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Well, Funny thing about this is I fixed my hotmail and being able to access it via Outlook, but didn’t even think about Outlook Express. I use Outlook and my wife uses the Outlook Express. When she goes in and tries to pull in email , gets the error….Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server.  Account: ‘Hotmail’, Server: ‘http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp’, Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: ‘Forbidden’, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 998, Error Number: 0x800CCC33. Well, I found the solution to get Hotmail and Outlook Express to play nicely. I looks as if they are trying to push users to the live platform and use that as the email client, but if you still like Outlook Express, here we go..

 

Add a Hotmail POP3 account in Outlook Express

NOTE: If you are moving from DAV to POP3, there are a few important differences. With POP3, there is no synchronizing. For example, if you read an e-mail message in Outlook Express the message will be unread if you view your Hotmail account on the web. Also, only messages in your Hotmail Inbox will display in Outlook Express. Other folders, and any messages in them, will not be displayed.

1. In Outlook Express, on the Tools menu, click Accounts.

2. Click Add, and then click Mail.

3. Type your name, and then click Next.

4. Type your full Hotmail e-mail address, and then click Next.

 

5. Enter the following information, and then click Next:

· In the My incoming mail server is a list, click POP3.

· In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box, type pop3.live.com

· In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type smtp.live.com

6. Type the account name and the password for your Hotmail account. Clear the Remember password check box unless you’re the only person with access to the computer. Make sure that the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box isn’t selected.

7. Click Next, and then click Finish.

8. In the Internet Accounts window, click the Mail tab, click the Hotmail account that you added, and then click Properties.

9. Click on the Servers tab and under ‘Outgoing Mail Servers’, please check the "My server requires authentication" box.

10. Click on the Settings button to the right of the "My server requires authentication" option.  You may need to turn on the "Use same settings as my incoming server" option unless you are using a special account setup requiring a different Account name and password.  Most people will need to use the default option of "Use same settings as my incoming server".

11. Click the Advanced tab, and under Server Port Numbers, enter the following information, and then click OK:

· In the Incoming mail (POP3) box, type 995.

· In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, type 25 or 587.

· Under both Outgoing mail (SMTP) and Incoming mail (POP3), select the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.

· Under Delivery, select the Leave a copy of messages on server check box if you want to see your messages when you use Hotmail in a web browser, your mobile phone, or other e-mail programs. By default, Outlook Express will delete the messages from the Hotmail server when they are downloaded to your computer.

10. Click OK.

11. On the Internet Accounts window, take a look at your mail accounts by selecting the Mail tab. If you see your Hotmail account with Type ‘HTTP‘, select the account and click the Remove button (NOTE: this should apply if you are moving from the DAV protocol to the POP protocol – you’ve added an account with POP through the above instructions and now need to delete the previous account accessed through DAV).

Well, If you had the same good luck as I did today, you may have noticed that Hotmail in Outlook has stopped working. It has been great to me for well over 8 years now, but Microsoft has decided to make a change. Well,  Everything was fine this morning. I opened up Outlook at 2:00 PM CST and get this nice message… “Sending’ reported error (0x800CCC33) : ‘Access to the account was denied. Verify that your username and password are correct.The server responded ‘Forbidden’. ‘” I have checked all my account information, and passwords etc, but still no luck!  Logging in to the web mail works fine though…

Well, I did some digging and was able to regain access back to Hotmail and Outlook. You need to install and update to using Microsoft Office Outlook Connector. At this writing it seems to only works with Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007. I am sure that will change though.

1. Download Microsoft Office Outlook Connector and then install it.

2. Start up Microsoft Outlook-enter your Hotmail email address, password and name that you want to appear in the receiver’s inbox.

3. Left panel a new folder with your hotmail email address will appear. Simply click on Send/Receive button to start downloading all your emails from Hotmail to Outlook.

I hope this helps. Remember, we can only go forward.!!