Re: OFFICELIVE: How to access email in an Office Live Basic servic

Thanks for the link. It says MVP's "are recognized, credible, and accessible
individuals with expertise in one or more Microsoft products who actively
participate in online and offline communities to share their knowledge and
expertise with other Microsoft customers."

But I was more intrigued by the MVP FAQ's page which says that MVP's can
"submit a bug report or send feedback about Microsoft products" using the
"MVP Product Feedback service." Mere mortals, such as myself, cannot utilize
this feedback service.

So how come not a single MVP on this thread (or on at least one similar
thread I came across) has ever said "Yeah, this appears to be a serious
problem, I will submit a bug report using the MVP Product Feedback service"??
I'm sure that Microsoft has millions invested in OfficeLive and is anxious
to get it to work properly.

Seriously JoAnn (and other MVP's out there), all snarking aside, this email
problem relates to a critical element of OfficeLive. OfficeLive users
understandably want website hosting and email accounts that work in sync with
the website, which is how it works at other website hosting companies. Why
hasn't one MVP here said they will notify Microsoft using the MVP Product
Feedback service?

Let me be even more specific: A basic function of website hosting is that
the emails associated with the website can all be downloaded from the website
host OR can be set to automatically be forwarded from the website host to
another email address, such as an email account of the website owners ISP.

Which is what I do with emails at my other website: Any email sent to me
using one of my webiste email accounts, ie info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, goes to the
website hosting company, the website hosting company then forwards the email
to my ISP email acccount, ie williams2006@xxxxxxx, and when I download my
email using Outlook 2003, it all ends up in my inbox.

But I can't do this with my OfficeLive site despite the fact that I have
Office 2003 Professional Edition, and use Outlook 2003 as my email program.
How the heck can MICROSOFT Outlook 2003 not somehow sync with my MICROSOFT
OfficeLive website so that downloading email is as simple as it is for the
email that comes from my NON-MICROSOFT site? Why do I have to (1) go online
(2) log-in with Passport and (3) go to Hotmail, to get the email associated
with my OfficeLive website. Its ridiculous.


"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:

What I was told is that there are no guarantees that anything produced with
a beta version will work with the final release.

And perhaps you need a refresher course on what an MVP is.
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpexecsum Please note the word "beta" is
not included anywhere.
Have a lovely afternoon.
--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"williams2006" <williams2006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It looks like you might need a "Microsoft MVP" refresher course JoAnn. On
the
Office Live FAQ page it says "At Microsoft, a beta is an application or
service that is being tested in real-world environments by regular users."
I'm not an MVP, but that sounds exactly like it is supposed to be used in
"real life situations." Or is there a distinction between "real-world" and
"real life" in the official Microsoft dictionary?

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:

It *is* a beta. You're not supposed to use it for real life situations.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"williams2006" <williams2006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yeah, and I am still patiently waiting to hear back from the Office
Live
support team who promised they would contact me when this problem was
resolved. If you sense sarcasm in my words, you are right. PCWorld
Magazine
columnist Stephen Manes hit the nail on the head in his latest column
in
the
May issue of the magazine. He made fun of the Never-Ending Beta Version
problem, which seems to apply to Office Live and this e-mail issue. You
can
read his column at this link:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124850,00.asp.

"skynemesis@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

Nope, according to MS Live Support, they use the hotmail interface but
cleverly hotmail will not recognize MS Live accounts...








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