You should only have one box. You still have to tell Outlook that you are using an http service. It asks you if it is MSN, Hotmail or some other account. Try using the "other" setting. But again, with http, you should only have one field, not one for incoming and outgoing. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Dyer Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 4:12 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: what is the incoming and out going server names for hotmail? Now do I use this name for both boxes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael L. Thomas" <michaelltho@xxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: RE: what is the incoming and out going server names for hotmail? > Outlook and Outlook express can usually find it if you tell it is > hotmail or > an http service when you set up the account. However, I have learned > something pretty cool. You can get Outlook to show a folder list that > contains two sets of folders, one for your local system and one for > the html > server. The cool thing about this is that you can copy messages to > and from > your computer and the service. This is wonderful for working from > more than > one computer and if you want to get some extra control over what your > hotmail or MSN account is doing. > When setting up the account, tell it is a html server and then use the > following name: > > http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata > > Maybe you would want to use cut and past fort this since it is a > little bit > on the long side. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Matt Dyer > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:38 PM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: what is the incoming and out going server names for hotmail? > > Hello list. > I have a question about hotmail. > I want to set up my msn account with out look express, but I need to > know what the in coming and out going server names are so that I can set it up. > Thanks. > Matt > > 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. > > > 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. > > 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. 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.