On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not being
synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
message: A connection to the server could not be established.
http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode.

My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working.
Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working.
Now, neither work.

What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

Use the Outlook Connector to connect to Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts instead.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"gnome88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ABB115CE-A536-460F-8CF7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not
> being
> synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
> message: A connection to the server could not be established.
> http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode.
>
> My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working.
> Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working.
> Now, neither work.
>
> What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

I have Outlook Connector and I believe it was working until Mar 6. It is the
7th tab in my command bar across the top.

I also have 'windows live mail' as an application. I am not running the
windows live mail, and I don't see any process in my task manager that seems
to be associated with it.

I am able to view my msn & hotmail accounts using windows live mail,
however, I prefer accessing all of my email using outlook.

Does anyone have any more ideas of how I might proceed so I can get my
outlook working like it used to?

Thanks,

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Use the Outlook Connector to connect to Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts instead.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "gnome88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ABB115CE-A536-460F-8CF7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not
> > being
> > synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
> > message: A connection to the server could not be established.
> > http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode.
> >
> > My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working.
> > Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working.
> > Now, neither work.
> >
> > What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?
>

The error indicates that you haven't upgraded the account to use the Outlook
Connector yet.
To test, you can create a new mail profile and see if it works now.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"gnome88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A087BD78-B87F-4921-83A8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have Outlook Connector and I believe it was working until Mar 6. It is
> the
> 7th tab in my command bar across the top.
>
> I also have 'windows live mail' as an application. I am not running the
> windows live mail, and I don't see any process in my task manager that
> seems
> to be associated with it.
>
> I am able to view my msn & hotmail accounts using windows live mail,
> however, I prefer accessing all of my email using outlook.
>
> Does anyone have any more ideas of how I might proceed so I can get my
> outlook working like it used to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Use the Outlook Connector to connect to Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts
>> instead.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> http://www.msoutlook.info/
>> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>>
>> -----
>>
>> "gnome88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ABB115CE-A536-460F-8CF7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not
>> > being
>> > synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the
>> > error
>> > message: A connection to the server could not be established.
>> > http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline
>> > mode.
>> >
>> > My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working.
>> > Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working.
>> > Now, neither work.
>> >
>> > What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?
>>

I attempted the proposed solution without success. I also uninstalled
'windows live mail' thinking it might have caused a conflict. This didn't
help.

I am wondering:
1) when I click 'outlook connector' and then click 'get started', IE opens
and the title bar shows "Microsoft Office Outlook Connector overview -
Outlook - Microsoft Office Online - Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by
Verison' . Through January 2008, I utilized Verizon as my ISP and then I
switched to another. To utilize OUtlook connector, does one have to have a
special account?

2) should I be considering a way to remove 'outlook connector' and then
attempt to re-install it? I am not sure how I would go about doing this.
Any suggestions on whether I should do this or not?

3) I have another computer where I have not configured Outlook 2003. I just
rebuilt this other computer changing from a p4 intel cpu to a dual core intel
cpu. Would there be a way I could transfer my existing email files, calendar
and contacts from my laptop so I couls have everything in one place?

Thanks,

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> The error indicates that you haven't upgraded the account to use the Outlook
> Connector yet.
> To test, you can create a new mail profile and see if it works now.
> See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "gnome88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A087BD78-B87F-4921-83A8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have Outlook Connector and I believe it was working until Mar 6. It is
> > the
> > 7th tab in my command bar across the top.
> >
> > I also have 'windows live mail' as an application. I am not running the
> > windows live mail, and I don't see any process in my task manager that
> > seems
> > to be associated with it.
> >
> > I am able to view my msn & hotmail accounts using windows live mail,
> > however, I prefer accessing all of my email using outlook.
> >
> > Does anyone have any more ideas of how I might proceed so I can get my
> > outlook working like it used to?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Use the Outlook Connector to connect to Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts
> >> instead.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> >> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> >> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> >>
> >> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> >> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
> >>
> >> -----
> >>
> >> "gnome88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:ABB115CE-A536-460F-8CF7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not
> >> > being
> >> > synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the
> >> > error
> >> > message: A connection to the server could not be established.
> >> > http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline
> >> > mode.
> >> >
> >> > My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working.
> >> > Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working.
> >> > Now, neither work.
> >> >
> >> > What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?
> >>
>

Update:
I found that the address link oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com was created when I
had Verizon dsl and they offered an MSN premium service.

I have uninstalled msn using add/remove programs and I have used regedit to
delete all entries associated with msn6 and msn9.

With no entry in the registry for oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com, when I restart
outlook (which has outlook connector), it shows a connection could not be
made to oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata.

I did create a second profile, and will try creating a 3rd. I believe I
created the 2nd profile before I cleaned up my registry and deleted msn.

I have found trying to configure web-based 'msn' accounts using outlook
connect doesn't always work. I am given the choice of hotmail and other.
The hotmail configuration doesn't work for a msn account and I can't find the
url to use for when I specified other. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

"gnome88" wrote:

> On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not being
> synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
> message: A connection to the server could not be established.
> http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode.
>
> My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working.
> Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working.
> Now, neither work.
>
> What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

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On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not being
synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
message: A connection to the server could not be established.
http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode

My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working
Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working
Now, neither work

What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

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On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not being
synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
message: A connection to the server could not be established.
http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode

My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working
Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working
Now, neither work

What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

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On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not being
synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
message: A connection to the server could not be established.
http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode

My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working
Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working
Now, neither work

What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

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connection to http://oe.msn.msnmail.hot... could not be establishe

On March 6, 2008, I noted my email when using Outlook 2003 sp3 was not being
synced for my on-line accounts. I am now consistently receiving the error
message: A connection to the server could not be established.
http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata is now in offline mode

My mail configuration for my msn http account had been working
Also, my mapi mail configuration for an older msn account was working
Now, neither work

What do I need to do to reestablish the connectivity?

EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
WCF Workflow Services Using External Data Exchange
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...vices-usi.aspx