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I use OE6 and have recently opened a Windows Live e-mail account. I find it isn't possible to access the e-mail address ****@live.co.uk, though it is possible to access an old e-mail address that I have which is ****@hotmail.co.uk! So it seems that addresses ending in @live.co.uk are the ones being discrimiated against! Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be possible to get a new hotmail adress ending in @hotmail.co.uk and my old one is too frivolous for general use.

With the @live.co.uk address, the error message says "Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now requires a subscription. Please sign up at http://join.msn.com/general/Email" However I can't see anything on the site about how to subscribe! No such message comes up when using the @hotmail.co.uk address.

Finally to add insult to injury, when I tried to redirect e-mail from the @live.co.uk account to my domain e-mail address, it doen't recognise it as a domain! Maybe domains ending in .co.uk are unacceptable!

Any advice would be appreciated.

Chris

Posted by: Chris Gutch at February 4, 2008 3:30 AM

The "just forward it to your gmail account" advice no longer works. When I put in a gmail address as the destination, Hotmail gives me this error message: You're only able to forward mail to a custom domain or an e-mail address that ends in hotmail.com, msn.com, or live.com. Please try again.

Posted by: alm at April 10, 2008 7:28 PM

But it doesn't accept my "custom domain" either. Hotmail Help says, "You can forward e-mail that's sent to your Windows Live Hotmail Inbox or custom folder to another hotmail.com, MSN.com, Live.com, or Windows Live Admin Center e-mail address."

Posted by: alm at April 10, 2008 7:34 PM

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Forwarding works for many people. Please read this article:
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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at April 12, 2008 9:15 AM

Regarding HOtmail I suppose I have grandfathered into continued OE functionality. Lucky me.

Regarding the inference to SmartPhone functionality. I have an HTC Wizard (many different phones are built on this platform), the specific model is Cingular 8125. It is standard equipped with Windows Mobile 5 (many hacked ROMs to 6.1 but not yet deployed to this device). An included application service is the familiar MSN. Jack the phone into WiFi, or the Phone Co. Available net connect. In this area it is GPRS which is about the same as 802.11g for speed and can connect from all secluded areas of this area.

This has messenger, home (search, spam, etc.), hotmail. There is a messaging option in which you can list pops like gmail, sbcglobal, coxnet, sprintnet, etc. standard mailbox address. And it also has as in the old OE a slot with just use hotmail listed. I had acquired a hotmail account a decade or so back when 486 was the new gee-whiz processor of the future. Besides the assorted spaminations. Hotmail has outlived many ISP I have employed in the past.

I would agree with previously poster, the Live mail desktop app is not a pleasant experience. It reeks in my humble opinion. I like to include a smiling me thumbnail at the beginning of a mail note. and occasionally blend an illustration into the text. Live mail client is not at all flexible for this formatting. It is slow and unpleasant to look at. But, it is new and could possibly go through some changes. There is after all IE8 in the wings. Even though the mail client idea was to unwind from IE from what appearances would seem.

I would suppose should OE stop working with Hotmail. I would have to abandon it for Gmail or actually consider that puke splater livemail client.

Posted by: CrowdedCranium at September 5, 2008 3:44 PM

You can synchronize your hotmail messages to your MS-Outlook by usinbg Microsoft Outlook Connector. Search the internet for this small file provided by Microsoft and install it on your machine. I use this file to synchronize my emails with MS-Outlook, it is working with MS-Outlook.
Let me know if you have any problem.
Thanks

Posted by: Fadi at October 4, 2008 5:42 PM

For those with a paid Hotmail account, forwarding the mail to a POP3 type, such as GMAIL is an option. From your live.com email webpage, select "Options" (right side of screen), then "More Options (bottom of list), then "Manage Your Account", then "Forward Mail to Another Account".

Posted by: jac5219 at October 14, 2008 6:44 PM

Sir,

How do I download my gmail account on my out-look express

That's this article: How do I backup my GMail?

- Leo
22-Oct-2008

Posted by: Muhammad at October 21, 2008 11:35 PM

Since (at least a short while ago) the new "improved" free Windows Live Hotmail was unable to store messages on the local computer (which you could do before by getting a "Print" view), and because my father was running Windows 2000, which can't run Windows Live Mail client, which can download messages from Windows Live Hotmail, I finally found a solution: the premium service Windows Live Hotmail Plus (about $20/year) does offer POP3 access, and my father can get it using OE.

However: http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!44348.entry (September 21 of an unclear year) claims that MS plans to offer POP3 access to all Hotmail sometime, and http://email.about.com/od/windowslivehotmailtips/qt/et_pop_access.htm claims that it's available now. FWIW

I've had that information here on Ask Leo! for a while: What are Windows Live Hotmail's POP3 and SMTP settings?

- Leo
31-May-2009

Posted by: Cherns at May 30, 2009 1:52 PM

hi i am having trouble with the downloading of windows live messenger. my computer is telling me i lost the link every time i start to press the download button and goes to download screen. i have tried and tried to download it but not getting anywhere.
i have windows messenger but for some reason it doesn't have the mail and file transfer and the other stuff that used to come with it so it is useless the way it is.for me to check mail i have to do it through the actual site now.

Posted by: sandy at July 17, 2009 9:04 PM

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