hi,
i am a new user here.
about using hotmail with outlook express. i now get this message, and a yellow exclamation mark:
Could not connect to Hotmail as
jsimper_97nospam@hotmail.com.
Hotmail no longer allows email access via Outlook Express for free email accounts.
Please visit
http://www.hotmail.com/oe to learn more.
Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now requires a subscription. Please sign up at http://upgrade.msn.com', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCCF6
wondering if anybody now gets this message. I have never had this message before, only now it has appeared in the last 20 mins, of me checking outlook express for emails. have chacked 5 times already, still same errors.
when i get help i get directed to a window.com help page, and the solution was for me to do up a hotmail account, but i already have one! have logged on no problem using hotmail website, are msn hotmail stopping people using hotmail through outlook express with a free hotmail account? unless i upgrade to a hotmail plus account, £14.99 is cheap enough but i do not know whether it is any use to do this.
update: windows.com help page:
SYMPTOMS
After you configure Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express to access your MSN (The Mic
Unknown Error
rosoft Network) Hotmail account, you receive the following error message when you try to download your Hotmail folders and when you try to send and receive e-mail messages:If you click Details, the following text appears in the error details:
HTTPMAIL: 10:09:18 [rx]
HTTP/1.1 402 Access to Hotmail via Outlook & Outlook Express now requires a subscription. Please sign up at
http://upgrade.msn.com
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.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the following conditions are true: You configured Outlook Express to access a free Hotmail account.
Your Hotmail account has never been accessed by Microsoft Outlook or by Outlook Express.
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
MORE INFORMATION
Windows XP SP2 replaces the "Unknown Error" error message with a more detailed error message.