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Outlook Express and Hotmail

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From Leo's mailbag:

> From: A Computer User
> Sent: December 19, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Outlook Express and Hotmail
>
> Leo,
> I've had a hotmail account for many years which has worked fine with
> outlook express all those years. I've recently added a new machine. I
> am unable to use outlook express to manage my hotmail on that machine,
> but it still works on my other machines. I thought, based on what
> you've said before that if the account is more than six months old, it
> would continue to work with outlook express.
>
> Is there any fix here?

I don't recall ever saying that old accounts would continue to work.
*Paid* accounts, maybe, but I know that Outlook Express support has been
disappearing for people slowly for quite a while, and that's on purpose
and for everyone.

However,

There are supported solutions now, they just don't involve Outlook Express,
but rather its replacement, Windows Live Mail:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_download_my_windows_live_hotmail_to_my_machine.html

And in case all the names get confusing:
http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference_between_windows_mail_windows_live_mail_windows_live_hotmail_and_msn_hotmail.html

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Thanks for asking,

Leo Notenboom

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