Cost of connection to hotmail? or just an explorer 7 problem?

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Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail (1)',
Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No,
Socket Error: 87, Error Number: 0x800CCCF0

Error 800: Unable to establish the VPN connection. The VPN server may be
unreachable, or security parameters may not be configured properly for this
connection.

When attempting to connect to my hotmail account these are the errors that
come up. Has MSN created a fire wall which will no longer allow me to
connect with the server unless I pay money?

why do I have the above problems? The only option offered me to connect to
my msn hotmail account is to use the wizard which offers only connections
which cost $10-$20/month.

I had no problem connecting directly with my hotmail account before
installing Explorer 7. When I installed the Explorer 7 I could no longer
connect to my hotmail account.

Must I now pay money to have the connection that I had for free when using
explorer 6?
 
I access Hotmail every day with IE7 with no problems.

However, I believe Hotmail is only free if you use Internet Explorer to
access it - using Outlook or Outlook Express does cost money. This changed
quite some time ago.

I have no idea why you're seeing a VPN error trying to connect to Hotmail.
Why are you using a VPN, Outlook or OE to read your Hotmail?

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With IE7 I can go to my hotail anytime I want, but I was beginning to enjoy
connecting my outlook express to my hotmail account because all was made
easily accessible; I could use window to help write and spell and hotmail was
continuously automatically accessed and I would get a little note that a
email has arrived. I would start my computer and all latest email would be
automatically downloaded. I can no longer do that.....why?



Richard G. Harper said:
I access Hotmail every day with IE7 with no problems.

However, I believe Hotmail is only free if you use Internet Explorer to
access it - using Outlook or Outlook Express does cost money. This changed
quite some time ago.

I have no idea why you're seeing a VPN error trying to connect to Hotmail.
Why are you using a VPN, Outlook or OE to read your Hotmail?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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seans said:
Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail
(1)',
Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL):
No,
Socket Error: 87, Error Number: 0x800CCCF0

Error 800: Unable to establish the VPN connection. The VPN server may be
unreachable, or security parameters may not be configured properly for
this
connection.

When attempting to connect to my hotmail account these are the errors that
come up. Has MSN created a fire wall which will no longer allow me to
connect with the server unless I pay money?

why do I have the above problems? The only option offered me to connect
to
my msn hotmail account is to use the wizard which offers only connections
which cost $10-$20/month.

I had no problem connecting directly with my hotmail account before
installing Explorer 7. When I installed the Explorer 7 I could no longer
connect to my hotmail account.

Must I now pay money to have the connection that I had for free when using
explorer 6?
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Some time ago, accessing Hotmail via Outlook Express was made a premium
service. Why it took so long for it to quit working for you is an
interesting question ... but it should not have been working at all.

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Microsoft has disabled the Outlook/Outlook Express free Hotmail account
access because "they" felt that spammers were taking advantage of the
service. However, if your "free" account has been active for "years",
they still allow you to access the service. My Hotmail account is
still available in Outlook and Outlook Express, so far.

Some time ago, accessing Hotmail via Outlook Express was made a premium
service. Why it took so long for it to quit working for you is an
interesting question ... but it should not have been working at all.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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seans said:
With IE7 I can go to my hotail anytime I want, but I was beginning to
enjoy
connecting my outlook express to my hotmail account because all was made
easily accessible; I could use window to help write and spell and hotmail
was
continuously automatically accessed and I would get a little note that a
email has arrived. I would start my computer and all latest email would
be
automatically downloaded. I can no longer do that.....why?
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Thank you for the information!
Yes I have had my "free" hotmail account for years and I had easy access to
it using my Outlook express. I recently installed IE7 and I think that I
lost this free connection.

You continue to have the free connection. Have you installed IE7? Have I
ended my possibility of a free connection?




smlunatick said:
Microsoft has disabled the Outlook/Outlook Express free Hotmail account
access because "they" felt that spammers were taking advantage of the
service. However, if your "free" account has been active for "years",
they still allow you to access the service. My Hotmail account is
still available in Outlook and Outlook Express, so far.

Some time ago, accessing Hotmail via Outlook Express was made a premium
service. Why it took so long for it to quit working for you is an
interesting question ... but it should not have been working at all.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


seans said:
With IE7 I can go to my hotail anytime I want, but I was beginning to
enjoy
connecting my outlook express to my hotmail account because all was made
easily accessible; I could use window to help write and spell and hotmail
was
continuously automatically accessed and I would get a little note that a
email has arrived. I would start my computer and all latest email would
be
automatically downloaded. I can no longer do that.....why?
Click to expand...
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Yes, my free account seems to work well with IE7. I have also found a
previous post which seems to describe your problem. It mentioned that
there is another KB acticle for a IE7 / Outlook (and OutLook Express)
patch.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942/en-us

Thank you for the information!
Yes I have had my "free" hotmail account for years and I had easy access to
it using my Outlook express. I recently installed IE7 and I think that I
lost this free connection.

You continue to have the free connection. Have you installed IE7? Have I
ended my possibility of a free connection?




smlunatick said:
Microsoft has disabled the Outlook/Outlook Express free Hotmail account
access because "they" felt that spammers were taking advantage of the
service. However, if your "free" account has been active for "years",
they still allow you to access the service. My Hotmail account is
still available in Outlook and Outlook Express, so far.

Some time ago, accessing Hotmail via Outlook Express was made a premium
service. Why it took so long for it to quit working for you is an
interesting question ... but it should not have been working at all.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


With IE7 I can go to my hotail anytime I want, but I was beginning to
enjoy
connecting my outlook express to my hotmail account because all was made
easily accessible; I could use window to help write and spell and hotmail
was
continuously automatically accessed and I would get a little note that a
email has arrived. I would start my computer and all latest email would
be
automatically downloaded. I can no longer do that.....why?
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thank you for your info. I did the download and I am still having the same
problem...The truth is that I guess I don't know the simple steps of setting
up the connection i.e.-host name, user, password...

this was done automatically the first time so I never had to do it. Now I
must do it on my own (help from the microsoft wizard only leads to an
expensive connection)

So....perhaps you know where "the beginner's tutorial on how to make a
connection" can be found.

I understand, when using the network wizard,
hostname: hotmail.com
User name: my hotmail address (I.e.- (e-mail address removed))
Password: my hotmail password

Am I wrong? Where is the tutorial?

Thank you for your time and your help.
Sean

smlunatick said:
Yes, my free account seems to work well with IE7. I have also found a
previous post which seems to describe your problem. It mentioned that
there is another KB acticle for a IE7 / Outlook (and OutLook Express)
patch.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942/en-us

Thank you for the information!
Yes I have had my "free" hotmail account for years and I had easy access to
it using my Outlook express. I recently installed IE7 and I think that I
lost this free connection.

You continue to have the free connection. Have you installed IE7? Have I
ended my possibility of a free connection?




smlunatick said:
Microsoft has disabled the Outlook/Outlook Express free Hotmail account
access because "they" felt that spammers were taking advantage of the
service. However, if your "free" account has been active for "years",
they still allow you to access the service. My Hotmail account is
still available in Outlook and Outlook Express, so far.


Richard G. Harper wrote:
Some time ago, accessing Hotmail via Outlook Express was made a premium
service. Why it took so long for it to quit working for you is an
interesting question ... but it should not have been working at all.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


With IE7 I can go to my hotail anytime I want, but I was beginning to
enjoy
connecting my outlook express to my hotmail account because all was made
easily accessible; I could use window to help write and spell and hotmail
was
continuously automatically accessed and I would get a little note that a
email has arrived. I would start my computer and all latest email would
be
automatically downloaded. I can no longer do that.....why?
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