Hi there Alex, Although people are talking about hotmail not functioning with Outlook n OLe by next year but if it helps u to setup for now? Here are the steps to do so.. cheers..How to Setup A Mail Account in Outlook Express for a Hotmail Email Address 1. Open the Tools menu with Alt+T. 2. Scroll down to Accounts and press Enter or type A. 3. The Internet Accounts dialog box will open and the focus is in the Mail page. Press Tab twice to go to the Add button then press the Spacebar. 4. Another menu opens and the focus is on the Mail option. Press Enter to open the Internet Account Wizard. 5. You will be prompted for the Display Name. Type your full name here then press Enter. For example, Azhar Khan. 6. Screen 2 of the wizard prompts you for your Email Address. The focus is on the prompt that says I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use. Press Tab once to go to the E-mail address text box. Type your e-mail address then press Enter. 7. Screen 3 asks for E-mail Server Names. The default is HTTP for the mail server and Hotmail for the HTTP mail service provider. Press Enter to accept the defaults. 8. Screen 4 asks for Account Name and Password. The email address you entered in screen 2 should be displayed in the Account Name text box. Press Tab once to go to the Password text box. Type your password then press Enter. 9. Screen 5 is the Final screen and the focus is on the Finish button. Press Enter. 10. The Wizard closes and focus returns to the Internet Accounts dialog box. Press Alt+F4 to close this dialog box. 11. Outlook Express displays the following message: Would you like to download folders from the mail server you added? The focus is on the Yes button. Press Enter for Yes or type N for No. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Stone" <alex.stone@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "jaws-uk" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 4:24 AM Subject: FW: Adding a hotmail account to Microsoft Outlook > Hi, Can anybody help me? I used to know how to do this, but I've completely > forgotten, and I can't find any reference to it in Outlook help. I know > it's possible because I can remember having a long conversation with > somebody about it. I've been told by somebody that there's a page on the > jfwlite website about it, but I'm damned if I can find it. > Any help would be most welcome. > Cheers. > Alex > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx