Crossposted to MSN Discussion and OE General newsgroups to reach the widest
audience.
Despite what you were told, the error points to problems/changes on
MSN/Hotmail's end, not yours or OE.
Did you tell the MSN/Hotmail tech that you're a Hotmail Plus subscriber?
That being said, see this recent entry in the Windows Live Hotmail blog
about accessing Hotmail Plus accounts via POP3:
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog...33!44348.entry
You'll need to create a new Account for this POP3 access:
1. OE Tools Accounts Mail Click on NEW.
2. Populate the Servers tab per the instructions at the end of the above
blog entry:
QP
Our POP service requires that you use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with the
POP and SMTP connection and use SMTP authentication. This is to ensure that
your email address and password are not subject to tampering. The settings
are the following:
POP: pop3.live.com (port 995)
SMTP: smtp.live.com (port 25)
Note: make sure you check the box that indicates that your outgoing server
requires authentication (in most mail clients this is not checked by
default).
Username: your full email address
Password: your Windows Live ID password
/QP
On the Advanced tab, change the Incoming (POP) port from 110 to 995.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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Chris wrote:
Last week OE6 suddenly stopped working with my hotmail plus account. In
the
past this would happen occasionally and the problem would clear up on its
own the next day. However this time it has been over a week. I am
convinced
there is a problem with the hotmail servrer but Hotmail tech suport deny
this and directed me to OE6 support. OE6 works fine with another e mail
account and also with other newsgroups. It just refuses to work with
hotmail any more. Your suggestions would be appreciated. Kind Regards
Chris
I got the error message:
Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail',
Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol:
HTTPMail, Server Response: '', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:
12029, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E