"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
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> "Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
> news:65E9B09D-C66F-4466-9DFF-E772226E44AB@microsoft.com...
>> "Jeff Schafer" <schafer_jeffrey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23Gn$J2RFHHA.1232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Download Windows Live Mail desktop client. It's new, free and works with
>>> HTTP mail. Windows Mail is not going to support HTTP mail even if you
>>> have the paid account. Other than Windows Live Mail your other choice is
>>> full blown Outlook with a paid account.
>>
>> Not true. A paid account is not needed. My Hotmail account is free,
>> and Outlook works just fine with it.
>>
>> Mike
>
> I'm trying one more time to reply to this.
>
> How long have you had your Hotmail account?
> You may be "grandfathered" in.

I don't know - several years anyway.

> Microsoft is, indeed, transitioning to either paid access
> to Hotmail or, you will need Window Live Mail *Desktop*.
> WLMD comes with advertising, and besides that- I think
> it sort of sucks.

None of which changes the fact that a paid account is not necessary. Stop
the FUD.

Mike