won't verify acct

[Meg]

I am just now setting up my outlook acct. I am trying to link my live email
address(es). I have gone to advanced properties and adjusted appropriately.
Now, when I try to send and receive all, it asks me to verify my acct
information but what I am entering is not accepted. I turned off all the
anti-virus programs I am aware of.

I get this error message:
Account: 'pop3.live.com', Server: 'pop3.live.com', Protocol: POP3, Server
Response: '-ERR command failed', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error:
0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Do you have the premium Hotmail Plus service?
Free Hotmail accounts don't get POP access.

I notice you said "outlook". Which email program are you using?
This newsgroup deals mainly with the Windows Mail program.

 

[Dave]

If you are using Outlook, and trying to access your free Hotmail/Live
account, then you need to install the Outlook connector.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4&displaylang=en

 

[Lionel Pickens]

You may get the following error message

There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected.'pop.tiscali.co.uk', Server: 'pop.tiscali.co.uk', Protocol: POP3,
Server Response: '-ERR invalid user or password', Port: 110, Secure(SSL):
No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92
solution
Check your Outlook Express settings, making sure that the POP3 and SMTP
servers are as in the screenshots, and that your full username and password
are correct.

 

[Guest]

Why should someone with problems in the Windows Mail program, which
runs only under Vista, check settings in the Outlook Express program,
which won't run under Vista?