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| 74111 | 2002-08-27 02:12:00 | when trying to download mail from hotmail via outlook express it takes forever. a window pops up that says its performing offline tasks but the bar doesn't seem to move. when I click on the connection icon and the window pops up there is no movement in the 'bytes received, bytes sent' area. My ISP is actrix but have tried a friends xtra account and still get the same problem. I don't know if its my settings or something else. I have an IBM thinkpad with 33.6 card modem. can anyone help me please.. |
Te Whetu (1645) | ||
| 74112 | 2002-08-27 02:20:00 | You could always click on the "Free Hotmail" in your IE, if you are using that browser of course - or just go directly to the Hotmail site. Might save some time. BALDY :-) |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 74113 | 2002-08-27 10:41:00 | It sounds like it might be your settings. If you don't have your junk mail automatically sent to the bulk bin then your inbox could be overloaded and be the cause of it taking forever to download. You need to set up your bulk mail settings in the online hotmail settings. I have also set mine in outlook express to just download the headers rather than the entire message so that I can grab the junk that slips through and delete it. Another thing to check is when you click on the Hotmail account (not the inbox) you should have a tick in just the inbox for the synchronization settings. If all that fails, delete the hotmail account in outlook express and create a new one as it could possibly be corrupted. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 74114 | 2002-08-27 10:45:00 | I didn't know you could open Hotmail in Outlook Express Susan. How do you go about it, and what are the Hotmail settings. Are they the same as pop3 and smtp? | Baldy (26) | ||
| 74115 | 2002-08-27 10:47:00 | Hi, I would say the first thing to check is your hotmail settings in Outlook Express. Go to Tools then accounts . Click on the Mail tab and then highlight 'Hotmail account' click on properties . Click on the general tab and view contents there, also ensure that there is a tick in the "include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing" box. Now click on 'server tab' and you should have something like this - "services.msn.com Check your username which should be in the format myname@hotmail.com and then double check your password. If you have made any changes then click apply and OK out of there then hit reply/send and cross fingers. Failing that.......as Baldy said go to www.hotmail.com and check emails that way. hope this helps, if not let us know sam m ps - not sure if this is an ongoing issue but sometimes a reboot does wonders with MS products. good luck |
sam m (517) | ||
| 74116 | 2002-08-27 10:52:00 | Boy I type s l o w......... by the time I got my spiel done there were 2 other posts *groan* anyway Baldy setting up Hotmail via OE is easy. Go to Tools > accounts. Click on add then mail . Use the wizard. The first is to enter your display name and the next screen gives you an option to choose 'Hotmail account' Follow wizard and you're done. sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 74117 | 2002-08-27 10:54:00 | Baldy, you can download your hotmail emails into outlook express . In OE go to Tools> Accounts> Add> Mail and follow the wizard . When it asks for your email address, type in your hotmail addy, eg baldy@hotmail . com and the next window should have the correct details for the hotmail server (or whatever it's called), eg "My incoming mail server is a HTTP server" and "My HTTP mail service provider is Hotmail" . If it doesn't, something's wrong . . . . ' When you've finished the wizard say yes for it to set up your accounts then - IMPORTANT!! - go to Tools >Accounts >Mail, click on your new Hotmail account then Properties and UNTICK the "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing" otherwise it can cause problems . To check your hotmail just click on the arrow on the Send/Receive mail icon and scroll down to your hotmail account and you're done! |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 74118 | 2002-08-27 10:55:00 | LOL Sam :D Baldy: eenie, meenie, mynie, mo..... |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 74119 | 2002-08-27 11:26:00 | hi Susan. umm.... did I faux pas. Why do you UNTICK the "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing"? Mind seems to work ok (most of the time) sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 74120 | 2002-08-27 11:51:00 | Sam, I have mine unticked because I don't want OE trying to download my hotmail emails everytime OE is opened, partly because I am not always online when OE is running . It also sometimes locked up my OE and not long ago someone posted here with problems that disappeared after I advised them to untick it . If yours works fine, then great . But if there are problems then that is one possible solution . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
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