Outlook 2000 Hotmail error

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I have Outlook 2000. What POP3 etc. do I put in for hotmail?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

hotmail is http, not pop3 and outlook 2000 does not support it.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/online.htm - see the section on
hotmail.









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[Vanguard]

I have Outlook 2000. What POP3 etc. do I put in for hotmail?

- Hotmail stopped using POP3 and SMTP servers back in 2002 and switched
to WebDAV, the script sent via an HTTP connect.
- Microsoft disabled WebDAV access for freebie Hotmail accounts created
after Nov 2004.
- Outlook 2000 doesn't support HTTP mail accounts (see
http://www.slipstick.com/config/ol2000hotmail.htm but that is unreliable
and may stop working after awhile).

Some Hotmail history:
- 1996 July: Hotmail becomes available.
- 1997 December: Microsoft buys Hotmail.
- 2000 February: For MSN, POP3 access is discontinued and switches to
WebDAV access. MSN "legacy" accounts created before that date continue
to get POP3 access. MSN accounts created after that date only get
WebDAV access.
- 2002 July: For Hotmail, POP3 access is discontinued and switches to
WebDAV access.
- 2004 November: For Hotmail, Microsoft changes policy to disable WebDAV
access for *new* free Hotmail accounts created after that date. Old
accounts created before that policy change date continue to get WebDAV
access. New accounts created after that date must pay to get WebDAV
access.