I wasn't aware that Microsoft offered windowslive.com accounts.
The new account sign-up screen at
http://get.live.com/mail/overview
only offers @hotmail.com and @live.com as possible choices.
(Looks like they recently dropped the @msn.com option.)
Is windowslive.com for a special program?
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
"C.B." <notreallycbcbmullen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FFC4D530-BF60-48AF-B70E-606E719403B4@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Winston,
>
> The account is a windowslive.com account. My main email account, prior to installing and using WLM for the first time
> (because I decided to start using a newsreader, which I had never used before), was a premium Yahoo account with my ISP, AT&T. I
> migrated the Yahoo account, which as you know is a POP3, into WLM. I had previously configured the servers in the event I needed
> to use the feature in the future.
> WLM then automatically migrated my two hotmail.com accounts into itself. I then created a live.com account, which went
> flawlessly. I then had only one problem remaining, the windowslive.com account. It simply could not and would not receive and
> send mail. I could not send emails to the account and I could not send emails from the account.
> The new account wizard always tried to configure the account as a POP3 account and I allowed it to do so. When the wizard
> requested the servers I entered the information for my ATT Yahoo servers, thinking the wizard knew best. I had completely
> forgotten that the windowslive.com account is an HTTP account such as Hotmail. I then configured the account manually with no
> problems whatsoever.
> I have omitted some important information concerning this issue because I don't want it broadcast throughout the discussion
> groups. Please email me and I will let you know why I had allowed the new account wizard to try to configure the windowslive.com
> account as a POP3 account. You will then understand everything.
> Have a nice day.
>
> C.B.
>
>
> --
> It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged and less fortunate among us.
>
>
>
> "...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#gz9ABjaIHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote:
>> C.B..If I may ask was this an msn.com, live.com, or hotmail.com account.?
>>
>> --
>> ...winston
>> ms-mvp windows live mail
>>
>>
>> "C.B." <notreallycbcbmullen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:A163F356-C936-4F28-AC0C-44410FF8289E@xxxxxx
>>
>> <Snip>
>> I asked myself; why am I allowing the wizard to
>> configure my settings? Whenever the wizard configured the server it was for
>> a POP3 account and I simply did not notice it. I suddenly realized that my
>> new account is HTTP and successfully configured it the first time.
>>