Update on the above: I've managed to set up a new account which appears to receive new emails, using the original account (NOT email address) name: http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata. (Don't ask me why, but this was the original name for my account). Sending seems to work (sending to myself), but I get an error message - still need to check that out. However, I am unable to see any of the new folders I created on the web when I emptied my inbox. The only folders I see are the default folders (Inbox,Drafts, Junk, Sent, Deleted). Looks like I can move the contents of the new folders all back to Inbox and sync to receive them as new emails, although that will be really tedious! I set up the new account by manually entering the pop3.live.com and smtp.live.com server info. Whenever I try to use my actual email account address, I end up with an account which wants to download the folders but fails as described in the second error message abpve. I'm still looking for a good solution.
Beginning Thursday afternoon (March 11), I began receiving the following message:
Unable to send or receive messages for the http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata account. Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later.
Subject ?Message Title?
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80048820
I can log into my mail.live.com account via my web browser (Firefox) and am receiving new messages there. I can log into account.live.com and msn.com as well.
The account name and password is correct in WLM/Tools/Accounts/Properties. I?ve turned off my firewall protection (McAfee Security Center) and email scanning and still get the error. I have Automatic Updates turned on so I assume WLM is up to date.
I followed the instructions in http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=18c7c153-08b4-4bdc-8cb6-911ad9079f06, including reconfiguring my account. After adding a ?new? account, when I attempt to download the folders, I get a slightly different error message with the same error ID (NOTE that the account name is now different ? that is the actual account name):
Unable to send or receive messages for the Msn (ossenfort) account. Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later.
Server Error: 0x80048820
Server: 'http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80048820
I think the above message is due to WLM trying to use my WL password for "mail.services.live.com".
I have also tried the proposed solution of emptying my Inbox, Sent, etc. folders, but still get the same problem. I just noticed that the certificate for *.mail.live.com in the Firefox Certificate Manager expired on 3/9/2010, but don?t know how to fix that ? maybe that?s the problem.
I am running Win XP Pro SP3; default browser is Firefox; WLM Version 2009, Build 14.0.8089.0726. I have had no problems with Live Mail since I first started using it when the POP3 version came out.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm about to see if I can find another email client that will work with Hotmail/MSN.

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