outlook and free hotmail accounts

[fire400]

Could not connect to Hotmail as %s.

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

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://join.msn.com/general/Email', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 998, Error Number: 0x800CCCF6

 

[Navid]

I am not sure if this is going to help.
http://www.microsoft.com/downl...66322d4&DisplayLang=en

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: Navid
I am not sure if this is going to help.
http://www.microsoft.com/downl...66322d4&DisplayLang=en

With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free!

you pay for the OS, and now they want you to pay for the stupid office programs? yet alone if you don't, you pay for hotmail, retarded

 

[Navid]

If you are willing to change your email address, a free alternative is to use gmail instead of hotmail.
https://www.google.com/account...l=default&ltmplcache=2
Just click on "Pick a name" and sign up.
Then, you should be able to access it through outlook express with no problem.

I opened two new accounts over the weekend and set up Windows Mail (outlook express version of Vista) to access them and works with no problems.