I use outloook 2007 on vista ultimate sp1. I would like to be able to use
outlook to send and receive all of my hotmail emails. I tried the outlook
connector but it never actually connects to my account. if I click the
connector toolbar it shows mail, calendar, and contacts all with the same
status of "Connecting" although it never actually does. I know that the
calendar function is only available to subscribers. I called ms support and
the guy told me I would have to have a paid account to use the connector. To
my understanding, the connector is supposed to allow free accounts to
download and send messages using outlook. And if I had a paid account I
would just use the POP3 support to get my messages and not some plugin. On
the other hand, I would just use windows live mail (which is what I am doing
as a workaround right now) but I really like having all of my organizational
stuff in one program thus I think that outlook rocks. what I don't get is
why outlook uses DAV instead of DeltaSync? Outlook is a program you buy and
it is using an older protocol than a free program. it just doesn't make
sense to me. [now coming off of soap box] is there something I am missing on
getting my hotmail into outlook? when ever I create an account (using the
connector) it shows a new tree for my hotmail account but all of the folders
are empty and the status as I mentioned earlier never changes. Any help
would be much appreciated.

guitardude