tech support is clueless, would have saved me posting here. Guess this is
where the brains are! You gave me the workaround for my stumbling block, the
hard coded thing and on top of that all the settings I needed. Great job!
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> POP3 access to MSN/Hotmail accounts in Windows Mail has been available
> worldwide since the middle of March 2009.
>
> Use the Configuration Settings on this page:
> http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog…33!49799.entry
>
> NB: Set Outgoing server (SMTP) to Port 587, not Port 25!
>
> Windows Mail’s new account wizard is hard-coded to reject
> and addresses. When you enter your email address during setup,
> use a dummy one (e.g., ). After you’ve finished, go back
> and change the email address to the correct one.
>
> [The above courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen]
> —
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client – since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> ghserv wrote:
> > Now that MSN mail () is no longer HTTP based and is POP3
> > is
> > there some hope of Windows Mail being fixed so that we can use it with our
> > MSN email? While I realize there is the answer of using Windows Live Mail
> > there are some of us out here that like Windows Mail a whole lot better.
>
>
