Anyone here knows how To get Hotmail E-mail to work with outlook 2002. Ive tried but it still wont work and Im using the HTTP option to hook it up.

Thanks
Shawn

 

Unless you've always used third party email program to get your msn email, i'm doubtful you'll be able to set it up.

Microsoft has made it so that unless you've been doing it for a while, you need to have ummm whatever version of hotmail they want you to pay for in order for this to work.

Have a look at the error you get when you do the send/receive, it'll likely give you more info. They sent out an email a while back explaining this all, come to think of it, i complained about it in this forum, till i read the email in it's entirety, do a search on the forum and you can probably find exerts from the email.

 

you can do it, at least with Outlook 2003 you can...........I have done it in the past with other versions of outlook.

 

the outlook bundled with windows will do it. outlook bundled with the ms office suite before 2003 will not work.

 

What about Mozilla Thunderbird?

 

Ive had the same hotmail E-mail account for more than 5 years ive used hotmail e-mail through outlook on windows 98 edition. But from what you guys are saying outlook 2002 which I have wont work with it unless I upgrade to 2003?


thanks
shawn

 

no you don't have to upgrade, just setup a new mail account and it'll go through the setup for you..... if you can tell me what is going wrong I can help you...... I used to do tech support for Time Warner cable internet.....

 

Either click on this link or read on below. ***However, unless you've previously accessed this acct thru a third party program (http) i don't believe it'll work. The acct i used before my current one will not work in outlook. Tells me i require a subscription, and this acct is about 8 years old, my current acct about 3. But i've always accessed my current acct thru http, and never my old acct until 4 days ago, and again today i tried because of this post.***


How to Configure a Hotmail Account in Outlook
You must have a pre-existing Hotmail account to create an e-mail account in Outlook that accesses Hotmail servers. If you try to create an account in Configuration Manager, it does not work. After you have a Hotmail account, you can use Outlook to work with Hotmail.

Use the following steps to configure the Hotmail information service:

1. Start Outlook, and on the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
2. In the E-mail Accounts dialog box, click to select the Add a new E-mail Account option, and then click Next.
3. In the Server Type dialog box, click HTTP.
4. In the E-mail Accounts dialog box, enter the required information by using the following guidelines:

a. User Information• Your Name: This should be your full name.
• E-mail Address: This is your Hotmail address. Your e-mail address usually takes the form of a combination of your first and last name, separated by the at sign (@) and followed by Hotmail.com. For example, John Doe uses an e-mail address of JohnD@Hotmail.com.


b. Log on Information• User Name: This will usually be the part of your e-mail address to the left of the at sign (@).
• Password: You select your password.
• You can click to select the check box to have Outlook remember your e-mail account password.

c. Server Information• HTTP Mail Service Provider: (Hotmail): This menu lists all of the Web e-mail providers that are enabled; Hotmail is available in this list.
• Server URL: Another choice is available in the HTTP Mail Service Provider box. If you click Other, the Server URL text box is available. You can enter the URL location of your HTTP e-mail service here.

d. Click More Settings. This takes you to the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box, where you can modify your Internet E-mail Account.

The Internet E-mail Settings Dialog Box
The information that you entered in the "How to Configure a Hotmail Account in Outlook " section is added to various tabs in the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box. This is where you make modifications and changes to your Internet E-mail account.

General Tab
The General tab is the where you can rename your e-mail account. • Mail Account: Type a name for this account.
• Organization: The name of your company and it is not a required entry.
• Reply E-mail: This is optional and only used if you want replies to your messages sent to another e-mail address.

Connection Tab
1. Connection Section

The Connection tab contains information about how to connect to your e-mail server. There are three ways to connect to your ISP's e-mail server. Select one of the appropriate connection type listed in this section.

a. Connect using my local area network (LAN): This connection allows you to log on to your Hotmail server through your existing network connection. Your network configuration must support access to the Internet. Please see your network administrator for more details.

b. Connect using my phone line: The Internet Mail Service looks for a Dialup Networking connection to establish a log on with your ISP. Once you are logged on to your ISP, it attempts to connect to your ISP's e-mail server. If this section is not available (grayed out), it may indicate that the Microsoft Windows Dialup Networking feature is not installed on your computer.

c. Connect Using Internet Explorer's or a 3rd Party Dialer: If you click to select this option, Outlook uses a default connection method that has already been configured.

2. Modem Sectiona. After you click Connect using my phone line, you must define a Dialup Networking connection to use. You can select an existing connection from the list, or you can click Add to create a new connection.

b. To edit the properties of a connection, use the drop-down list box to select the desired connection, and then click Properties. This takes you to the existing connection's Properties page.


In some cases, you may receive the following error message after you complete the previous steps:

Can't open this item. You must connect to the server to complete this action. To connect select any folder in this account, and then on the File menu, click Connect to Hotmail.
If you receive this error message, confirm that you are connected to the Internet, select one of your Hotmail folders, and then click Connect to Hotmail on the File menu.

[ May 28, 2005, 11:26 PM: Message edited by: Hardcore Rock Superstar ]