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"nivvi" <nivvi@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what the settings are for smtp servers incoming
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> "Bob Lucas" wrote:
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>> Microsoft announced that HTTP access to Hotmail accounts from Outlook
>> Express would be no longer be available after June 30th. (I understand
>> that implementation of that decision has been postponed.)
>>
>> I have two "grandfathered" Hotmail accounts and one "grandfathered" MSN
>> mail account - so I installed Windows Live mail on my computers. I also
>> imported my all of my Live Hotmail / MSN mail addresses into Windows
>> Live Mail. I have retained Outlook Express on my computers, for access
>> to newsgroups and various POP3/SMTP email accounts.
>>
>> I use my primary xxx@xxxxxx Hotmail address as my Live ID sign-in
>> for Windows Live Mail and also for Windows Live Messenger.
>>
>> I logged onto my primary Hotmail address via the Internet and imported
>> my Windows address book. The Live interface synchronised the resulting
>> contacts list with my Hotmail account and Windows Live Messenger. Then,
>> I removed a few duplicate entries and re-created my distribution lists
>> (from OE) in Windows Live Mail and Hotmail webmail. So far, so good.
>>
>> However, there are inconsistencies with the way Hotmail (via the webmail
>> interface), Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger sort my
>> contacts.
>>
>> Hotmail (webmail) sorts contacts alphabetically - surname first. Then,
>> if I use the contact list to send an email to Joe Bloggs (appears in the
>> contact list as Bloggs, Joe), the outgoing email shows the addressee's
>> name correctly as "Joe Bloggs".
>>
>> I have also configured Windows Live Mail to sort contacts
>> alphabetically - surname first. However, if I use the contact list to
>> send a message to Joe Bloggs, the resulting email shows the addressee's
>> name as Bloggs Joe. In this respect, Outlook Express and the Hotmail
>> webmail interface are much better. Is there any way of configuring the
>> contacts list in Windows Live Mail to sort the list by Surname - but to
>> send outgoing emails with the addressee as Joe Bloggs, not Bloggs Joe?
>>
>> Windows Live Messenger is even worse. The contacts list sorts by
>> First Name only - and unless I am mistaken, the only sort options are
>> "Display Name", "First and last name" or "email address". There is no
>> way to to sort by Surname first. Why not?
>>
>> Surname first is the most logical sort method. There are no less than
>> seven contacts called David in my contact list - and only one "Smith".
>> Need I say more? I certainly do not want to sort contacts by first
>> name.
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