I received a another reply from hotmail support and they said that my hotmail
account should be able to work with OE6 without any problems. As it stands It
works with another e mail account and now thanks to help from this newsgroup
also with the hotmail POP3 server but still not with the Hotmail http server.
I wonder if there is any way I can prove the hotmail htttp server is at
fault? Same error with hotmail http.

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

"Earle Horton" wrote:

SSL enabled for both Outgoing and Incoming, that is correct.

Cheers,

Earle


"...winston" wrote in message
...
Account name of the form or

Is SSL enabled in the Advanced setting of the account for both
servers(incoming and outgoing)
"This server requires a secure connection (SSL)"

--
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail
"Chris" wrote in message
...
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