Still no joy I'm afraid. I tried deleting the hotmail http account and

starting a new pop3 account.
I set incoming mail: pop3.live.com
I set outgoing mail: smtp.live.com
Set account name and password - check remember password
Log on using SPA not selected
Server requires authentication checked
Outgoing smtp port 25
Incoming pop port 995

Now I get the error message:

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes

for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of

inactivity. Account: 'pop3.live.com', Server: 'pop3.live.com',

Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

Outlook express continues to work fine with another non hotmail account

and Corel newsgroups. Just Hotmail has the problem. When I reported to

the hotmail technician I mentioned that I am a hotmail plus subscriber.

He said my hotmail account was working properly.

Any other suggestions would be welcome.

Kind Regards

Chris

"...winston" wrote:

Note:
You may have to use a temporary bogus address to create the account(e.g
) to avoid OE/OL etc choosing an http server instead
of the live.com(pop3/smtp server) even when choosing pop3 as the type of
account. Once the account is created, edit the account properties with
the correct address and ensure the live.com servers, port numbers, SSL
encryption and authentication are set properly.

--
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
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.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/


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