3/22/2006

Outlook Express won't access friends's Hotmail; etc.
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Win XP Pro SP2, Word 2003, Outlook Express version 6.0...
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Know very little about OE and 'e-mail clients', et. al. The 'HELP' wasn't much
help. Couldn't get it to work. Couple days later realized that since I was
already
on a permanent Internet line, there was no need to "log in" to any "Service
Provider Account" (as w/ "dial-up") and as intimated by OE. Once I realized
this,
all went well. I set up O.E. and logged in OK using "hotmail.com" and my
hotmail password, all the way.

Half an hour later, when I tried to set up O.E. for my friend and his Hotmail
account, this is what I got:

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Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now requires a
subscription.
Please sign up at http://join.msn.com/general/Email

Configuration:
Account: Hotmail
Server: http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp
User name:
Protocol: HTTPMail
Port: 0
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Please visit " http://www.hotmail.com/oe " to learn more.
Account: 'Hotmail', Server:
'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp',
Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Access to Hotmail via Outlook and
Outlook
Express now requires a subscription. Please sign up at
http://join.msn.com/general/Email', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No,
Error Number: 0x800CCCF6
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The only difference between us is that he's got a newer, 250 MB Hotmail acct,
while mine is still the old 2 MB type.

The information in the link seems to imply that sooner or later (or maybe
even
already), there won't be any more access possible to hotmail via other e-mail
clients (like Eudora?), either - unless maybe these are modified - since the
required protocol will only be retained in Hotmail.plus (subscription).

The link page was last updated on November 11, 2004.
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I'd like to try setup O.E. to access a "yahoo.com" and/or "Lycos.com" e-mail
account ("other"), but then must know name of their POP3, IMAP or HTTP
Server.
How to get that? and is it possible? Could I access all 3 accounts via
"Eudora" or
something similar?

In sum:

(1) Why was I able to access Hotmail via Outlook Express, but not my friend?
(2) Is it possible for OE to access non-MSN email accounts? How?
(3) Any other type e-mail clients around that could emulate OE, +++ ?

Any info greatly appreciated.

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