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In the latest death knell for Outlook Express, Microsoft announced Thursday that it will turn off access to its Web-based Hotmail service from the desktop e-mail software at the end of June.

Outlook Express users who want to continue to access their Hotmail accounts offline after June 30 are being encouraged by Microsoft to download its free Windows Live Mail software.

Users will still be able to use Outlook, the big brother of Outlook Express, to read their Hotmail messages offline, but first they may have to upgrade their Outlook Connector synchronization software, according to information posted online today by Scott Hammer, a Microsoft e-mail support manager.

source: InfoWorld | posted by: Mike | time: 16:44:00 EST Apr. 18 2008 


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posted by Anonymous, on 17:30:53 EST May. 1 2008
How does Vista and Outlook need to be set to be able to get desktop alerts with Hotmail?
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posted by Anonymous, on 18:01:10 EST Jul. 1 2008
This is so stupid why do they not what use to open it on Outlook instead they should encourage it
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