Can i remove win live email programme & get new install without losing all e

[spunkee10]

win live email is dead again.
I get this error message the last few days Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail (standardpoodles1) account.
Server Error: 0x80072EFD
Server: 'https://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80072EFD
previously was another error message.
I have changed all passwords & live email will not d/l etc., any hotmail/live emails.
This has been going on for about 10 days now.
I like live email but this is a pain,so i tried thunderbird-nope want my live email back.
Cannot get any help online & have asked all over the place.
Don't want to lose all my stuff in folders etc.,
anyone got any ideas please?

 

[sam_fisher]

I'm pretty sure all your stuff like emails, calendar entries, notes etc are stored on the Windows Live server/cloud. So you can change your email client (Live mail, Thunderbird, Outlook) without losing all of your data. I went from Windows Live Mail to Outlook 2010 with no worries.

 

[spunkee10]

outlook seems to have to be paid for,i don't use office either so not an option?
i really liked win live but cannot get passed these recent errors & microsoft do not answer any enquiries.

 

[sam_fisher]

Yeah you have to buy Outlook. Mozilla Thunderbird is free, and I'm sure there are plenty of other email clients out there. I get a few errors similar to you though and I'm using Outlook. Might just be Live...

 

[spunkee10]

thanx sam, have just noticed my win firewall keeps turning itself off-or something is doing that.Also checked network & not at all sure its correct.
I wonder if this cud be the problems with live email?

 

[sam_fisher]

Yeah it could be the firewall. Make sure there is an exception for whatever email client you end up using.

 

[spunkee]

actually what was happeneing was, my firewall was being switched off all the time..
so i really checked everything i cud think of & found my internet network was totally different, so i changed it to home network & voila all worked again.
cheers

 

[spunkee10]

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