hotmail and windows live id

[Guest]

sometimes when i try to send an e-mail i'll get a message saying window no
longer supports http and prompts me to set up a windows live id account. when
i go to do this i'm informed that if i already have a hotmail account then
that is my live id now. fine, except i still get the http messaage until i
went ahead and set up a seperate account with live id which worked for a
while although i continued to use my old hotmail account. Now I'm getting the
http message again, so i tried using the account i had previously set up for
live id, but that didn't work (same old http message) so i went ahead and set
up yet another account for live id buit i still get the http message so
iacant send the e-mail. i am going around in circles and am getting dizzy.
Does anyone know how i can get off this merry-go-round?

 

[Richard Urban]

You didn't say what email client you are using so it is hard to tell you how
to configure it correctly.

How about some specific please.

Other than that I can say that Windows Mail no longer will work with
Hotmail, Yahoo Mail etc.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Guest]

I am new to computers so please bear with me. I have been using MSN hotmail.
Does this answer you question?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Try using Windows Live Mail Desktop which is the successor to Windows Mail
and it supports MSN Hotmail accounts. HTTP accounts were cut out in this
release, but it is said that grand fathered accounts continue to work.
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

 

[Guest]

I tried to download windows live mail beta but no success. I get three or
four Symantec pop ups and I click allow this instance each time and then
nothing.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Disable your Symantec Antivirus software in the notification area then try
downloading again.

 

[Guest]

Isthat under manage add ons? I tried that and disabled Norton Confidential
Browser but got the same result.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

No, in the right hand corner of the screen, I would disable it in the
browser too to be honest since it obviously doesn't what to block.