if you had a hotmail account and were using either ms outlook or outlook express prior to september 27, you can still use either one. to read your free hotmail, ,until the first quarter of 2005, but but, anyone trying to add hotmail after the sept 27 cannot!! put hotmail in either program!! unless, you buy hotmail plus for about $20 a year or, msn internet service, $21 a month, or, msn internet web service for about $9, a month read and weep?! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar@xxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:02 PM Subject: RE: Adding a hotmail account to Microsoft Outlook To add hotmail to outlook, do the following: 1) go to the tools menu and select e-mail accounts The following dialog will come up: E-mail Accounts E-mail Accounts You can change the e-mail accounts and directories that Outlook uses. E-mail Add a new e-mail account View or change existing e-mail accounts Directory Add a new directory or address book View or change existing directories or address books < Back Next > Close Select the Add a new e-mail account option and then press next. 2) the following dialog will show up E-mail Accounts Server Type You can choose the type of server your new e-mail account will work = with. Microsoft Exchange Server Connect to an Exchange server to read e-mail, access public folders, and = share documents. POP3 Connect to a POP3 e-mail server to download=20 your e-mail. IMAP Connect to an IMAP e-mail server to download e-mail and synchronize=20 mailbox folders. HTTP Connect to an HTTP e-mail server such as Hotmail to download e-mail and=20 synchronize mailbox folders. Additional Server Types Connect to another workgroup or 3rd-party mail server. < Back Next > Cancel Select HTTP and press next. 3) from the following dialog, you will want to type in your user name, = your first and last name, and your password. You will want to select the hot amil option. The below dialog is an example of what you will see. E-mail Accounts Internet E-mail Settings (HTTP) Each of these setting are required to get your e-mail account working. User Information Server Information Your Name: HTTP Mail Service Provider: Hotmail E-mail Address: Server URL: http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp Logon Information User Name: Password: Remember password Log on using Secure Password=20 Authentication (SPA) More Settings ... < Back Next > Cancel Press next when you have all of your info inputted. Please note that these instructions are for office xp. -- 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