mail servers (I never got suckered
into using MSN just because Microsoft spewed it on the Windows desktop).
MSN switched from whatever they were using to then use Hotmail which, by
then, had no POP3/SMTP servers anymore. So if there are legacy MSN users
still able to access POP3/SMTP servers, they are remanants from whatever MSN
used before switching to Hotmail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail

The the OP, the short answer is: No POP for you.

No.
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MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Carl G wrote:
Hi All
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.
Thanks.

Hi Guys
Well thanks for all the comebacks.
I guess i will get used to it,(let it grow on me).
I don't like the idea when it says you have new mail and you go to inbox and
have to waite for it to download.
And all the extra folders setting around that don't get used and you can't
get rid of them.(outlook express folders).
The http mail folders don't have a outbox foplder so it uses outlook express
out box and drops down all those folders again.
Just a pain in the ass.
Thanks anyway.

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Carl G
"Carl G" cgerving@msnDOTcom wrote in message
...
Hi All
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.
Thanks.
--
Carl G