hotmail access

shandykid · #1 August 14th, 2005, 06:08 AM

hi guys - i've just purchased an ibook and am new to mac os. I'm sure this has been asked a million times - but how do I access hotmail? I've downloaded a plugin from the apple site that is allowing me to send e-mails but I cannot receive any - it just flags an error. Can anyone help please.
Many Thanks in advance.

Gig' · #2 August 14th, 2005, 06:59 AM

Hi and welcome to the forum

what program are you using to access you hotmail account ? mail, entourage ?

AFAIC : through messenger 5.0

shandykid · #3 August 14th, 2005, 07:44 AM

Hi Gig' - i'm using Mail. I've downloded the plugin from Daniel Parnell (httpmail). I can't receive e-mails - when i click on "get mail" i get the following error "Read error: bay101.oe.hotmail.com - Connection reset by peer"
By the way - has there been problems with the hotmail server over the last few days? I've downloaded MSN Messenger for Mac 5.0 - and I can't access e-mail thru' that either - it just hangs up?
Any advice appreciated as I am becoming increasingly frustrated with hotmail! Many Thanks.

Gig' · #4 August 14th, 2005, 09:01 AM

Well never tried to configure Mail but even with entourage it's cumbersome if not impossible to access my hotmail account. Can't tell for sure if there's a server problem but even through Messenger I can't login fully, since about 10 days, and the logout process fail systematically.

Some M$soft bugs ?!

I'm considering going for yahoo soon

Gig' · #5 August 14th, 2005, 09:08 AM

just found this trick in messenger 5.0 preferences tab privacy : deactivating the passport network privacy enables me to go straight in my mailbox ....but signing out process fails