windows mail no more hotmail

So I take it there's no more checking hotmail in Windows Mail 7 like there was in OE6 in XP?

If you are asking about Windows Mail in Vista, that is correct. You can use either the Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail Desktop Beta for getting Hotmail or just use the web interface but the option is not available in Vista's Windows Mail. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Phil Tesone" wrote in message

So I take it there's no more checking hotmail in Windows Mail 7 like there was in OE6 in XP?

thanx for the reply.
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

If you are asking about Windows Mail in Vista, that is correct. You can use either the Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail Desktop Beta for getting Hotmail or just use the web interface but the option is not available in Vista's Windows Mail. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Phil Tesone" wrote in message So I take it there's no more checking hotmail in Windows Mail 7 like there was in OE6 in XP?

Jim, is it possible for you to provide some insight as to why the decision was made for Win Mail not to support HTTP email accounts? I use Office Outlook, so I am not affected (yet) but my curiosity is piqued by this, as I see it as a future PR issue.
Mark
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"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

If you are asking about Windows Mail in Vista, that is correct. You can use either the Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail Desktop Beta for getting Hotmail or just use the web interface but the option is not available in Vista's Windows Mail. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Phil Tesone" wrote in message So I take it there's no more checking hotmail in Windows Mail 7 like there was in OE6 in XP?

I think the method that was used to access Hotmail was determined to be a security risk, so they removed that method.
steve
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Jim, is it possible for you to provide some insight as to why the decision was made for Win Mail not to support HTTP email accounts? I use Office Outlook, so I am not affected (yet) but my curiosity is piqued by this, as I see it as a future PR issue.
Mark
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message If you are asking about Windows Mail in Vista, that is correct. You can use either the Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail Desktop Beta for getting Hotmail or just use the web interface but the option is not available in Vista's Windows Mail. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Phil Tesone" wrote in message So I take it there's no more checking hotmail in Windows Mail 7 like there was in OE6 in XP?

I suspect the reason is because of some security vulnerabilities with the WebDAV protocol, but the dev team is emphatic, that HTTP mail *will not* be supported in Windows Mail in Vista.
Cute sig. Maybe Ted has stock in Drano or something to help keep the "tubes" cleaned. Jon Stewart is pretty funny. -- Jim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Jim, is it possible for you to provide some insight as to why the decision was made for Win Mail not to support HTTP email accounts? I use Office Outlook, so I am not affected (yet) but my curiosity is piqued by this, as I see it as a future PR issue.
Mark
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...

Thank-you, Jim, for the response. I suspected it was somehow security related, but being a mere hobbyist, I can only assume and guess much of the time. I suppose, as time marches forward, and less and less Hotmail accounts are accessible by OE and Outlook, this will become less of an issue. Empathy from the dev team and $2.00 buys a cup of coffee, though, for the people left somewhat stranded on the side of the information super highway.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

I suspect the reason is because of some security vulnerabilities with the WebDAV protocol, but the dev team is emphatic, that HTTP mail *will not* be supported in Windows Mail in Vista.

Come on, guys. You really believe that?
WLMD is used as a means to deliver advertising. Also, Active Search in WLMD is very similar to what Google does. *Except*, Google only throws advertising at you when checking your email via the web. They allow free POP access. Heck, even AIM mail now allows free IMAP access. MyRealbox has always allowed free Pop access. Seems like Microsoft is moving in the opposite direction.
There's absolutely no need to use WLMD- you might as well just use your browser to check your hotmail account- either way, advertisements will be thrown at you. And of course, you won't have "Active Search" going through all your emails looking for key words so that it may display "relevant links".
Microsoft wants in on the booming bonanza of advertising dollars flooding the internet. I don't blame them for that, it's business. But let's be honest about it- WLMD was made for one purpose- to generate advertising revenue.
Hey, they've got to find some way to replace the $40 billion they are going to spend buying back stock.
-Michael
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

I suspect the reason is because of some security vulnerabilities with the WebDAV protocol, but the dev team is emphatic, that HTTP mail *will not* be supported in Windows Mail in Vista.
Cute sig. Maybe Ted has stock in Drano or something to help keep the "tubes" cleaned. Jon Stewart is pretty funny. -- Jim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message Jim, is it possible for you to provide some insight as to why the decision was made for Win Mail not to support HTTP email accounts? I use Office Outlook, so I am not affected (yet) but my curiosity is piqued by this, as I see it as a future PR issue.
Mark
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...