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FurlessWookie

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Feb 23, 2005, 11:45:06 AM2/23/05

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How do you import addresses from Hotmail to OE?

And has anyone else noticed how bad hotmail is nowadays? I keep getting the
busy server errors, and my OE has issues trying to download messages. Will
this ever be fixed, or should I just switch to GMail like all my friends are.

FW

DGuess

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Feb 23, 2005, 4:33:42 PM2/23/05

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"FurlessWookie" <Furles...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do you import addresses from Hotmail to OE?
>

Open Address Book and look in Tools | Synchronize Now

> And has anyone else noticed how bad hotmail is nowadays? I keep getting
> the
> busy server errors, and my OE has issues trying to download messages. Will
> this ever be fixed, or should I just switch to GMail like all my friends
> are.
>

Hotmail is working fine for me that last several years. Must be something
wrong with your computer. Spyware and such, ever defrag or perform any
maintenance on it (and not from the PC Doctor type BS software)?

KrazE

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Feb 23, 2005, 4:37:19 PM2/23/05

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Previously you used to be able to use a hotmail addy through OE. Anyone who
hadn't had it setup previously though no longer can use OE for access as
hotmail has now made that a PAY service.
Your choices are either switch from hotmail, suffer the busy server, log
directly in via the web or *shock* pay for the grand service of the busy
server errors to download to OE ;)

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PA Bear

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Feb 23, 2005, 8:06:26 PM2/23/05

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DGuess wrote:
> "FurlessWookie" <Furles...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DCA2F912-B32C-41FD...@microsoft.com...
> > How do you import addresses from Hotmail to OE?
> >
>
> Open Address Book and look in Tools | Synchronize Now

...assuming the Hotmail account is running in OE.
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~PAB

FurlessWookie

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Feb 23, 2005, 9:47:01 PM2/23/05

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I'm glad hotmail is working good for you... you don't know how happy that
makes me.

on my end, it used to work flawlessly. Now, I can't use OE at all and it
says that the server is too busy. When I log in directly through the web
page, its a crap shoot if I get the server busy page, but I'm getting it alot
lately.

FYI, I defrag once a month, and run the Norton 2003 stuff usually every week.

DGuess

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Feb 23, 2005, 10:43:23 PM2/23/05

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I know they were working on something earlier so maybe that was it.

masg2

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Feb 24, 2005, 12:08:23 PM2/24/05

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I'm using the pay service and am having the same issues for the last
month...

Does hotmail have techsupport we can send emails too?

Peter adjust accordingly

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Feb 24, 2005, 3:15:25 PM2/24/05

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Yes they do, even for free users, try clicking Help

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Toronto, Canada.
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PA Bear

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Feb 24, 2005, 10:09:04 PM2/24/05

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masg2 wrote:
> I'm using the pay service and am having the same issues for the last
> month...
>
> Does hotmail have techsupport we can send emails too?

The only avenue is www.hotmail.com > Help > Contact Us (or cancel your
credit card payment).
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security

FurlessWookie

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Feb 25, 2005, 1:59:03 PM2/25/05

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And why in the world would they make hotmail unaccesbile to OE. Surely
Microsoft can't be hurting for money... what a joke.

FurlessWookie

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Feb 25, 2005, 1:59:05 PM2/25/05

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Yeah... won't be giving microsoft any money to use a web mail account. I'd
rather make the switch to something else. Good luck hotmail.

FW

Gordon

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Feb 25, 2005, 2:06:21 PM2/25/05

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FurlessWookie wrote:
> And why in the world would they make hotmail unaccesbile to OE. Surely
> Microsoft can't be hurting for money... what a joke.

It's ostensibly to stop spammers.
;-)

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