Comments for How do I access Hotmail using Outlook Express?

Comment from Kris on 2009-09-11

2009-09-12T06:42:41Z

I have used hotmail for years, but i love using Outlook, it's so much easier! I found a web based email provider that retrieves your hotmail emails for you and also provides you with the settings to use in outlook. www.gmx.com provides you with all the information, i've had no problems with it at all.

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Comment from Zeta on 2009-09-03

2009-09-04T05:28:28Z

I think this is outdated. You can now (now is Sept 2009) set-up Outlook Express to work with hotmail.
Here: http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/settings/archive/2009/02/18/how-to-add-your-e-mail-account-to-microsoft-outlook-express.aspx

The question is disadvantages/advantages of this VS switch to Windows Live Mail alternative.

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Comment from Gerrie Harman on 2009-04-24

2009-04-24T13:58:09Z

I have downloaded IE8 but find it not nearly as good as IE6 because Outlook Express is so much better so I am still using outlook rather than hotmail because it is so much better.
How have you goofed up the best mail system there has ever been by leaving Outlook Express.
I am giving up the computer when my account closes in July because of this

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Comment from Amin Gilani on 2008-09-21

2008-09-21T16:58:45Z

There is a better way to deal with this. I do this for most of my mail, i have about 7 free Hotmail email accounts (yes, i said SEVEN) but i USUALLY only access my email through a desktop client.
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Thing is, if you click that button on the upper right corner of your Hotmail's web interface, it'll take you to a page that includes the option to FORWARD your email. =)
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So if you already have a hotmail email address and want to access it on your desktop, signup for an email provider that does let you log in through your desktop and forward your email from the hotmail account to your new one! =D
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it's also a pretty good way to forward your email from free accounts to your payed email accounts (free being used to subscribe for crap you don't need) =P

I Rock,
Amin Gilani =D

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Comment from Dale on 2008-09-17

2008-09-17T13:33:12Z

9-17-08

On June 17, 2008, I received the below email
in my hotmail account from Microsoft. I am
still able to access my hotmail account through
OE6 without a fee.

Dear Microsoft Outlook Express customer,

You may have received an e-mail from us letting you know that Microsoft is planning to retire the DAV protocol that Outlook Express uses to access Windows Live Hotmail. In response to customer feedback requesting more time to evaluate alternative solutions, we have decided to postpone retiring DAV and we are investigating other alternatives for accessing Windows Live Hotmail via Outlook Express. This means that if you use Outlook Express to access your Windows Live Hotmail account, you will continue to be able to do so beyond the previously announced June 30 transition deadline. We will be sure to update you once we have additional plans to share and early enough in advance to help ensure a smooth transition in the future.

Additionally, Outlook Express customers that use Windows Vista or Windows XP are always welcome to download and use our next generation free email client, Windows Live Mail, providing the familiarity of Outlook Express and much more. You can download the new client at http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview.

We appreciate your feedback, and encourage you to continue to provide it.

Sincerely,

Windows Live Mail Team

Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online Privacy Statement.
Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052

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Comment from H.E.Tyrell on 2008-09-17

2008-09-17T10:13:23Z

Incredimail has been my saving many times over it receives Hotmail with no trouble at all . a great ISP have used it now for four years and never any trouble .

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Comment from Rocco on 2008-09-16

2008-09-17T06:37:55Z

Incredimail can get into my Hotmail account!

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Comment from Mac McQuade on 2008-09-16

2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

I, like 'Fairycake', use Incredimail and many of my contacts now use it for it's great animations etc. Everyone should use it

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Comment from David on 2008-09-16

2008-09-16T20:03:42Z

I have been using Thunderbird with the WebMail add-on for a while, configured to use Hotmail and Yahoo and it works well. I would suggest a switch from O. E.

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Comment from Fairycake on 2008-09-16

2008-09-16T17:48:18Z

I have always used Incredimail, its free, easy to use and has everything of outlook and more.Plus you can add as many email accounts as you want to it and they all come through to the same place!

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Comment from Dave, Middletown, RI on 2008-09-16

2008-09-16T14:28:59Z

Haha, that email (at the beginning of this article) is a question that I had sent to Leo a while back. I will say that, since sending that message to Leo, I have been using "Windows Live Mail" and I now love it. I am paying the $20 per year subscription, so that may help. Anyway, Windows Live Mail is now the way to go in my opinion.

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Comment from novice on 2008-09-11

2008-09-11T17:33:10Z

I have used Office Outlook 2007 and Thunderbird 2 for the last 3 months to download my webmail. While Thunderbird is faster and more stable, Outlook is more powerful and convenient. For example, a simple thing such as making the "Sent" folder to always display only recipients AND "Inbox" to always display only senders was not possible in Thunderbird. It does not allow folder-specific view settings. In Outlook we can have folder-wise customized view.

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Comment from Ziggie on 2008-09-11

2008-09-11T13:11:00Z

Another alternative that is similar to #1: for a low fee register a domain with mail services and have your own email address. So long as it supports POP3/IMAP, you can use whatever email program you want to look at your mail.

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Comment from Jason on 2008-09-11

2008-09-11T07:07:03Z

I would push people reading this article towards alternative number 3. I have had more computer service jobs from people using outlook getting a hazardous email from one of their trusted friends, opening it, infecting their computer, infecting everyone else on their contacts list. Outlook Express has been outdone, outclassed, and outprotected by many other competitors programs for several years now. Thunderbird is a good, very easy(compared to outlook) program to use. It's IExplorer alternative, Firefox is also an alternative I'd recommend to any novice-intermediate computer user.

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