Outlook Express and Hotmail

[cybergum]

In Outlook Express 5, there is a way to sign up for a new Hotmail account and get your messages through Outlook Express. But since I allready have a hotmail account, I don't want to sign up for a new one. So does anybody know any way to get an old hotmail account into Outlook? Thanks in Advance.

 

[DoyceJ]

Instead of new account click account>new>mail and enter the information from the existing account.

 

[cybergum]

ok i did that, but it won't load any of my messages....all I get is a message that says I don't have any folders for that account. So now how can I get the messages to show up?

 

[DoyceJ]

hmmm.....Havent seen that message before. Let me look and in the meantime take a run through in accounts>highlight hotmail>properties and double check it against the info. you gave to hotmail when you opened the account.

 

[DoyceJ]

Under tools, click synchronize all and see if you still get the error.

 

[cybergum]

I'll check out my properties, but I have allready tried Synchronize all, I just get an error message saying that I have no folders to synchronize OR it just does nothing, depending on wether or not I'm trying to use the hotmail account.
Again, thanx for your help so far, hopefully you can figure it out

 

[DoyceJ]

Go to the Hotmail account in Outlook Express.
Edit the account, go to the Server tab and change the server with the following:
http://oe.hotmail.com/secure/hmdata

 

[TonyKlein]

Here's a MS article: OLEXP: How to Configure Outlook Express to Use a Hotmail Account

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

 

[cybergum]

Gr.......
I checked it and all the information is right...but it just won't load up any folders. I've even tried to create folders in it to sychronize-doesn't work. This is starting to annoy me....
Please help

 

[DoyceJ]

First, try this. Remember what you do so if it doesnt work or messes with something else, you can put it back.

Next go to start>run>type msinfo32>ok>expand software environment>click startup>edit>select all>edit>copy. Paste it back here. Some programs interfere o occassion.

 

[cybergum]

I tried typing msinfo32 in run but it didn't work, so I searched for it and opened it (the application, there was also a help and CNT file under the name) but nowhere in the app is a place that says Expand Software Environment...I'm running Win 95 so perhaps it is only in 98+ or maybe I'm not looking hard enough. We'll figure this out eventually

 

[DoyceJ]

Oops, 95 huh. Hmmm..different kind of beast. Not sure you have it. I believe you have to do it a different way. Let me look.

 

[DoyceJ]

Got it. Check out this thread.

http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53418&highlight=windows+95+startup

 

[cybergum]

I checked out regedit.exe but I don't really know what i should be looking for now So I still need a tiny bit more advice....

 

[DoyceJ]

I am not familiar with how they may be listed, but, normally you would click on the msconfig next to my name and use the site to see what each of the entries is and if you need it.