"Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
news:OmeprKVFHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
> news:OWU49$UFHHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
>> news:65E9B09D-C66F-4466-9DFF-E772226E44AB@microsoft.com...
>>> "Jeff Schafer" <schafer_jeffrey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Gn$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.
>

As I said, my free Hotmail adresses still work with OE on XP/2003 and
Outlook, but this ONLY the case with 'valued accounts' that have been
'grandfathered in'.

ss.