What Email Programs Does Outlook Express 6.0 Work With

[donna]

My outllook express doesn't work with hotmail or aol. What email programs
does it work with? thanks, donna

 

[Gerry]

Donna

You're in the wrong newsgroup. Cross posting to
microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general.

You will now get replies from those posting there.


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Hope this helps.

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[Roady [MVP]]

You can use Windows Live Desktop and also the application in which newsgroup
you are posting now;
Microsoft Office Outlook.

In case of Outlook, also install the Outlook Connector;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9A2279B1-DF0A-46E1-AA93-7D4870871ECF

 

[VanguardLH]

My outllook express doesn't work with hotmail or aol. What email programs
does it work with? thanks, donna

Hotmail and AOL are not e-mail programs. Those are e-mail services.
Outlook Express works with any e-mail service that supports the POP,
IMAP, and SMTP mail protocols. OE also supports Microsoft's proprietary
HTTP/WebDAV protocol but that is getting phased out and replaced with
Microsoft's proprietary HTTP/Deltasync mail protocol. OE doesn't
support Deltasync. It never will because OE has been an unsupported and
dead product for 6 years (and why it was no longer bundled with IE as of
version 7).

Hotmail is switching to Deltasync. You won't be able to use OE for new
freebie Hotmail accounts. Some legacy accounts still get WebDAV access.
If you pay for a Live Hotmail Plus account then you get access to its
POP/SMTP and WebDAV mail hosts so you can use those mail protocols.
Microsoft is promising the return of POP/SMTP access sometime this
February (but don't hold your breath).

AOL supports both POP and IMAP along with SMTP. You'll have to read
their web help pages on server setup in an e-mail client. You cannot
use POP/IMAP/SMTP with a freebie AOL account (the one you typically get
when signing up for a free account). You have to signup using their
http://domains.aol.com/ site (which doesn't give you an AOL screenname
to match up with this account). Use the TunoMe link to use one of their
domains for your AOL e-mail account.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

OE doesn't support Deltasync. It never will because OE has been an

unsupported and dead product for 6 years (and why it was no longer
bundled with IE as of version 7).

....Which is why it is so risible and indicative of Poor Management and
Technical Incompetence, in SOME QUARTERS, that MS has not been able to field
a finished, new email/newsreader for customers even given SIX YEARS of LEAD
TIME.

....Instead, we got the Totally Bollixed WINDOWS LIVE MAIL.

D. Spencer Hines
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Vires et Honor
Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum

 

[Michael Santovec]

Outlook Express does work with AOL if you set it up correctly.
How do I use Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to read and send AOL e-mail?
http://help.aol.com/help/microsites...W_TO_1_1&dialogID=4928565&stateId=0 0 4940379

As for Hotmail, OE does not work with a free Hotmail account if the
Hotmail account was created in the last few years depending on the
country that you live in. However, soon you will be able to use OE with
free Hotmail accounts as the following is rolled out worldwide.

POP3 Availability in Windows Live Hotmail
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution...op3-availability-in-windows-live-hotmail.aspx

 

[N. Miller]

My outllook express doesn't work with hotmail or aol. What email programs
does it work with?

MS Outlook Express ***IS*** an email program. It works very well with a
variety of email services. AOL uses IMAP, and MSOE is suitable for use with
AOL, or any IMAP capable email service.

Unfortunately, free Windows Live (formerly MSN) Hotmail will only work with
MSOE if you set up the account before Sept. 26, 2004 to work with Hotmail.
All free Hotmail accounts created subsequent to that date will not work.
Paid accounts will work. Supposedly, some time next month, Hotmail will
enable POP3 access for email clients, such as MSOE. At that time, MSOE will
work as well as any POP3 client.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

You should be able to access your AOL account in Outlook Express (OE); see
http://postmaster.aol.com/imap/express.html

If you reside in the USA, you'll soon be able to access you free Hotmail
account in OE (or OL), as well; see
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution...op3-availability-in-windows-live-hotmail.aspx