Article ID: 259114
Article Last Modified on 12/14/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q259114
SUMMARY
Microsoft Outlook 98 does not support HotMail e-mail accounts.
MORE INFORMATION
HotMail uses a Web based Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) mail service. Outlook 98 was created before this type of mail service. As a result, you cannot set up Outlook 98 to send or receive e-mail from your HotMail e-mail account. You also cannot use Microsoft Outlook 97 to send or receive e-mail from your HotMail e-mail account. You can, however, use both Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Outlook Express 5 with HotMail accounts.
For additional information about configuring Outlook Express with a HotMail account, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
220852 OLEXP: How to Configure Outlook Express to Use a HotMail Account
For additional information about using Outlook 2000 with HotMail, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
234704 OL2000: How to View Hotmail Messages in Outlook 2000
For information about how to obtain Outlook 2000, please see the following Microsoft Web site:
Outlook Express is provided with Microsoft Internet Explorer. For information about how to obtain Outlook Express, please see the following Microsoft Web site:
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