This means that you will continue to be able to access your Windows Live Hotmail accounts from Outlook Express beyond the June 30 transition deadline.' The company did not provide a new deadline, but the team did promise 'enough advance notice.

The Windows Live Hotmail Support Team has reacted to the feedback by delaying the inevitable: 'From the feedback we received, it became clear that you needed additional time to evaluate alternative solutions and with this in mind, we are postponing the transition deadline previously announced. Microsoft said that DeltaSynch 'support would require too many changes to the Outlook Express software,' which has not been updated since Windows XP SP2 arrived in August 2004.Īfter sending an e-mail with the above information to Outlook Express users, Microsoft received many complaints about the plan to disable the DAV protocol. Microsoft explained that the protocol Outlook Express uses to access Windows Live Hotmail, Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol (DAV), is being replaced by DeltaSynch, which works more efficiently with large inboxes (Windows Live Hotmail offers 5GB for free). Automatically file emails and share photos easily. Note: Windows Mail can import Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Outlook Express 6, and Mail 7 Windows Live Mail can import only Outlook. In the dialog box that appears, choose the type of messages you wish to import. Windows Mail, available only for Windows Vista, is the successor to Outlook Express, and Windows Live Mail, currently available for Windows XP and Windows Vista, is the successor to both. is a free personal email service from Microsoft that doesnt scan your email for the purpose of serving you ads. In Windows Live Mail, from the ribbon, click the File tab (located to the left of the Home tab), and then click Import Messages. In mid-April, Microsoft announced plans to kill Outlook Express support for Windows Live Hotmail on June 30, 2008, and recommended that affected users use Windows Live Mail instead.

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