On Nov 17, 7:39 am, "Ron Sommer" <rsom...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> You can access Gmail with pop3.
> You can't access hotmail with pop3.
> Windows Mail could not access hotmail.
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> Ronald Sommer
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> "Grumps" <powell....@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:a15add7c-15aa-418c-9766-533be96c4fc9@xxxxxx
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> Quote:
> > According to Microsoft :-
> Quote:
> > "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"
> Quote:
> > So why do I get "Server ERR Mailbox XXXX is not available"
> Quote:
> > Do I need a special Hotmail account to use POP3?- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text - Why can't Gmail be accessed anymore with POP3? It was working for me
until noon yesterday -- now I am receiving:
Unable to send or receive messages for the xxx account. An unknown
error has occurred.
Server: 'pop.gmail.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800C0160
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes
Are you saying this was somehow disabled recently?