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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / February 2005Hotmail Failure!!!
Hi Guys, I am just wondering why I can¹t receive any emails of my hotmail account in MS Entourage? I have been using Entourage to check for my hotmail email since 2001. I am using Office 2004 v11.0.0. Error message I receive: Connection to the server failed or was dropped. Explanation The Hotmail folder list could not be received. I¹ve had check my settings and as always they are correct. Any help would be great! Regards Andreas Hotmail Failure!!!If you have recently been experiencing problems I believe it may be with the server. I have recently been experiencing problems myself that sometimes I can access my Hotmail account then other times I get error messages but keep trying and eventually make the connection.  SignaturePaul Ballou MVP Office http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/templates http://office.microsoft.com/home Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't control. Hi Guys, I am just wondering why I can't receive any emails of my hotmail account in MS Entourage? I have been using Entourage to check for my hotmail email since 2001. I am using Office 2004 v11.0.0. Error message I receive: Connection to the server failed or was dropped. Explanation The Hotmail folder list could not be received. I've had check my settings and as always they are correct. Any help would be great! Regards Andreas I¹ve had been trying for the past 9 days without any luck of accessing hotmail. Regards Andreas On 22/2/05 6:00 PM, in article e8QzWBLGFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Paul Ballou" <A26milerunner@hotmail.com> wrote: > If you have recently been experiencing problems I believe it may be with the > server. I have recently been experiencing problems myself that sometimes I can > access my Hotmail account then other times I get error messages but keep > trying and eventually make the connection. Re: Hotmail Failure!!! Microsoft's Knowledgebase article 327041 states: A recent change to MSN Hotmail means users with a standard free Hotmail account are no longer able to use the POP Mail Retrieval feature. This means users of free Hotmail are not able to combine e-mail from other accounts into a single Hotmail account. However, MSN Extra Storage subscribers and MSN Internet Access subscribers with Web-based e-mail can continue to aggregate e-mail from other accounts into a single Hotmail account. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327041 This may have something to do with the problem you described. SignatureEric Olson [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. OR if you wish to include a script sample in your post please add "Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm" I've had been trying for the past 9 days without any luck of accessing hotmail. Regards Andreas On 22/2/05 6:00 PM, in article e8QzWBLGFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Paul Ballou" <A26milerunner@hotmail.com> wrote: If you have recently been experiencing problems I believe it may be with the server. I have recently been experiencing problems myself that sometimes I can access my Hotmail account then other times I get error messages but keep trying and eventually make the connection. That's not fair now. With Gmail I can access the email with entourage and that's not a Microsoft software how funny is that. I may use Gmail from now on. It has been great with hotmail since I started with them way back in 22 Dec 1998. Never mind. Regards Andreas On 23/2/05 1:43 AM, in article eRV1UEPGFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, "Eric Olson" <eolson@online.microsoft.com> wrote: > Re: Hotmail Failure!!! > Microsoft's Knowledgebase article 327041 states: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > This may have something to do with the problem you described. But I could still access Hotmail emails until the 8 Feb 2005. On 23/2/05 1:43 AM, in article eRV1UEPGFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, "Eric Olson" <eolson@online.microsoft.com> wrote: > Re: Hotmail Failure!!! > Microsoft's Knowledgebase article 327041 states: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > This may have something to do with the problem you described. Entourage uses Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV). Here is a more relevant article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5bLN%5d;878462 MSN Hotmail no longer supports Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) for free user accounts. Outlook Express uses the DAV interface to connect to Hotmail. Only paid Hotmail accounts will work correctly with Outlook Express. If you configured Outlook Express or Outlook to access your Hotmail account before DAV support was ended, you may still be able to use Outlook Express to open a free Hotmail account. However, eventually Hotmail will no longer support DAV for all free Hotmail accounts. **** The key term here being "Eventually". I'm not sure how or when this will happen. I do know that I can access my free hotmail account with Entourage today. I don't know how much longer that will be the case. If everything else is configured correctly, then this may be the issue. SignatureEric Olson [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. OR if you wish to include a script sample in your post please add "Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm" > But I could still access Hotmail emails until the 8 Feb 2005. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> This may have something to do with the problem you described. So you all telling me if I sign up with Hotmail to get DAV then it should work again with Entourage? Right! On what part of the Microsoft page can I find out how much it will cost to get access through Entourage? Australian dollars. Thanks. Andreas On 23/2/05 10:47 AM, in article ewOgV0TGFHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, "Eric Olson" <eolson@online.microsoft.com> wrote: > Entourage uses Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV). Here is a more > relevant article: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > If everything else is configured correctly, then this may be the issue. I definitely remember seeing announcements that POP access for free accounts would be phased out around April 2005. However, I assume it's a question of gradually switching over accounts and servers, so who knows how it will actually go. There's no guarantee this is really your problem right now. POP access will be part of the feature set for a paid account--don't they send you ads for it every so often? I think it's around $20US here. You might want to search the entourage group for more information. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage At least one person there was having mysterious difficulties that cleared up with a paid account. > So you all telling me if I sign up with Hotmail to get DAV then it should > work again with Entourage? Right! > > On what part of the Microsoft page can I find out how much it will cost to > get access through Entourage? Australian dollars. > So you all telling me if I sign up with Hotmail to get DAV then it should > work again with Entourage? Right! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks. > Andreas Yes. But remember that other email providers, like gmail, offer the same functionality for free. Why pay for hotmail? /Fredrik > But remember that other email providers, like gmail, offer the same > functionality for free. For now...<g> > > But remember that other email providers, like gmail, offer the same > > functionality for free. > > For now...<g> And in the long run, we'll all be dead! Here's another. Microsoft promised 250MB disk space with free Hotmail accounts, when Google launched gmail (beta). Now, on Hotmail login, Microsoft Corporation writes: 250MB inbox available only in the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Eligible Hotmail users will first receive 25MB at sign-up. Please allow at least 30 days for activation of your 250MB storage to verify your e-mail account and help prevent abuse. Microsoft Corporation reserves the right to provide 250MB inbox to free Hotmail accounts at its discretion. > Here's another. Microsoft promised 250MB disk space with free Hotmail > accounts, when Google launched gmail (beta). > > Now, on Hotmail login, Microsoft Corporation writes: Sorry- didn't mean to come across as defending hotmail. I'd would never use either hotmail or gmail. > > Here's another. Microsoft promised 250MB disk space with free Hotmail > > accounts, when Google launched gmail (beta). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Sorry- didn't mean to come across as defending hotmail. I'd would never > use either hotmail or gmail. Ok! I just think that someone should take Microsoft Corporation to task on this one. I have gone with Gmail now and its much better with Entourage non of this failures. On 24/2/05 1:03 AM, in article OHkMnUbGFHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl, >> So you all telling me if I sign up with Hotmail to get DAV then it should >> work again with Entourage? Right! [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > /Fredrik Download and install the latest Office 2004 update, which is Office 2004 Service Pack 1. Service Pack 1 includes a number of fixes that are documented in this article on the Microsoft Knowledge Base: <http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883951> In Office 2004, use Microsoft AutoUpdate to get the latest updates. From any Office application, go to Help > Check for Updates (or manually launch Microsoft AutoUpdate from the Applications folder). If any updates are needed, they will display in a sheet, at which point you can check them and press the "Install" button to download and install them. Updates can also be found at the Microsoft web site: <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#Office2004> On 2/22/05 12:40 AM, in article BE4117F8.51AB%nimitz2@hotmail.com, "Andreas Ullrich" <nimitz2@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Regards > Andreas SignatureMickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> |
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