Windows Live Hotmail doesn't send to website contacts

When I go to websites, sometimes they have an email address (contact address)
that I need to send an email to. XP would not allow me to use such a function
with Hotmail because Outlook would pop up and say "no." This I understand
because Hotmail is not allowed with Outlook.

Now, that I've switched to Vista and Windows Live, I click on a website's
contact email address and instead of Outlook popping out I get a Windows Live
form which allows me to write an email to that website's contact address.
When I send the email (I have a Hotmail address) I do not get any errors and
Windows Live gives me no indication that I have made an error. Yet, when I go
to my Hotmail address, there is no indication that I had sent an email to the
mentioned website's contact address. So, what gives? Can I use Hotmail as my
email address when using Windows Live to send email to a website's contact
address? Or do I just go back to copying the website's contact email address
and pasting it into my Hotmail's address form like I did with XP, and now
Vista?

Thanx

Oscar

dear
thanking you
"oscar" <> wrote in message
news:138FB07F-A3C8-4FE4-9337-...
> When I go to websites, sometimes they have an email address (contact
> address)
> that I need to send an email to. XP would not allow me to use such a
> function
> with Hotmail because Outlook would pop up and say "no." This I understand
> because Hotmail is not allowed with Outlook.
>
> Now, that I've switched to Vista and Windows Live, I click on a website's
> contact email address and instead of Outlook popping out I get a Windows
> Live
> form which allows me to write an email to that website's contact address.
> When I send the email (I have a Hotmail address) I do not get any errors
> and
> Windows Live gives me no indication that I have made an error. Yet, when I
> go
> to my Hotmail address, there is no indication that I had sent an email to
> the
> mentioned website's contact address. So, what gives? Can I use Hotmail as
> my
> email address when using Windows Live to send email to a website's contact
> address? Or do I just go back to copying the website's contact email
> address
> and pasting it into my Hotmail's address form like I did with XP, and now
> Vista?
>
> Thanx
>
> Oscar
>

"oscar" <> wrote in message
news:138FB07F-A3C8-4FE4-9337-...
> When I go to websites, sometimes they have an email address (contact
> address)
> that I need to send an email to. XP would not allow me to use such a
> function
> with Hotmail because Outlook would pop up and say "no." This I understand
> because Hotmail is not allowed with Outlook.
>
> Now, that I've switched to Vista and Windows Live, I click on a website's
> contact email address and instead of Outlook popping out I get a Windows
> Live
> form which allows me to write an email to that website's contact address.
> When I send the email (I have a Hotmail address) I do not get any errors
> and
> Windows Live gives me no indication that I have made an error. Yet, when I
> go
> to my Hotmail address, there is no indication that I had sent an email to
> the
> mentioned website's contact address. So, what gives? Can I use Hotmail as
> my
> email address when using Windows Live to send email to a website's contact
> address? Or do I just go back to copying the website's contact email
> address
> and pasting it into my Hotmail's address form like I did with XP, and now
> Vista?
>
> Thanx
>
> Oscar
>
Using which one of the several Windows Live programs? If it's Windows Live
Mail, you're likely to get a better answer in newsgroup:

microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

No need to copy and paste anything. To make Hotmail your default
email service in Vista, do this:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"oscar" <> wrote in message news:138FB07F-A3C8-4FE4-9337-...
> When I go to websites, sometimes they have an email address (contact address)
> that I need to send an email to. XP would not allow me to use such a function
> with Hotmail because Outlook would pop up and say "no." This I understand
> because Hotmail is not allowed with Outlook.
>
> Now, that I've switched to Vista and Windows Live, I click on a website's
> contact email address and instead of Outlook popping out I get a Windows Live
> form which allows me to write an email to that website's contact address.
> When I send the email (I have a Hotmail address) I do not get any errors and
> Windows Live gives me no indication that I have made an error. Yet, when I go
> to my Hotmail address, there is no indication that I had sent an email to the
> mentioned website's contact address. So, what gives? Can I use Hotmail as my
> email address when using Windows Live to send email to a website's contact
> address? Or do I just go back to copying the website's contact email address
> and pasting it into my Hotmail's address form like I did with XP, and now
> Vista?
>
> Thanx
>
> Oscar
>

This is was the problem that I had with Windows Live (Vista):

1) clicked on a website's "contact" link and Sign-In Windows Live ID popped
up on the screen. I entered my hotmail password and then...
2) New message window popped up. I entered my message and sent it...but...
3) Message would never arrive to destination.

Fix: (I hope)
1) I went to IE-Tools-Options-Privacy-Advanced-and chose Override cookies...
2) It works: now when I use Sign-in Windows Live ID and New Message window
to send to a website's "contact" link, Windows Live ID informs me that it has
sent the message and informs me of the server that is being used. Alos, the
messages ar ein my Hotmail's Send box, too. Also, the first time it worked
Windows Live alos sent 4 messages from last weeks that were sitting in the
server's mail last week. So far, I've tried it 5 times this morning and it's
working.

I hope that tweaking the IE cookies was the solution.

Thanks Gary for your suggestions. I didn't use the .exe fix that you linked
me to because I was too nervous to download the .exe file. But thanks for the
link to that website. The website looks very useful for the future.

oscar

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> No need to copy and paste anything. To make Hotmail your default
> email service in Vista, do this:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>
>
> "oscar" <> wrote in message news:138FB07F-A3C8-4FE4-9337-...
> > When I go to websites, sometimes they have an email address (contact address)
> > that I need to send an email to. XP would not allow me to use such a function
> > with Hotmail because Outlook would pop up and say "no." This I understand
> > because Hotmail is not allowed with Outlook.
> >
> > Now, that I've switched to Vista and Windows Live, I click on a website's
> > contact email address and instead of Outlook popping out I get a Windows Live
> > form which allows me to write an email to that website's contact address.
> > When I send the email (I have a Hotmail address) I do not get any errors and
> > Windows Live gives me no indication that I have made an error. Yet, when I go
> > to my Hotmail address, there is no indication that I had sent an email to the
> > mentioned website's contact address. So, what gives? Can I use Hotmail as my
> > email address when using Windows Live to send email to a website's contact
> > address? Or do I just go back to copying the website's contact email address
> > and pasting it into my Hotmail's address form like I did with XP, and now
> > Vista?
> >
> > Thanx
> >
> > Oscar
> >
>
>
>

I don't know why your fix worked, but all's well that ends well.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"oscar" <> wrote in message news:13469161-70BF-4079-90DC-...
> This is was the problem that I had with Windows Live (Vista):
>
> 1) clicked on a website's "contact" link and Sign-In Windows Live ID popped
> up on the screen. I entered my hotmail password and then...
> 2) New message window popped up. I entered my message and sent it...but...
> 3) Message would never arrive to destination.
>
> Fix: (I hope)
> 1) I went to IE-Tools-Options-Privacy-Advanced-and chose Override cookies...
> 2) It works: now when I use Sign-in Windows Live ID and New Message window
> to send to a website's "contact" link, Windows Live ID informs me that it has
> sent the message and informs me of the server that is being used. Alos, the
> messages ar ein my Hotmail's Send box, too. Also, the first time it worked
> Windows Live alos sent 4 messages from last weeks that were sitting in the
> server's mail last week. So far, I've tried it 5 times this morning and it's
> working.
>
> I hope that tweaking the IE cookies was the solution.
>
> Thanks Gary for your suggestions. I didn't use the .exe fix that you linked
> me to because I was too nervous to download the .exe file. But thanks for the
> link to that website. The website looks very useful for the future.
>
> oscar
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> No need to copy and paste anything. To make Hotmail your default
>> email service in Vista, do this:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>
>>
>> "oscar" <> wrote in message news:138FB07F-A3C8-4FE4-9337-...
>> > When I go to websites, sometimes they have an email address (contact address)
>> > that I need to send an email to. XP would not allow me to use such a function
>> > with Hotmail because Outlook would pop up and say "no." This I understand
>> > because Hotmail is not allowed with Outlook.
>> >
>> > Now, that I've switched to Vista and Windows Live, I click on a website's
>> > contact email address and instead of Outlook popping out I get a Windows Live
>> > form which allows me to write an email to that website's contact address.
>> > When I send the email (I have a Hotmail address) I do not get any errors and
>> > Windows Live gives me no indication that I have made an error. Yet, when I go
>> > to my Hotmail address, there is no indication that I had sent an email to the
>> > mentioned website's contact address. So, what gives? Can I use Hotmail as my
>> > email address when using Windows Live to send email to a website's contact
>> > address? Or do I just go back to copying the website's contact email address
>> > and pasting it into my Hotmail's address form like I did with XP, and now
>> > Vista?
>> >
>> > Thanx
>> >
>> > Oscar
>> >
>>
>>
>>