Error sychronizing folder when multiple Hotmail accounts are setup in Outlook 2003

[chriskesler]

I recently installed Outlook 2003 and was delighted to see that you can
finally have multiple Hotmail accounts in Outlook and not just OE.
However, I setup multiple hotmail accounts and kept getting
errors/locking up after clicking Send/Receive.


Task 'Hotmail: Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.' reported error
(0x80070005) : 'An unknown error has occurred. Please save any existing
work and restart the program.'

and

Task 'Hotmail (1): Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.' reported error
(0x800CCC19) : 'A timeout occurred while communicating with the
server.'

I've scoured the net for information on the errors, but have turned up
nothing. I finally uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook 2k3. I added
my accounts one at a time. First my ISP pop account. No problems.
Next, my main hotmail account. Still no problems. Only when I added
multiple Hotmail accounts did I run into the same error messages.
Outlook just locks up and I have to shut it down via the task manager.
I then removed the extra hotmail accounts and only left 1 hotmail
account. No problems. Added the others again and got the errors. I
know the server is up because I can get to my mail via the web
interface. I can also get to all 3 accounts via Outlook Express.
ARGH!!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Chris

 

[Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]]

Technically, Outlook 2003 still "officially" supports only one Hotmail
account per profile.