i am a new to outlook i have a hotmail address but have not a clue how to set
up my outlook email address

"mary jeppesen" wrote in message
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i am a new to outlook i have a hotmail address but have not a clue
how to set
up my outlook email address


Use proper punctuation and capitalization when posting. Use the same
style to compose posts as when composing a grade-critical essay to
your school teacher. Usenet (newsgroups) are not prattle/chat rooms
or cell phone texting.

- Do you have a free of paid Hotmail account?

You cannot use plain-vanilla Outlook to connect to free Hotmail
accounts. WebDAV access to free Hotmail accounts was discontinued
back in November 2004. WebDAV is the scripting language used by
Outlook and Outlook Express to talk to Microsoft's HTTP servers
(Hotmail). You need a paid Hotmail account to use Outlook without the
help of plug-ins; otherwise, you are stuck using the webmail interface
to Hotmail.

WebDAV was considered insecure so Microsoft came up with another
protocol call DeltaSync (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeltaSync) to
communicate with their HTTP servers but Outlook does not support it
yet. Windows Live Mail does support the new protocol but is much more
like Outlook Express than Outlook. In Outlook, you can get support
for DeltaSync by installing the Outlook Connector plug-in. It is
available from Microsoft's download web site
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads; search on "outlook connector").
After you install the plug-in, you will need to use that plug-in to
create an account in Outlook to access your new free Hotmail account.

The Outlook Connector plug-in is only supported in Outlook 2003 &
2007. If you have an old MSN Hotmail account, you will need to
convert it to a Hotmail Live account (your e-mail address remains the
same).

- WHICH version of Outlook do you have?

- WHICH version of Windows do you have?

- Have you read Hotmail's help web pages?

Control Panel-Mail Icon-Accounts-New. Type-HTTP. Everything else is obvious. If this is Outlook 2003 or 2007, you can use a free hotmail account with the Outlook Connector. If an earlier version, you can only use a paid Hotmail account.

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After furious head scratching, mary jeppesen asked:

| i am a new to outlook i have a hotmail address but have not a clue
| how to set up my outlook email address

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
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Control Panel-Mail Icon-Accounts-New. Type-HTTP. Everything else is
obvious. If this is Outlook 2003 or 2007, you can use a free hotmail
account with the Outlook Connector.

But only if you convert to a Live Hotmail account first....

It still needs manual conversion? Haven't they all been changed by now?

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Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
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http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
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Control Panel-Mail Icon-Accounts-New. Type-HTTP. Everything else is
obvious. If this is Outlook 2003 or 2007, you can use a free hotmail
account with the Outlook Connector.

But only if you convert to a Live Hotmail account first....

"Roady [MVP]" t wrote in
message news
It still needs manual conversion? Haven't they all been changed by now?


No I don't think so....and I believe there's the option to revert to the
classic Hotmail on the website...

Translating your post into language OP can understand:
control panel mail icon accounts new type http everything else is obvious if
this is outlook 2003 or 2007 you can use a free hotmail account with the
outlook connector if an earlier version you can only use a paid hotmail
account

OP should understand it better now.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
...
Control Panel-Mail Icon-Accounts-New. Type-HTTP. Everything else is
obvious. If this is Outlook 2003 or 2007, you can use a free hotmail
account with the Outlook Connector. If an earlier version, you can only use
a paid Hotmail account.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, mary jeppesen asked:

| i am a new to outlook i have a hotmail address but have not a clue
| how to set up my outlook email address

John a wrote:

Translating your post into language OP can understand:

Now, really, was that nice?
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Translating your post into language OP can understand:

Now, really, was that nice?

Nope... and his post was unreadable. No punctuation.

And how do you understand a post that totally lacks basic English grammar and sentence construction as your post displays?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, John asked:

| Translating your post into language OP can understand:
| control panel mail icon accounts new type http everything else is
| obvious if this is outlook 2003 or 2007 you can use a free hotmail
| account with the outlook connector if an earlier version you can only
| use a paid hotmail account
|
| OP should understand it better now.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Control Panel-Mail Icon-Accounts-New. Type-HTTP. Everything
| else is obvious. If this is Outlook 2003 or 2007, you can use a free
| hotmail account with the Outlook Connector. If an earlier version,
| you can only use a paid Hotmail account.
|
| --�
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, mary jeppesen asked:
|
|| i am a new to outlook i have a hotmail address but have not a clue
|| how to set up my outlook email address