outlook wont connect to hotmail

[Alex^^]

getting this message

Task 'Hotmail: Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.'
reported error (0x800CCCF4) : 'An unknown error has
occurred. Please save any existing work and restart the
program.'

its quite annoying any help would b awsome

regards.
Alex^^

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What version of Outlook? (I swear someday I am going to make a macro that
says that!)

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Alex^^ asked:

| getting this message
|
| Task 'Hotmail: Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.'
| reported error (0x800CCCF4) : 'An unknown error has
| occurred. Please save any existing work and restart the
| program.'
|
| its quite annoying any help would b awsome
|
| regards.
| Alex^^

 

[Alex^^]

2003 of course, compleatly updated

 

[Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]]

I suspect that somewhere between you and Hotmail (perhaps at your place of
work, if you're trying to do this from work) is a "proxy server" that
doesn't understand the HTTP/DAV protocol that Outlook's Hotmail support
uses. Contact either your IT department or your ISP to see if they can
upgrade their proxy server.

 

[Guest]

but it worked for awhile, and now it dont, i'll call my
isp anyway cos its an at home issue, any other
suggestions?

 

[Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]]

"It worked for a while" - your ISP didn't have a proxy server or had one
that understood HTTP/DAV
"now it doesn't" - your ISP installed a proxy server that doesn't understand
HTTP/DAV

Another possibility is that you yourself installed some software (a
firewall, perhaps?) that is blocking the HTTP/DAV protocol. Did you install
anything just before this started happening?