"Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> "Diane Whatever" <I.am@home.com> wrote in message
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>> Are you saying I can read my hotmail with that program ? I mostly get
>> spam at my hotmail accounts, but still have subscriptions - confirmations
>> etc at my hotmail accounts and at least with Windows Live Mail I cant see
>> those 4 email accounts in one program rather than log into hotmail 4
>> times.
>>
>> I actually like Windows Mail [not live mail] a lot - too bad I cant check
>> hotmail accounts with it .. Just Microsoft being difficult [or something]
>
> Only the Hotmail subscribers can check their e-mail on the non-Live
> client, by using POP3 at the moment. However, next year Microsoft will be
> re-introducing POP3 access for all Hotmail users again.
>
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> Paul Smith,
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> Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
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I was grandfathered in -- I can still check my hotmail with Outlook
Express. But if I had OE on a new computer, I don't know if I could do
it -- maybe just the computers that are already checking -- Actually, that
would be this one, my desktop and my desktop at work. My others are Vista
and I don't have OE.

Something else .. does anyone know why I would not be able to install
Windows Live email or messenger on a new vista laptop ?? Could I start the
download, the install files download, then I get an error "can't install."
This has happened with my Fujitsu tablet and an office friend just got a
Toshiba laptop for Xmas, it won't install on hers either. Would it have
anything to do with Turning off the Firewall or ??

Diane