New Computer Can't find my Old live.com mail

[michaeld]

Just bought this computer and now I can't seem to find my old live.com e-mails.
The only thing I can find is the Hotmail.com mail. How do I get to my
Live.com mail,
which is the free version. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Dave]

Hotmail/Live:
Windows Mail, which replaces Outlook Express in Vista, cannot access any
http email account.
However, you can use the newer Windows Live Mail to access your http
Live/Hotmail/MSN accounts using DeltaSynch like you may have done using
Outlook Express on XP.

Or, you can use either Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail to access POP3 or
IMAP accounts.
MSFT recently added POP3 access to Hotmail/Live accounts from most
countries.
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
However, Windows Mail is hard-coded to reject Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts, but
you can fool it by entering a fake email address ([email protected]), then
changing it to your real address ([email protected]).