That does happen sometimes... but I can confirm that it does work, and you
won't get these errors all the time. You just caught their HTTP service at a
bad time, thats all.
-Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: Ansar Gilani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 7:07 AM
Subject: RE: [pop3] Can I pop hotmail?
> As advised, I set up my account in Outlook Express and it returned the
> following error:
>
> Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account:
> 'ansargilani', Server:
'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp',
> Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: '', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Socket
> Error: 12002, Error Number: 0x800CCC19
>
> Please advise any other course to resolve this problem. TIA.
>
> Ansar Gilani
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Alan S. Harrell
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 01:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [pop3] Can I pop hotmail?
>
> On 8 Oct 2000, 9:02, Ansar Gilani wrote:
>
> > I am new the Internet. I opened some hotmail accounts for myself and my
> > family. I tried to pop them through Outlook2000 and Outlook Express but
> > could not get through. Is it possible to download my hotmail through
> > Microsoft's own programs, Outlook2000 and Outlook Express 5? If not, is
> > there any freeware/shareware program for that purpose. TIA.
>
> HotMail does not have POP3 services. The Outlook programs can be
> configured to download and work with your Hotmail email by configuring
> the account as an HTTP service.
>
> From the Tools menu, click Accounts.
>
> In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click the Add button.
>
> Select Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard, and then follow the
> instructions to establish a connection with a mail or news server.
>
> Remember, in setting up a Hotmail account, you would set your incoming
> mail server in the pull-down menu as: HTTP
>
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
