Unable to Send/Receive Message in Outlook Express 1

[Thorpe89]

I have the latest version of Outlook Express on XP and I have set up an account with the correct details. When I click the Send/Receive button it comes up with this error:

Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail', Server: '

http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp',

Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCCF0

I used HTTP Hotmail for my address. Does it matter if you are using @msn.com or @hotmail.com? I am using @msn.com and this may be the problem.

 

[Marcs41]

hotmail is hotmail, not msn! Of course it won't work!

Marc
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[Thorpe89]

Well, I was asking for help.

 

[Marcs41]

Did you expect an solution to something that has no solution?

Marc
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[Thorpe89]

A solution. Please don't be sarcastic.

 

[Marcs41]

ok, now you tell me what is sarcastic about something that WILL NOT WORK?

If you have an MSN address then WHY would you expect to be able to use a HOTMAIL login?

That is common sense, nothing sarcastic about it!

Marc
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[smah]

Another way of putting it:

If your e-mail address is @msn.com, then you need to set the OE account for the correct server - '

http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp'

is the hotmail server - not msn. I have no idea what the correct msn mail server name is, but you should find it somewhere within the MSN support/setup pages.