Unable to poll for new messages...

[me]

-- Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail',
Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCCF4
Also, the sign in box comes up twice, and I have to put my password in one
box, then the other box, to sign on and see the emails. How can this get
fixed??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Sounds like you're not using the Outlook Connector to access your Hotmail
account.
Get it here;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7aad7e6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4

 

[VanguardLH]

-- Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail',
Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCCF4
Also, the sign in box comes up twice, and I have to put my password in one
box, then the other box, to sign on and see the emails. How can this get
fixed??

And that would be for WHICH version of Outlook?

Is this for a free or Plus (paid) Hotmail account? If paid, why not use
the POP and SMTP mail hosts instead of using HTTP access method?

Did you yet installed the Outlook Connector add-on available for
download from Microsoft? Does not work in pre-2003 versions of Outlook.