ECAM, the hotmail account via Outlook works only in the Outlook Express...which is the newsreader of Outlook.. .And that is the trick you can use, in Outlook go to VIEW and GO TO and select News, this opens the newsreader (actually Outlook Express). On the top you will see the Hotmail account once you have set it up properly... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />