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Tip 843: Hotmail contact categories and Outlook categories

I thought I mentioned this months ago but can’t find it in my archives… if it’s a repeat, sorry (and please let me know what date it ran.)Hotmail lets you assign contacts to categories; Outlook lets you assign categories to contacts. So why don’t the Categories sync when you use the Outlook Connector?Categories don’t sync as categories because “categories” doesn’t mean … [Read more...] about Tip 843: Hotmail contact categories and Outlook categories

Denied Access to Hotmail, Live, or MSN accounts in Microsoft Outlook

If you have an MSN or Hotmail account and are suddenly getting ‘access denied’ or 'forbidden' errors when you try to download mail through Outlook you probably missed the announcement that access using the HTTP protocol was going to end for good on Sept 1, 2009. From this point on, users will need to use either the Outlook Connector or POP3/SMTP to view their Hotmail/MSN … [Read more...] about Denied Access to Hotmail, Live, or MSN accounts in Microsoft Outlook

Tip 418: Hotmail in Outlook

Great news for all Hotmail users. Microsoft will be making the Outlook Connector available with all accounts, not just the paid subscriptions. (Links to the current version of the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector are in the right sidebar.)Paul asks:"I've never paid for a Hotmail account but I have always been able to access mine through Outlook. So my question... … [Read more...] about Tip 418: Hotmail in Outlook

Tip 188: Hotmail's HTTP Access Ends

Effective September 27, 2004, HTTP support for Hotmail and MSN accounts was discontinued. At this time, only new subscribers or accounts that never used HTTP access are affected. Accounts that use the HTTP protocol will continue to have access until Sept 2009. After that, users will need to use the Outlook Hotmail Connector. Hotmail now supports POP3 for all users. See … [Read more...] about Tip 188: Hotmail's HTTP Access Ends