whoever said no access through outlook is incorrect.

you download an add on for outlook and boom it's right there in your inbox.

i didn't use anything to sign up, unless you count Dell PA - they cant charge that a year can they?

j3ffrey said:whoever said no access through outlook is incorrect.

you download an add on for outlook and boom it's right there in your inbox.

Right, that's the Outlook Connector, but I think that's similar to what's built-in to Outlook for paid Hotmail accounts (it does more than that, but I'm just interested in its mail features): you can access via Outlook your Hotmail, but you're dealing with the remote Inbox, etc. I'm not aware that there's a way to make it work like POP3 where it polls the server and downloads mail locally. I'm aware that you can manually drag it down from the server, but that's a chore.

rseiler said:j3ffrey said:whoever said no access through outlook is incorrect.

you download an add on for outlook and boom it's right there in your inbox.

Right, that's the Outlook Connector, but I think that's similar to what's built-in to Outlook for paid Hotmail accounts (it does more than that, but I'm just interested in its mail features): you can access via Outlook your Hotmail, but you're dealing with the remote Inbox, etc. I'm not aware that there's a way to make it work like POP3 where it polls the server and downloads mail locally. I'm aware that you can manually drag it down from the server, but that's a chore.

Even with Outlook Connector... isn't that only for Paid Office Live account (i.e. it doesn't work with Office Live Basics?) Does it work with Office Live SB?

Deets said:Even with Outlook Connector... isn't that only for Paid Office Live account (i.e. it doesn't work with Office Live Basics?) Does it work with Office Live SB?

Outlook Connector works with all Windows Live Hotmail accounts regardless of how you came about them. A couple of the features (e.g. calendar) are reserved for paying members.

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mctc said:Sorry to bug you all but this does not work with a Mac. Is anyone aware of a similar free hosting with domain name that I can use without a windows machine?

Ah... what? Ah.... you're a Mac user. That explains it. It doesn't matter if you use Windows, Linux or even OS X. You can still host something on the web using someone else's hosting service.

Just a marketing tool for Microsoft. There is no "small business" version per se. It is the free "basic" or the pay versions called "essentials" or "premium."

Here is the "link" for Office Live Small Business. Click and get 3 choices: Basic, Essentials and Premium

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This is why you're getting charged. According to the TOS:

Why do you need my credit card for a free subscription?

Even though Microsoft Office Live Basics is a free service and Microsoft Office Live Collaboration is free during the beta period, we still require a credit card in order to validate that every customer is a legitimate entity. We are concerned for two reasons:

Microsoft wants to help mitigate fraud and strives to ensure that the Web sites we provide for our small business customers are for valid purposes. Requiring a valid credit card is intended to decrease the likelihood that malicious users will sign up.

We also require a credit card to facilitate payment of additional services (e.g., the purchase of additional domain names or extra storage) as well as at the conclusion of the Microsoft Office Live Collaboration Beta period, when customers will be asked if they would like to continue using our services on a paid, monthly subscription basis. With your explicit permission, we can establish monthly billing using your credit card information. You will be able to continue using our services without interruption and without having to submit additional account information.

When you sign up for a Microsoft Office Live account, Microsoft performs a $1 authorization check on your credit card to verify that the card information you are using is valid and up to date. A temporary $1 charge may appear on your online credit card statement for a short period, but will not appear on your final billing statement for that period.

Basic won't even let you use FrontPage. Now if I could use basic for just email and host my domain elsewhere .. now that would be cool

$20.00 a month for essentials is not cool.. Damn Microsoft !!!

Hey does anyone know if you can have privacy set for whois using this deal or will my address be available to all?