Entourage and Hotmail

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David C King

I used to check my hotmail accounts using Entourage (Mac equivalent of
Outlook). A few months ago this feature was discontinued ... :-(

A couple of weeks back, I got an email from Microsoft saying that users of
Outlook could once more check their Hotmail using Outlook. Yay!!!

However when I tried using Entourage to check my Hotmail, it still won't
work. :-(

Am I missing a workaround or am I just plain out of luck?

TIA

David
 
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Fraser Benzal

I check my hotmail every day with Entourage and I have no problems with it.
Maybe try to set it up as a new account? Go to Entourage/Account
Settings/New and set it up. I can't remember but I think one of the choices
is Hotmail Account. Just follow it along -- that is all I did -- and it set
it up for me. I just clicked !

Hope that helps......
 
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David C King

Thanks. I did do that. I first deleted all my hotmail accounts when the
feature (checking Hotmail via Entourage) was cancelled by Microsoft.

When I got their msg saying that I could use Outlook to check Hotmail, I
went in to Entourage and set up all my accounts again - yes, there is indeed
a Hotmail setting to check off.

Now all I get is a "receiving entire folder list" msg in the Progress bar
and nothing more happens. I don't have any folders set up in Hotmail ...
Just the usual Inbox.

Cheers
 
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David C King

I forgot to mention the error msg that I get after some time:

Explanation:
HTTP error. The server does not support this request.

Any ideas what could be generating this error? I've tried entering my
account name as <user> and as <[email protected]>. Both formats give the same
failure result.

Nonplussed ....
 
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David C King

Silly me ... I should have mentioned that I'm using Entourage 2001 with Mac
OS9.2.2.

Perhaps that makes a diff?
 
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Barry Wainwright

Yes, it does make a difference.

The hotmail protocol was changed a year or more ago. An update to entourage
allowed access once again, but I doubt that entourage 2001 ever got a
'hotmail fix' update.
 
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David C King

Thanks, Mickey

I am at 9.0.5 but still can't connect to Hotmail.

'tis a real shame ... But there's not much I can do about that.

David
 
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