Outlook Express + Hotmail .... Can it work?

Cork Skate

Folks,

I have created an identity in Outlook Express 6.0029 and i can receive email, having followed this instruction but it doesn't work for Outgoing Mail .... (i haven't figured out how to change the encryption from SSL to TLS yet though)

Just wondering has anyone been able to do this? Where am i going wrong?

Here is the error message i'm getting ...

The message could not be sent because the server rejected the sender's e-mail address. The sender's e-mail address was 'MyEmailAddress@hotmail.com'. Subject 'Re: Test Mail Friday', Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 530, Error Number: 0x800CCC78

Cork Skate

I am getting this message now ....

The message could not be sent because the server rejected the sender's e-mail address. The sender's e-mail address was 'MyEmailAddress@hotmail.com'. Subject 'Re: Test Mail Friday', Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550 5.7.3 Requested action aborted; user not authenticated', Port: 587, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC78

And this message ...

The message could not be opened from out Outbox folder. Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 587, Secure(SSL): Yes, Error Number: 0x800420C8

yoyo

First off, do not use Outlook Express :P . That software is full of exploits and not secure. You can get the successor for free Windows live mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.
Secondly you need to enable smtp authentication, usually theres a checkbox and it will be your hotmail email and password likely

Cork Skate

yoyo wrote: »

You can get the successor for free Windows live mail

I actually downloaded it and to be fair it did look good but i couldn't receive mail or send it .... and couldn't edit as much as i could in Outlook Express (obviously wouldn't have to edit the port numbers etc. as it is bespoke application for hotmail)

Does anyone know of a good support site for WLM? Microsofts support wasn't great i thought (thats why i went back to Outlook Express)

yoyo

Cork Skate wrote: »

I actually downloaded it and to be fair it did look good but i couldn't receive mail or send it .... and couldn't edit as much as i could in Outlook Express (obviously wouldn't have to edit the port numbers etc. as it is bespoke application for hotmail)

Does anyone know of a good support site for WLM? Microsofts support wasn't great i thought (thats why i went back to Outlook Express)

Thunderbird is excellent, made by the same guys who make Firefox. If you need config help let us know

Nick

RoyalMarine

thunderbird is amazing. very easy to configure and always works. very light on resources too

Cork Skate

RoyalMarine wrote: »

thunderbird is amazing. very easy to configure and always works. very light on resources too

I'll have to give it a go so !!

Cheers for the help, i'll let you know how i get on.