Paying for Microsoft

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Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail etc.
etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail and
MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.

Contact Hotmail: http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/dasp/ua_info.asp

Perhaps you've got some special deal -

http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=w....aspx&id=64855

I don't pay either.




"wally" wrote:

>
> --
> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail etc.
> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail and
> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.

Plus I found: http://get.live.com/mail/options



"wally" wrote:

>
> --
> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail etc.
> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail and
> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.

This has nothing to do with Windows Update so I'm crossposting my reply to
MSN Discussion & Internet Mail newsgroups (the latter is monitored by the
Windows Live Hotmail team, or so they've told us).

Is it a account or a account?

If this looks familiar, you're saving $60 a year:
http://get.live.com/en-us/mailplus/features

Windows Live Hotmail Support
https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts

Windows Live Hotmail Plus Support
https://support.live.com/signin.aspx...Key=wlmailplus
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

wally wrote:
> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail etc.
> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail
> and
> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.

A subscription to Hotmail(US, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) is currently $19.95 per year and has been that for quite some
time. If your plan is $14.99 per year, then others would be paying a premium of $4.96 per year.

If it is a Hotmail Plus account then Pop3 retrieval should also work.

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...winston
ms-mvp mail


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message news:...
> This has nothing to do with Windows Update so I'm crossposting my reply to MSN Discussion & Internet Mail newsgroups (the latter
> is monitored by the Windows Live Hotmail team, or so they've told us).
>
> Is it a account or a account?
>
> If this looks familiar, you're saving $60 a year: http://get.live.com/en-us/mailplus/features
>
> Windows Live Hotmail Support
> https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts
>
> Windows Live Hotmail Plus Support
> https://support.live.com/signin.aspx...Key=wlmailplus
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> wally wrote:
>> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail etc.
>> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
>> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
>> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail and
>> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.
>

Hi winston,

I've had a Hotmail account for probably over 10 years, and I've never had
to -- and still don't -- pay anything.

Were those of us, who did have Hotmail at the time Hotmail began charging,
'grandfathered' in to continue receiving it at no charge?

Alan

"...winston" <> wrote in message
news:41A10BD7-CCC7-4901-A1AE-...
>A subscription to Hotmail(US, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) is
>currently $19.95 per year and has been that for quite some time. If your
>plan is $14.99 per year, then others would be paying a premium of $4.96 per
>year.
>
> If it is a Hotmail Plus account then Pop3 retrieval should also work.
>
> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp mail
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> This has nothing to do with Windows Update so I'm crossposting my reply
>> to MSN Discussion & Internet Mail newsgroups (the latter is monitored by
>> the Windows Live Hotmail team, or so they've told us).
>>
>> Is it a account or a account?
>>
>> If this looks familiar, you're saving $60 a year:
>> http://get.live.com/en-us/mailplus/features
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail Support
>> https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail Plus Support
>> https://support.live.com/signin.aspx...Key=wlmailplus
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> wally wrote:
>>> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail
>>> etc.
>>> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
>>> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
>>> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had
>>> Hotmail and
>>> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.
>>
>

Free Hotmail accounts are still available.

Several years ago (I don't recall the exact date) Microsoft made a
change. If prior to that cut off date, you had accessed your free
Hotmail account via Outlook Express, you could continue to do so. If
you had not accessed the account with Outlook Express prior to that date
or you got a free Hotmail account after that date, then you only had web
access. For the non-grandfathered accounts you would have to pay for
Hotmail Plus if you wanted to access the account via a mail client such
as Outlook Express.

At some point (previously announced as June 30, 2008 but later postponed
to some future date not yet announced) the HTTP access in Outlook
Express (known as WEB DAV) will stop working for both free grandfathered
accounts as well as the paid Hotmail Plus accounts. The POP3 access for
Hotmail Plus accounts will continue to work with any mail client.

Hotmail is going to drop the Web DAV support on the server end in favor
of the newer Delta Sync. This is currently supported in the Window Live
Mail client and works with all Hotmail accounts, free or paid,
grandfathered or not.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Alan" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Hi winston,
>
> I've had a Hotmail account for probably over 10 years, and I've never
> had to -- and still don't -- pay anything.
>
> Were those of us, who did have Hotmail at the time Hotmail began
> charging, 'grandfathered' in to continue receiving it at no charge?
>
> Alan
>
> "...winston" <> wrote in message
> news:41A10BD7-CCC7-4901-A1AE-...
>>A subscription to Hotmail(US, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico)
>>is currently $19.95 per year and has been that for quite some time.
>>If your plan is $14.99 per year, then others would be paying a premium
>>of $4.96 per year.
>>
>> If it is a Hotmail Plus account then Pop3 retrieval should also work.
>>
>> --
>> ...winston
>> ms-mvp mail
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> This has nothing to do with Windows Update so I'm crossposting my
>>> reply to MSN Discussion & Internet Mail newsgroups (the latter is
>>> monitored by the Windows Live Hotmail team, or so they've told us).
>>>
>>> Is it a account or a account?
>>>
>>> If this looks familiar, you're saving $60 a year:
>>> http://get.live.com/en-us/mailplus/features
>>>
>>> Windows Live Hotmail Support
>>> https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts
>>>
>>> Windows Live Hotmail Plus Support
>>> https://support.live.com/signin.aspx...Key=wlmailplus
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>>
>>> wally wrote:
>>>> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows
>>>> Hotmail etc.
>>>> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per
>>>> year.
>>>> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What
>>>> am I
>>>> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had
>>>> Hotmail and
>>>> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.
>>>
>>
>
>

I believe the date you're trying to remember was September 2004. <g>

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Michael Santovec" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Free Hotmail accounts are still available.
>
> Several years ago (I don't recall the exact date) Microsoft made a change.
> If prior to that cut off date, you had accessed your free Hotmail account
> via Outlook Express, you could continue to do so. If you had not accessed
> the account with Outlook Express prior to that date or you got a free
> Hotmail account after that date, then you only had web access. For the
> non-grandfathered accounts you would have to pay for Hotmail Plus if you
> wanted to access the account via a mail client such as Outlook Express.
>
>snip>

I thought I was getting old. I check my credit card statements every month
for items I don't recognize. I am sure that a recurring monthly $14.95 to
something like "Hotmail" would ring more than a few bells. ;^)

Cheers,

Earle

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> This has nothing to do with Windows Update so I'm crossposting my reply to
> MSN Discussion & Internet Mail newsgroups (the latter is monitored by the
> Windows Live Hotmail team, or so they've told us).
>
> Is it a account or a account?
>
> If this looks familiar, you're saving $60 a year:
> http://get.live.com/en-us/mailplus/features
>
> Windows Live Hotmail Support
> https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts
>
> Windows Live Hotmail Plus Support
> https://support.live.com/signin.aspx...Key=wlmailplus
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> wally wrote:
>> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail
>> etc.
>> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
>> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
>> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail
>> and
>> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.
>

Hotmail Plus - August 2004(19.95 U.S.)
Hotmail Extra Storage - Sept 2001(U.S. - $19.95/yr), Winter 2002(9 other countries)

fyi...look for 14.99/yr not 14.95 per mo. if comparing to the op's post

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@live.com> wrote in message news:AE5F0CD7-3578-4802-9D3B-...
> I thought I was getting old. I check my credit card statements every month for items I don't recognize. I am sure that a
> recurring monthly $14.95 to something like "Hotmail" would ring more than a few bells. ;^)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Earle
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message news:...
>> This has nothing to do with Windows Update so I'm crossposting my reply to MSN Discussion & Internet Mail newsgroups (the latter
>> is monitored by the Windows Live Hotmail team, or so they've told us).
>>
>> Is it a account or a account?
>>
>> If this looks familiar, you're saving $60 a year: http://get.live.com/en-us/mailplus/features
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail Support
>> https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?...ail&ct=eformts
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail Plus Support
>> https://support.live.com/signin.aspx...Key=wlmailplus
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> wally wrote:
>>> Probably this seems "daft" but I have always paid for Windows Hotmail etc.
>>> etc. and to this day I do not know what this is for. 14.99 per year.
>>> All my friends do not pay for Hotmail. Where am I going wrong? What am I
>>> paying for? Sending info. to Microsoft does not help I have had Hotmail and
>>> MSN since 2001 and it does not make sense to me.
>>