how do i setup my email (msn) to be default inbox

[Guest]

I have setup an email account with my msn address. how do I get it to be the
default inbox so I will get alerts of incoming emails

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have setup an email account with my msn address. how do I get it to
be the default inbox so I will get alerts of incoming emails

Unless you pay for a Hotmail Premium account, it's not possible.

 

[Guest]

I don't have hotmail I have msn my phone company which is qwest was my
provider in the beginning and then years ago they forced me into MSN so now
i'm using hotmail with an MSN account (e-mail address removed)

 

[Brian Tillman]

I don't have hotmail I have msn my phone company which is qwest was my
provider in the beginning and then years ago they forced me into MSN
so now i'm using hotmail with an MSN account (e-mail address removed)

Are you using the Hotmail Connector?

 

[Guest]

don't know what it is so I guess not

Are you using the Hotmail Connector?

 

[Brian Tillman]

don't know what it is so I guess not

See this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx

 

[HossBud]

Hi Ray,

To help you, we need to find out which version of Outlook you are using. I
am using Outlook XP (2002), so I can help you with this version or with
Outlook 2003 as well. I'm sure with a little bit of searching we can figure
it out for the new Outlook 2007 as well.

 

[Bons]

I have a question along these same lines---I have someone I'm helping with
her 2003 OL. She has an MSN Premium account and when we set it up in her OL
it goes to a separate mailbox instead of the default Inbox....her Contacts
did the same thing....the problem then is that we can't treat them the same
as we do for regular OL. I've helped many others in the past and have never
seen this happen. In this string I am seeing lots of references to
Connectors.......Have never had to use connectors (whether Outlook, MSN or
Hotmail) in the past....as long as they were premium accounts. What should I
tell my friend? This is all so very confusing, when it used to be so SIMPLE!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have a question along these same lines---I have someone I'm helping
with her 2003 OL. She has an MSN Premium account and when we set it
up in her OL it goes to a separate mailbox instead of the default
Inbox....her Contacts did the same thing....the problem then is that
we can't treat them the same as we do for regular OL. I've helped
many others in the past and have never seen this happen. In this
string I am seeing lots of references to Connectors.......Have never
had to use connectors (whether Outlook, MSN or Hotmail) in the
past....as long as they were premium accounts. What should I tell my
friend? This is all so very confusing, when it used to be so SIMPLE!

Unless you use the Outlook Connector and Outlook Live, you cannot specify
the MSN folders to be your default folders.
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/mool.htm

 

[Bons]

WHen I click on the link to the Connector I see an awful lot of things it
wont do! I think I'll recommend that she ditch the MSN and just go with a

 

[Bons]

My other post closed before I finished! Yikes!!! Anyway, it seems much
easier to just go with something like Veriozon, Comcast, etc.....that way she
can bypass that connector business entirely. Why did they take something
that was so easy and make it so very complicated???