What are the Hotmail Options in Outlook 2003?

[Jim]

I have a Win XP box with Office 2003. I use Outlook Connector to pull
Hotmail into my Desktop. I tried the POP3 settings that MS recently posted,
but that's a mess! It just combines my Hughes and Hotmail messages into one
Inbox. I reverted to the normal MAPI account settings, and everything works
fine. Will I be able to continue using Outlook Connector after September
1st, or will I be forced to look for another solution? Meshed POP3 accounts
is not an option.

I did consider moving to Windows Live Mail (Desktop) for all needs, because
that program keeps the accounts separate like Outlook Express. Windows Live
Mail would provide a better calendar than my current, 3rd party program, and
would also let me use the same program for News. However, I have some mail
folders in Outlook that I need to maintain, and also have a pretty extensive
contacts list there. It appears that you cannot import Outlook .pst files
into Windows Live Mail (Desktop). Is that correct?

Are there other options I'm missing? I'll likely upgrade everything when
Windows 7 releases. I could always rebuild my Contacts list in another
program, but really want to keep my old e-mail messages intact.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The connector uses delta sync, not http/webdav to collect mail and will work
past Sept. With Outlook 2003 you need to use rules to move mail to other
folders (or views /search folders to separate them within one inbox) -
outlook 2007 lets you set an 'inbox' for each pop acct.

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[Jim]

Diane, thanks for that information on the connector. I guess Outlook will
get me by okay for the rest of this year.
Jim

The connector uses delta sync, not http/webdav to collect mail and will
work past Sept. With Outlook 2003 you need to use rules to move mail to
other folders (or views /search folders to separate them within one
inbox) - outlook 2007 lets you set an 'inbox' for each pop acct.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

I have a Win XP box with Office 2003. I use Outlook Connector to pull
Hotmail into my Desktop. I tried the POP3 settings that MS recently
posted, but that's a mess! It just combines my Hughes and Hotmail
messages into one Inbox. I reverted to the normal MAPI account settings,
and everything works fine. Will I be able to continue using Outlook
Connector after September 1st, or will I be forced to look for another
solution? Meshed POP3 accounts is not an option.

I did consider moving to Windows Live Mail (Desktop) for all needs,
because that program keeps the accounts separate like Outlook Express.
Windows Live Mail would provide a better calendar than my current, 3rd
party program, and would also let me use the same program for News.
However, I have some mail folders in Outlook that I need to maintain, and
also have a pretty extensive contacts list there. It appears that you
cannot import Outlook .pst files into Windows Live Mail (Desktop). Is
that correct?

Are there other options I'm missing? I'll likely upgrade everything when
Windows 7 releases. I could always rebuild my Contacts list in another
program, but really want to keep my old e-mail messages intact.

Thanks,
Jim