Setup Outlook Express with Hotmail?

[Gerardo Araneda]

How do I setup a hotmail on Outlook Express (latest version). Microsoft help
no good.

[Mike H]

"Gerardo Araneda" <ger...@araneda.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> How do I setup a hotmail on Outlook Express (latest version). Microsoft
help
> no good.

Tools/New Account Signup/Hotmail. Haven't used it myself, so don't know what
the wizard is like to follow.
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Mike.
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[Chwith]

Gerardo Araneda <ger...@araneda.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> How do I setup a hotmail on Outlook Express (latest version).
Microsoft help
> no good.

The following is a copy of something posted a while back. As I haven't
used it myself I can't vouch for its veracity.

<quote>
> If you want Outlook Express and Hotmail, the following should work,
provided
> you have IE 5 and OE 5:
>
> In Outlook Express, select the Tools menu and choose Accounts.
> Click Add and choose Mail.
> Enter your name and click Next.
> Type in the email address of your Hotmail account, such as
> oeb...@hotmail.com and click Next.
> Choose "HTTP" from the menu labelled "My incoming mail server is". If
HTTP
> is
> not available as a choice, the version of Outlook Express you're using
does
> not support Hotmail accounts.
> If Hotmail is available from the "My HTTP mail service provider is"
menu,
> choose it. Otherwise, choose Other.
> Type http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp in the incoming
mail
> server field and click Next.
> Type your Hotmail account name and password and click Next. Your
account
> name is the first half of your Hotmail email address. For example, if
your
> email address is oeb...@hotmail.com, your account name would be
"oebeta".
> Click Finish. The new account will be named
> http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp. To rename this
account,
> make sure it is selected in the Internet Accounts window and click
> Properties. You will see this name under Mail Accounts. Select it and
type a
> new name, such as "Hotmail". Click OK, and then click Close to close
the
> Internet Accounts window. You will see the newly created account in
the
> folder list.
</quote>
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Fran

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