Re: Unable to Send/Recv emails from OE

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From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/12/04 

Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 17:50:10 -0400

The account is configured for a Hotmail address (name@hotmail.com).

See this page for instructions on configuring OE for an MSN account
(name@msn.com):

http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/msnev9.its51/$content$/CLIENT_PROC_EMAIL_ConfigureOutlookExpressToSendAndReceiveMSNMail.htm 

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John Zimmerman wrote:
> I'm in need of help. I just set up my Outlook Express
> from Internet Explorer 6 (latest version) and I'm unable
> to Send or Recieve emails. I already have an msn.com
> email account and Net Passport which works perfectly but
> I wish to make OE my default email and that doesn't work
> at all.
>
> Whenever I try to send an email or I press the Send/Recv
> button I keep getting these two error messages on a popup:
>
> 1: "The service is currently unavailable. Try again
> later. Account: 'MSN Mail Server',
> Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp
> ', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service
> Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number:
> 0x800CCCF0"
>
> 2: "Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server.
> Account: 'MSN Mail Server',
> Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp
> ', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service
> Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number:
> 0x800CCCF0"
>
> This is after three days now. I've tried reconfiguring my
> tools/account/properties and Control Panel settings and I
> still get the same response. Norton Systemworks 2004 Pro
> says Windows XP is running fine and I've downloaded the
> latest updates for WinXP.
>
> Could it be that my msn's mail server's URL might be
> incorrect? (I'm using the provided default url) How can I
> determine my mail server's correct url?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.

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