Candy
> My choices for incoming are IMAP, POP3 and HTTP but HTTP
> doesn't seem to work for me.
Select POP3.
Repost & assuming you're trying to set up the account in Windows Mail, not
Windows Live Mail:
Use the Configuration Settings on this page:
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
NB: Set Outgoing server (SMTP) to Port 587, not Port 25!
Windows Mail's new account wizard is hard-coded to reject na...@hotmail.com
and na...@msn.com addresses. When you enter your email address during setup,
use a dummy one (e.g., na...@notmail.com). After you've finished, go back
and change the email address to the correct one.
[The above courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen]
If you're trying to use Windows LIVE Mail, post here instead for assistance:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
If the former, follow the settings given here:
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
Use port 587 rather than port 25 for the SMTP server.
Although it accepts the newer Live.com addresses, Windows Mail's
account setup wizard is hard-coded to reject Hotmail and MSN addresses.
To get around that, when you enter your Hotmail/MSN email address initially,
use a fake one, such as m...@xhotmail.com. After the account setup is complete,
go back and correct your email address.
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/VanderMolen
"scotty" <sco...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3E9F197D-2715-4ED4...@microsoft.com...