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No More Free Offline Access by master811 on 11-19-2004 at 01:59 AM
Is it just me or are other people extremely annoyed that hotmail has stopped you accessing your account via outlook / OE , about 1-2days ago, it just suddenly stopped working with no warning whatsoever.
I thought it was just a bug at first, then the error log said that offline access can no longer be used with free accounts, I mean hotmail what is going on???
I have used that feature for well over 3yrs and they suddenly stop free access. 
(edit: sorry I just realised this may be in the wrong forum)
RE: No More Free Offline Access by matty on 11-19-2004 at 03:01 AM
Not to sure what your talking about, but mine is fine.
RE: No More Free Offline Access by .blade// on 11-19-2004 at 03:15 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Matty
Not to sure what your talking about, but mine is fine.
It may be like the extended space - it will slowly start to effect all accounts until finally, hotmail is not so hot
RE: No More Free Offline Access by EvilSeph on 11-19-2004 at 05:19 AM
Actually, people were well informed via Press. If you keep your eye on sites like Mess.be, Neowin.net, WinBeta etc. then you would have seen that Microsoft announced the changes a while ago.
If you can't live without the feature, sign up for MSN Plus or MSN Premium, you get tons of benefits and services at your finger tips.
RE: No More Free Offline Access by Tochjo on 11-19-2004 at 12:21 PM
Microsoft is making the move not to increase the number of paying Hotmail users but because the feature is being abused by senders of spam, said Brooke Richardson, lead product manager for MSN at Microsoft.
Source: ITworld.com
As EvilSeph said, it was announced months ago. Existing accounts are/were able to access the service a short while longer, while new accounts did not have this possibility at all anymore.
Amongst additional sources are articles from ZDNet.com and BBC Tech News.
RE: No More Free Offline Access by Underlord on 11-19-2004 at 12:23 PM
How can they compete with gmail's free pop3, now? 
RE: No More Free Offline Access by master811 on 11-19-2004 at 12:26 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Underlord
How can they compete with gmail's free pop3, now?
well gmail's pop3 is not really that good as its not IMAP, nor is it HTTP, which are both better than POP3, unless they have that, then hotmails offline access I still prefer.
RE: No More Free Offline Access by CookieRevised on 11-19-2004 at 12:33 PM
quote:POP3 can not be IMAP or HTTP. Those three are all very different protocols. And POP3 is prefered by many people who are serieus about their email, as it is the only pure email protocol. IMAP and "HTTP" are webbased protocols derived from POP3 to give users access to their email thru the normal web-protocol (http). But accessing mail thru the web has many disadvantages for the serious user.
Originally posted by master811
well gmail's pop3 is not really that good as its not IMAP, nor is it HTTP, which are both better than POP3
RE: No More Free Offline Access by Underlord on 11-19-2004 at 12:33 PM
quote:But it is being removed O.o
Originally posted by master811
quote:
Originally posted by Underlord
How can they compete with gmail's free pop3, now?
well gmail's pop3 is not really that good as its not IMAP, nor is it HTTP, which are both better than POP3, unless they have that, then hotmails offline access I still prefer.
RE: RE: No More Free Offline Access by The Napster on 11-20-2004 at 12:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by blade
quote:
Originally posted by Matty
Not to sure what your talking about, but mine is fine.
It may be like the extended space - it will slowly start to effect all accounts until finally, hotmail is not so hot
Does that mean people wont be able to use Outlook & Outlook Express to acces Hotmail?
Im an @MSN will it also affect @MSN.com email adresses?
RE: No More Free Offline Access by Tochjo on 11-20-2004 at 12:13 PM
quote:That is exactly what it means.
Originally posted by The Napster
Does that mean people wont be able to use Outlook & Outlook Express to acces Hotmail?
quote:If it's a free address (and you're not a paying subscriber or something), then I'm quite sure it will also be affected, yes.
Originally posted by The Napster
Im an @MSN will it also affect @MSN.com email adresses?
RE: No More Free Offline Access by The One on 11-20-2004 at 12:56 PM
quote:Huh?!??!? Removed?
Originally posted by Underlord
quote:But it is being removed O.o
Originally posted by master811
quote:
Originally posted by Underlord
How can they compete with gmail's free pop3, now?
well gmail's pop3 is not really that good as its not IMAP, nor is it HTTP, which are both better than POP3, unless they have that, then hotmails offline access I still prefer.
RE: No More Free Offline Access by Underlord on 11-20-2004 at 01:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by master811
Is it just me or are other people extremely annoyed that hotmail has stopped you accessing your account via outlook / OE , about 1-2days ago, it just suddenly stopped working with no warning whatsoever.
I thought it was just a bug at first, then the error log said that offline access can no longer be used with free accounts, I mean hotmail what is going on???
I have used that feature for well over 3yrs and they suddenly stop free access.