Go to Inbox problem

[Greg Abbott]

When I click Go to my Inbox I takes me
to Outlook (on exchange system). I want it to go to my
hotmail account. I login to my .net account (hotmail) but
it still takes me to Outlook.

Help

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Greg,

I assume since you're using Exchange that you're using Windows Messenger 5? If so, Windows
Messenger 5 does not support Hotmail, and as such, will simply open your default mail handler
(which in this case is Outlook). The only thing you could do is change your default mail
handler to Hotmail, although most likely you don't want to do this -- to do so, open up
Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then Internet Options, then Programs tab, under the
E-mail heading choose Hotmail and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Greg Abbott" > wrote in message
...
> When I click Go to my Inbox I takes me
> to Outlook (on exchange system). I want it to go to my
> hotmail account. I login to my .net account (hotmail) but
> it still takes me to Outlook.
>
> Help
>

[Greg Abbott]

So I take it when I upgraded to 5 I must have had some
version of MSN or a version that wotked with hotmail
because it once worked fine. So do I need to install MSN
Messenger?

Thanks,
Greg
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Greg,
>
>I assume since you're using Exchange that you're using
Windows Messenger 5? If so, Windows
>Messenger 5 does not support Hotmail, and as such, will
simply open your default mail handler
>(which in this case is Outlook). The only thing you
could do is change your default mail
>handler to Hotmail, although most likely you don't want
to do this -- to do so, open up
>Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then Internet
Options, then Programs tab, under the
>E-mail heading choose Hotmail and click OK.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Greg Abbott" >
wrote in message
...
>> When I click Go to my Inbox I takes me
>> to Outlook (on exchange system). I want it to go to my
>> hotmail account. I login to my .net account (hotmail)
but
>> it still takes me to Outlook.
>>
>> Help
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Greg,

Yes, MSN Messenger still has the Hotmail feature, but MSN Messenger will not connect to an
Exchange IM Service.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Greg Abbott" > wrote in message
...
> So I take it when I upgraded to 5 I must have had some
> version of MSN or a version that wotked with hotmail
> because it once worked fine. So do I need to install MSN
> Messenger?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings Greg,
>>
>>I assume since you're using Exchange that you're using
> Windows Messenger 5? If so, Windows
>>Messenger 5 does not support Hotmail, and as such, will
> simply open your default mail handler
>>(which in this case is Outlook). The only thing you
> could do is change your default mail
>>handler to Hotmail, although most likely you don't want
> to do this -- to do so, open up
>>Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then Internet
> Options, then Programs tab, under the
>>E-mail heading choose Hotmail and click OK.
>>____________________________________________
>>Jonathan Kay
>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>>Associate Expert
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>
>>"Greg Abbott" >
> wrote in message
...
>>> When I click Go to my Inbox I takes me
>>> to Outlook (on exchange system). I want it to go to my
>>> hotmail account. I login to my .net account (hotmail)
> but
>>> it still takes me to Outlook.
>>>
>>> Help
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

I found that Windows Messenger 4.7 has an MSN addin that
allows for the hotmail support. The addin is stated to be
for Windows Messenger 4.7 or greater but it wont install
on 5.0 so I had to reinstall 4.7 and lose my exchange
functionallity. Maybe 5.0 will support both exchange and
MSN in the future.

Greg
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Greg,
>
>Yes, MSN Messenger still has the Hotmail feature, but
MSN Messenger will not connect to an
>Exchange IM Service.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Greg Abbott" >
wrote in message
...
>> So I take it when I upgraded to 5 I must have had some
>> version of MSN or a version that wotked with hotmail
>> because it once worked fine. So do I need to install
MSN
>> Messenger?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Greetings Greg,
>>>
>>>I assume since you're using Exchange that you're using
>> Windows Messenger 5? If so, Windows
>>>Messenger 5 does not support Hotmail, and as such, will
>> simply open your default mail handler
>>>(which in this case is Outlook). The only thing you
>> could do is change your default mail
>>>handler to Hotmail, although most likely you don't want
>> to do this -- to do so, open up
>>>Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then Internet
>> Options, then Programs tab, under the
>>>E-mail heading choose Hotmail and click OK.
>>>____________________________________________
>>>Jonathan Kay
>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>>>Associate Expert
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>
>>>"Greg Abbott" >
>> wrote in message
...
>>>> When I click Go to my Inbox I takes me
>>>> to Outlook (on exchange system). I want it to go to
my
>>>> hotmail account. I login to my .net account (hotmail)
>> but
>>>> it still takes me to Outlook.
>>>>
>>>> Help
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>
>
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