Setting Up Email

[Lori]

I am running XP Professional. I have a Username and Password from my ISP
that I use to connect to the Internet. I am using Outlook Express for
email. When I setup my email, I used my email from my ISP as default and
put Hotmail account in as an additional email. I listed the ISP email
listing as my profile default email in Internet Properties and Outlook
Express.

I use the hotmail username and password to log onto Internet Explorer. Does
it matter which email I setup as the default in Outlook Express? Should I
enter my hotmail account info in the Internet Properties profile also? If I
change the default to the hotmail account, do I need to enter it into the
profile in Internet Properties as another email address?

I am running Windows Messenger now, but I am going to download MSN
Messenger.

 

[PA Bear]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, Lori. But...

I use the hotmail username and password to log onto Internet Explorer.

Are you an MSN subscriber and/or is MSN your ISP? Does "log onto Internet
Explorer" mean "connect to the internet"? Is MSN8 or MSN9 installed?

I am running Windows Messenger now,
but I am going to download MSN
Messenger.

It's possible to have both (kinda/sorta) but only one can be the default. I
think you'll find WinXP to be much less complicated if you make MSN
Messenger the default and either disable or remove Windows Messenger. More
at Kelly's page:

http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/xp_messenger.htm
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/win_mess.htm
http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm
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HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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[NobodyMan]

I am running XP Professional. I have a Username and Password from my ISP
that I use to connect to the Internet. I am using Outlook Express for
email. When I setup my email, I used my email from my ISP as default and
put Hotmail account in as an additional email. I listed the ISP email
listing as my profile default email in Internet Properties and Outlook
Express.

I use the hotmail username and password to log onto Internet Explorer. Does
it matter which email I setup as the default in Outlook Express? Should I
enter my hotmail account info in the Internet Properties profile also? If I
change the default to the hotmail account, do I need to enter it into the
profile in Internet Properties as another email address?

I am running Windows Messenger now, but I am going to download MSN
Messenger.

Make this post in an appropriate newsgroup. This one is for the XP
OS. Bye bye now!