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missile

Can I access hotmail account via outlook?

philnicandamy

as far as i'm aware...no fraid not, you used to be able to a while ago but this is now a paid monthly subscription option

Millionaire

All the old Hotmail.com addresses you can, but the new ones such as co.uk you can only via the hotmail plus service which is a yearly subscription. thats as far as i know.

You could try "window live desktop beta" which allows access to all account.

missile

It is hotmail.com account, can you advise pop settings etc? Alternatively is there an auto forward function where one can set to forward to another account (terra.es) which I can access in Outlook?

melancholly

Millionaire wrote: »

All the old Hotmail.com addresses you can, but the new ones such as co.uk you can only via the hotmail plus service which is a yearly subscription. thats as far as i know.

You could try "window live desktop beta" which allows access to all account.

i have an old hotmail account (actually, a really old one - nearly 10 years now!) and it demands money from me to use outlook.

missile

Ah well, I guess I am goosed?

philnicandamy

Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be offering for free its service which allows users to connect to their Hotmail and MSN accounts using Outlook and Outlook Express.

Citing exploitation by spammers, Microsoft will begin charging those who want to use the WebDAV technology to connect using Outlook products.

New users will find that they must pay to use the WebDAV service as soon as this coming Monday, October 4th, 2004. Existing Hotmail and MSN users will be able to continue using the service for free until March or April of this coming year. Users wishing to continue WebDAV at that time can upgrade to Hotmail Plus for $19.95/year, or to MSN Premium for $99.95 per year.

Presently approximately 9.4 million Hotmail users, representing just 5% of a total of 187 million users, use the WebDAV option. While Microsoft says that thwarting spammers, not money, is the point here, that works out to an extra $187,530,000 per year.

deary65

I just re-installed my OS and set-up outlook express with a hotmail.com account with no problems. .

Sharky!

My account is about... 6 years old now, and I can access it via Outlook with no problems.

But now that GMail is freely available and open to the public, maybe time to look elsewhere? Yahoo is also pretty good, and with plenty of space.

Millionaire

philnicandamy wrote: »

Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be offering for free its service which allows users to connect to their Hotmail and MSN accounts using Outlook and Outlook Express.

Citing exploitation by spammers, Microsoft will begin charging those who want to use the WebDAV technology to connect using Outlook products.

New users will find that they must pay to use the WebDAV service as soon as this coming Monday, October 4th, 2004. Existing Hotmail and MSN users will be able to continue using the service for free until March or April of this coming year. Users wishing to continue WebDAV at that time can upgrade to Hotmail Plus for $19.95/year, or to MSN Premium for $99.95 per year.

Presently approximately 9.4 million Hotmail users, representing just 5% of a total of 187 million users, use the WebDAV option. While Microsoft says that thwarting spammers, not money, is the point here, that works out to an extra $187,530,000 per year.

Yeah its a load of rubbish, Money is the driving factor here. If possible get a yahoo or google account.

Or if you can't change get Windows Live Desktop and use that.

Regards the old email address Ive read numerous places that the old hotmail addresses can be accessed by outlook for free., and some posters above also seem to be doing so.

stevemcol

Missile

If it's an older account you might be OK. Mine works fine. If no one else does, I'll check and post the settings when I get home tonight.