Vista - POP3. Can we access Windows Live Hotmail or not?

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?

You can access Gmail with pop3.
You can't access hotmail with pop3.
Windows Mail could not access hotmail.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Grumps" <powell.ian@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
--
Noel

"Grumps" <powell.ian@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Microsoft has announced that they will introduce POP3 for Hotmail accounts
(I'm not sure if they have already implemented it) but only for Premium
accounts. They said that this functionality would be available for everyone
(including free accounts) in the future, but they didn't specified any date.

On Nov 17, 7:39 am, "Ron Sommer" <rsom...@xxxxxx> wrote: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?

Gmail POP is working fine here.
I have no idea why yours isn't working. Try deleting the account and
then recreating it.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Tyrenta" <dougrentz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fceb2b97-287a-4aa5-a111-f26873058301@xxxxxx

On Nov 17, 4:03 pm, "Gary VanderMolen" <g...@xxxxxx> wrote:I think I'll just delete WLM instead. I've spent *hours* importing
mails from an old OE set-up, placing them for organizational purposes
in proper WLM folders (some of which are specific to each account).
Deleteing the account will now just undo all that work. At this point
my time is better spent setting up a reliable client that I won't have
to worry about....

"Tyrenta" <dougrentz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:40b60fa1-af19-4e2d-b3ac-79b67ad78425@xxxxxxI forgot that in WLM the POP account is tied in lock-step with the account
folder (which holds the emails). So, it looks to me that it is not possible
to simply delete and recreate an account (as you can in OE and WM), without
first having to do a massive relocation of the account emails; twice!
To me, that is an extremely unwise arrangement, which is making me
rethink my decision to use WLM as my primary email client.
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

On Nov 17, 8:37 pm, "Gary VanderMolen" <g...@xxxxxx> wrote:my exact conclusion -- that + unstable accounts/dbs = trouble. I'm
researching Thunderbird now, which seems to have some sort of hotmail
plug-in, Gmail IMAP support, many add3rd party add-ins, and also can
synch your contacts with other applications using a Plaxo account
(that is still in beta but worth a shot).

"Jesus R." <JesusR@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news8206269-EB9D-4A45-ACA5-6F8B57CE36AE@xxxxxxReally? This seems hard to believe. Do you have a link?