Re: Entourage 2001 and Hotmail - you are not alone

From: mike hobson (mike.hobson_at_themusic.com)
Date: 10/03/04

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    Date: 2 Oct 2004 22:40:46 -0700
    
    

    "mhclassic" wrote:
     > Just started getting error 1501: HTTP error.  The server does
     > not support
     > this request." when trying to send mail or sync entourage 2001
     > with
     > hotmail.  All other POP email accounts continue to sync/send
     > mail
     > flawlessly.  I have updated Office and Entourage using 9.04
     > updater. 
     > Prior to Sept 25th hotmail folder syncs and email sending
     > worked normally.
     >  Next day started getting the above error.  Don't see any
     > other posts and
     > want to know if others are having same problem - any fixes?  I
     > can still
     > access Hotmail via Explorer window with not problems.

    I had to experience the same. Contacted Hotmail support and received
    an email from a guy who had not read my request properly. The whole
    communications can be be described as slapstick only - see copy
    below....

    I the meanwhile I have approached Microsoft product support as well
    where they confirmed that this is indeed something completely due to
    recent changes in HOTMAIL-servers. Apparently HOTMAIL has blocked the
    access of email via any email-client (or will subsequently continue
    with the ones that currently are still working) ON PURPOSE. They want
    to force their customers to either access their mail via a browser or
    pay extra fees to regrant access via an email-client. I regard this as
    an extremely unfriendly attitude towards the customer and will cancel
    my account by the end of this month, for this measure has not been
    withdrawn by then!

    Recommend everyone who suffers from the same phenomen to do the same.

    If you can't join them, beat them! >:-(

    Wolf

    Dear sir/madam,

    Thank you for your reply below. I understand that I need to describe
    my 
    problem more thoroughly:

    I have been using my Hotmail-Account with an email-client (which is MS

    Entourage 2001) for about four years now and for so far not
    experienced 
    major-problems. The last time that MSN has somehow changed the setup
    of the 
    servers was in autumn 2001 which then lead to the phenomenon described
    in 
    the MS-KB-article you find behind the following link 
    (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311217&Product=ent2001)

     As I am currently experiencing similar symptoms - just that it is
    not 
    Error 1500 but Error 1501 which is reported - I assume that this can
    only be 
    related tot changes that have applied to the server. This assumption
    is also 
    supported by the fact that first of all I have not changed anything in
    my 
    email-client, and second that my other hotmail-account still works
    without 
    any problem.

    I am currently writing you by accessing the account via IE5.16 for
    Mac, 
    which of course does work, but which is also NOT the intentional way
    of 
    using it.

    Kindly sort this out and let me know how MSN is planning to resolve
    this 
    issue.

    Attached with this email you will find a screenshot to illustrate the 
    problem.

    Once again thanks for your help and best regards

    Wolf

    From: Hotmail Customer Support
    Thu, 30 Sep 2004 
    15:20:30 -0700

    Dear Wolf,

    Thank you for writing to Hotmail Technical Support.

    I apologize for the delay in responding to your message. Every message
    that Hotmail receives is very important. Unfortunately, we recently
    received an extremely high volume of e-mail messages and are working
    diligently to catch up.

    I understand that you are getting "the server does not support this
    request" while trying to access your Hotmail account.

    The issue you have described is usually related to the browser you are
    using, as you have mentioned that you are using Macintosh, I have
    checked your account and is functioning properly that the issue you
    have described is not related to Hotmail. So, for further assistance,
    I
    suggest you to contact the help associated with Macintosh.

    I apologize that I could not be of much help to you in this regard.
    Please write back to us, if you have any further queries regarding MSN
    Hotmail. We will be glad to assist you.

    Sincerely,

    Praveen
    MSN Hotmail Technical Support Representative

    --- Original Message ---
    To: support_x@css.one.microsoft.com
    Sent: Wed Sep 29 02:20:03 PDT 2004
    Subject: Broken / Other / Other

    Date: Wed Sep 29 11:20:01 2004

    Operating System: macos
    Connection Type: dsl
    Browser Type: ie 5+

    Dear sir/madam,

    as of yesterday I am experiencing that my hotmail account from where I
    am sending this request no longer is available offline in my ENTOURAGE
    2001. Instead of the folder list I receive an error 1501, http error,
    the server does not support this request. I am working on MacOS 9.2.2
    NL and have not changed any setting. My other hotmail account which I
    have installed for receiving non-private email still works without any
    problems. Kindly let me know, what I can to to fix this or what is
    going
    on here.

    Thanks very much and best regards
    Wolf

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