Re: Connecting Outlook to MSN Hotmail Account

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From: Specialist David W [MCSE] (Specialist00298445018_at_langley.af.mil)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:13:30 -0500

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];878462

Extract:
 If you are running Outlook Express on a Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
(SP2)-based computer, you receive the following error message:
Could not connect to Hotmail as username@hotmail.com.

Hotmail no longer allows email access via Outlook Express for free
Hotmail/MSN accounts.

MSN Hotmail no longer supports Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV)
for free user accounts. Outlook Express uses the DAV interface to connect to
Hotmail. Only paid Hotmail accounts will work correctly with Outlook
Express. If you configured Outlook Express or Outlook to access your Hotmail
account before DAV support was ended, you may still be able to use Outlook
Express to open a free Hotmail account. However, eventually Hotmail will no
longer support DAV for all free Hotmail accounts.

RESOLUTION
If you want to use Outlook Express to access your Hotmail account, you must
have an MSN subscription. For more information, visit the following
Microsoft Web site: http://upgrade.msn.com

Thanks In Advance

Specialist David W
(U.S.A.F. Network Information Systems)

"NatG" <NatG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EEC18FB2-7A93-46C1-B588-BBEC0143FD29@microsoft.com...
> I've used the wizard to connect to my hotmail account but it can't seem to
> pick up the messages. Has anyone else had this problem or can anyone give
> me
> other instructions on how to receive my hotmail emails on Outlook 2003?

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