Robrecht
04-22-2008, 08:40 AM
Dammit. Did anyone else get this message from Microsoft?
Dear Outlook Express user: thank you for using Outlook Express. According to our records, you use Outlook Express to access your Windows Live Hotmail account. On juni 30 Hotmail will no longer support the DAV protocol that allows external access from Outlook Express. Instead, we suggest you start using Windows Live Mail, our new-and-improved mail client that uses the new 'DeltaSynch' protocol. Etc. etc.
All very nice but I'm not an Outlook Express user at all. I use the regular, full blown MS Office Outlook 2007 because I need the advanced features it offers, and somehow I don't think that fancy 'Windows Live Mail' will be a viable alternative for me. Although Outlook is nowhere mentioned, I'm guessing what they say about Outlook Express affects its bigger brother as well: no more Hotmail access.
So there it is. My old Hotmail account I've used for years for personal email, the one that's linked to Live Messenger and other Microsoft services, the one I've provided to countless web sites and online shops to contact me, will no longer be of use. Oh I know, I shouldn't complain about a free service, but it's still a big dissappointment.
And does anyone know what this means for Hotmail on our pocket pc's? Do they support the new 'DeltaSynch' protocol or will they be cut off as well?
Dear Outlook Express user: thank you for using Outlook Express. According to our records, you use Outlook Express to access your Windows Live Hotmail account. On juni 30 Hotmail will no longer support the DAV protocol that allows external access from Outlook Express. Instead, we suggest you start using Windows Live Mail, our new-and-improved mail client that uses the new 'DeltaSynch' protocol. Etc. etc.
All very nice but I'm not an Outlook Express user at all. I use the regular, full blown MS Office Outlook 2007 because I need the advanced features it offers, and somehow I don't think that fancy 'Windows Live Mail' will be a viable alternative for me. Although Outlook is nowhere mentioned, I'm guessing what they say about Outlook Express affects its bigger brother as well: no more Hotmail access.
So there it is. My old Hotmail account I've used for years for personal email, the one that's linked to Live Messenger and other Microsoft services, the one I've provided to countless web sites and online shops to contact me, will no longer be of use. Oh I know, I shouldn't complain about a free service, but it's still a big dissappointment.
And does anyone know what this means for Hotmail on our pocket pc's? Do they support the new 'DeltaSynch' protocol or will they be cut off as well?