how can i set up my hotmail ID to work on Outlook?

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Read:
http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html

Microsoft discontinued WebDAV access for free account back in November
2004. WebDAV is the scripting language used to communicate to their
HTTP mail host. Only Outlook and Outlook Express had WebDAV scripting
supported (and knew the command set expected by Microsoft's HTTP mail
host). There were some other 3rd programs that allowed WebDAV access
to Hotmail accounts to provide access in non-Microsoft e-mail clients.
When WebDAV access for free Hotmail accounts was discontinued, Outlook
[Express] and these 3rd party programs or services also lost access.
There are some e-mail clients, add-ons, or programs that use screen
scraping to access free Hotmail accounts. Paid Hotmail accounts
permit WebDAV access. You never bothered to mention if you have a
free or paid Hotmail account.

For a free Hotmail account, you could try installing the Outlook
Connector plug-in (get it from Microsoft's download site). It only
works for Outlook 2003/2007. You also never bothered to mention WHICH
version of Outlook that you use. Sometimes the Connector plug-in
works, sometimes not.
 
the connector works as long as you migrated the acct to Live.










VanguardLH said:
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<blank body = blank post = blank mind>
Read:
http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html

Microsoft discontinued WebDAV access for free account back in November
2004. WebDAV is the scripting language used to communicate to their HTTP
mail host. Only Outlook and Outlook Express had WebDAV scripting
supported (and knew the command set expected by Microsoft's HTTP mail
host). There were some other 3rd programs that allowed WebDAV access to
Hotmail accounts to provide access in non-Microsoft e-mail clients. When
WebDAV access for free Hotmail accounts was discontinued, Outlook
[Express] and these 3rd party programs or services also lost access. There
are some e-mail clients, add-ons, or programs that use screen scraping to
access free Hotmail accounts. Paid Hotmail accounts permit WebDAV access.
You never bothered to mention if you have a free or paid Hotmail account.

For a free Hotmail account, you could try installing the Outlook Connector
plug-in (get it from Microsoft's download site). It only works for
Outlook 2003/2007. You also never bothered to mention WHICH version of
Outlook that you use. Sometimes the Connector plug-in works, sometimes
not.
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the connector works as long as you migrated the acct to Live.
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Does it matter if the Classic or Full interface is selected for the
Hotmail Live account? I tried both interface styles and the Connector
plug-in wouldn't work with my free Hotmail account (which used to be a
legacy account but lost its WebDAV access when I switched to a Live
version of that free Hotmail account). Unfortunately, I still have
OL2002 and the Connector plug-in says it doesn't support that version
so my test of the plug-in was flawed.
 
VanguardLH said:
Does it matter if the Classic or Full interface is selected for the
Hotmail Live account?
Click to expand...

The question is moot since you aren't using a version that Connector
supports.
 
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The question is moot since you aren't using a version that Connector
supports.
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But if a user (not me) asks if Connector will work to connect okay
with Hotmail for both the Classic and Full interfaces to a Live
account and they are using OL2003 or OL2007, I'd like to know how to
respond to them.

So far, to access a freebie Hotmail account using Outlook:
- Install and use the Outlook Connector plug-in. Make sure to download
the latest version (older versions had problems).
- You must be using Outlook 2003 or 2007 with the plug-in. The
plug-in's install does not verify a compatible version of Outlook.
- Hotmail must not be the MSN Classic account but have been migrated
to a Hotmail Live account.
- Doesn't matter if the Classic or Full interface is selected in the
Hotmail Live account.

The 3rd point is Diane's proclamation. It's the last point that I'd
like to verify. I ask because there are other 3rd party programs that
try to access a Hotmail Live account but only work with the Classic
interface. As I recall, the WebMail add-on (with the Hotmail add-on)
in Thunderbird wouldn't work with the Full interface so users had to
switch to the Classic interface in their Hotmail Live account. A
similar problem might be present in the Outlook Connector plug-in.

I don't have to be using a product to want information on it.
 
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