Setting up Entourage with hotmail in Office 2008

[West Wales Celt]

Hi,

I have a Power Mac G4 running Tiger. Recently installed Office 2008 and wanted to use Entourage to manage my hotmail account. The account set-up assistant was happy with my e-mail address and password but when asked to verify the set-up my account name was highlighted as the problem.

Checked the account name with my Windows Live profile and even changed the name and tried t set-up without an account name, all to no avail.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Cheers folks....

Realised I apparently need a 'hotmail plus account' which only seem to be accessible via the US - can I subscribe from the UK? Would it do the trick?

Thanks..

 

[MisterMe]

Microsoft is rolling out POP3-access to Live accounts. This has been done in the US. I would expect it to be done soon in the rest of the World.

 

[West Wales Celt]

Hang on in there then....
cheers.

 

[West Wales Celt]

All sorted!

Anyone with this problem can easily resolve it by following the simple instructions here:

http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/dav/archive/2009/04/23/start-using-hotmail-with-entourage.aspx