You don't use POP3 to access Hotmail (in normal circumstances). If you have
tried to set up your Hotmail account as a POP3 account, then it won't work.
Delete the account, then try re-adding it, this time just accepting the
defaults in the "Add an e-mail account" wizard. This system uses HTTP and
has some advantages over POP3:
(1) Your folders are synchronized - so what's on the web is a mirror image
of what you have locally.
(2) Your contacts are shared (also with Messenger).
(3) Synchronization takes a fraction of the time it takes to conduct a POP3
download - important if you have a lot of messages in your Hotmail folders.
Use POP3 for your other accounts, unless you want to experiment with IMAP
for Gmail.
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Noel
"Grumps" <powell.ian@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a15add7c-15aa-418c-9766-533be96c4fc9@xxxxxx
Quote:
> According to Microsoft :-
>
> "Customers of either Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista interested in a
> solution to access their Windows Live Hotmail e-mail or one to access
> their Hotmail, POP3 and IMAP accounts will find that the Windows Live
> Mail client delivers this and more functionality to help bring life to
> their communications experience.
> Windows Live Mail is similar to Outlook Express and Windows Mail
> software but is optimized to work with Windows Live Hotmail"
>
> So why do I get "Server ERR Mailbox XXXX is not available"
>
> Do I need a special Hotmail account to use POP3?