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Hotmail via Outlook Express no more after June 30th

Steven Parker
22 April 2008 - 10:28
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Thanks to brent3000 who posted this in our Back Page News forum, it seems Microsoft is permanently disabling the ability to receive Hotmail via Outlook Express from June 30th. The software giant recommended via email to its DAV protocol users, the free Windows Live Mail desktop utility as an alternative.

Thank you for using Microsoft® Outlook® Express. Our information indicates that you use Outlook Express to access a Windows Live™ Hotmail® e-mail account via a protocol called DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol). DAV, like POP3 or IMAP, is the way that a mail client communicates with a web-based mail server.

As a valued customer, we want to provide advanced notice that as of June 30, 2008, Microsoft is disabling the DAV protocol and you will no longer be able to access your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express. As an alternative, we recommend that you download Windows Live Mail, a free desktop e-mail client that has the familiarity of Outlook Express and much more. This next generation of free e-mail software will allow you to easily manage multiple e-mail accounts—including Windows Live Hotmail, plus other e-mail accounts that support POP3/IMAP. Better yet, Windows Live Mail integrates well with other Windows Live services, and downloads in minutes. After you provide your user name and password, you will automatically be linked to your Hotmail account, providing continued access to your email and contacts.

Link to: Article in Back Page News

Windows Live Mail can completely replace Outlook Express, as it supports Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo! and POP accounts:

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Windows Live Mail has superior Junk Mail Filters over Outlook Express, although the glass effect is not supported in Windows XP.

Comments (40)

  1. cesc - 22 April 2008 - 10:52

    I for one completely agree with this: Phasing out OE and bringing in WLM.

    The typical excuse will be that "WLM is bloated". WLM has better support than OE for different standards so Im all for this.

  2. boho - 22 April 2008 - 10:57

    Good old Microsoft, no wonder why people love them so! "Just install more software!"

  3. +Beastage - 22 April 2008 - 11:02

    (boho said @ #2)
    Good old Microsoft, no wonder why people love them so! "Just install more software!"

    Uh?! considering windows live mail desktop is free and superior to any other free email program (the beloved Thunderbird included).... I find your statement pointless .

    WL Mail is fast, smooth, full of feature including a good junk mail filter and native built in support for multiple accounts that looks good and is very clear to the user.

  4. +dead.cell - 22 April 2008 - 12:59

    Meh, don't listen to him. Anything Microsoft related to him is evil. Don't even understand why he'd come to a site dedicated to Microsoft software. :confused:

  5. MightyJordan - 22 April 2008 - 13:37

    (Beastage said @ #2.1)
    considering windows live mail desktop is free and superior to any other free email program (the beloved Thunderbird included)....

    WL Mail is fast, smooth, full of feature including a good junk mail filter and native built in support for multiple accounts that looks good and is very clear to the user.

    I have a question for you. Would you recommend Windows Live Mail over Office Outlook 2007? I'm just asking, as I'm curious about WLM, as I've only just found out that this existed outside of Windows Vista!

  6. HawkMan - 22 April 2008 - 14:02

    WLM is the next generation of OE.
    Outlook howvr is a whole other league. though WLM isactually very good in many ways for csual use compared to outlook.

    perosnally I use outlook on my laptop ad WLM to download my mail on my desktop, when I do that.

  7. +Beastage - 23 April 2008 - 10:28

    (MightyJordan said @ #2.3)

    I have a question for you. Would you recommend Windows Live Mail over Office Outlook 2007? I'm just asking, as I'm curious about WLM, as I've only just found out that this existed outside of Windows Vista! :D

    To be honest, as a pure email client (and news reader) WLMail is better than outlook 2007 but O2007 has other features of course.

  8. FloatingFatMan - 22 April 2008 - 11:20

    One thing the email doesn't make clear though, and I read it most carefully when I got mine, is whether you can still access it via the full Outlook. I don't use OE or WLM... I use Outlook...

  9. +Smigit - 22 April 2008 - 11:49

    Well it says "Outlook Express" pretty explicitly so I would assume that thats what they meant and not outlook, live mail or anything else that may connect to it. Probably just a push to get people onto the new product and/or possibly to help push the live branding.

  10. +Lewism - 22 April 2008 - 11:51

    You will still be able to access it via Outlook. You need the free Office Outlook Connector

  11. Majesticmerc - 22 April 2008 - 11:31

    Good stuff. Outlook Express is a relic of a less advanced Age. I must admit that I didn't download WiLMa until recently, but the promise of being able to view all my hotmail/live account without having to go to live.com drew me in, and it's great. I've got 9 email accounts that I can access out of it, and this is the first time (ever), that I've been able to view them all from one application.

    It does seem to lack some options though (saving draft emails so they can be accessed by other programs for one).

  12. Jasur - 22 April 2008 - 11:37

    Dammit, im gonna miss my OE. Still use it today, even though i recommend others to use WLM.

    Dammit.

  13. brent3000 - 22 April 2008 - 12:04

    I may not recommend that new one but i have been using OE since i got my email accounts.. never had any issues with it and loved it

    Was very sad to see this come through...

  14. Steve B - 22 April 2008 - 12:18

    Windows Live Mail still has issues though and still acts like its a beta program. I have used it at work and found a lot of the times it does NOT sync folders/emails when it says it did. You have no way of knowing this unless you go out of your way and check your mail directly on the web and find that your emails that were marked as read by WLM are still marked as unread on the web and are still in the inbox when you deleted them. This would happen even after you try and synchronize the folders/emails.

  15. Mainer82 - 22 April 2008 - 12:28

    (Steve B said @ #6)
    Windows Live Mail still has issues though and still acts like its a beta program. I have used it at work and found a lot of the times it does NOT sync folders/emails when it says it did. You have no way of knowing this unless you go out of your way and check your mail directly on the web and find that your emails that were marked as read by WLM are still marked as unread on the web and are still in the inbox when you deleted them. This would happen even after you try and synchronize the folders/emails.
    Are you sure you're using the latest version? I have not had this problem.

  16. +dead.cell - 22 April 2008 - 12:57

    Flawless here.

  17. Steve B - 22 April 2008 - 14:43

    (Ogden2k said @ #6.1)
    Are you sure you're using the latest version? I have not had this problem.

    Hi, yeah, I downloaded the latest version directly from MS. I actually use Outlook at home with OC. Maybe it was a blip. LOL

  18. Tha Bloo Monkee - 22 April 2008 - 13:23

    I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, how old is this program? 10 years at least?
    Just look how old looking it is even from the screenshots above...

  19. Dogward - 22 April 2008 - 13:46

    What is the difference between Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail ?

    Thanks.

  20. eilegz - 22 April 2008 - 13:52

    windows mail = standalone client that receive your mail like outloook express or thunderbird

    windows live mail = hotmail

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