Hotmail and Outlook Express no more....!

[Astrocaryum vulgare]

Since Microsoft has seen fit to discontinue Hotmail access via Outlook Express, has anyone had success to find a replacement program that allows offline access to emails, using Windows 2000 OS?

Cheers et al.

[tired-flyboy]

don't know if it works in windows 2000 but have you tried live mail?

[Astrocaryum vulgare]

Alas not - being a MS product, it's in their interest to prevent it from being used on obsolete products....:rolleyes:

[timmcat]

Have you tried Gmail? Not sure about Win2K but I have no problem with OE / XP, and, on this machine Windows Mail / Vista.

(ooh, re-reading your post perhaps you meant you need to retain Hotmail. How about Thunderbird?)

[126,7]

Thunderbird works with Hotmail and its better than Outlook Express. Check here on Lifehacker. (http://lifehacker.com/software/hotmail/check-hotmail-using-thunderbird-34583.php)

[Tex37]

Foxmail also works with hotmail

[Superpilot]

If you have full Outlook Client (not sure if you need v2003 or greater), then download the Outlook Connector. This allows you to connect and download your Hotmail mail.

[beardy]

Outlook Connector won't work with my old but perfectly functional Outlook 2000. Can anybody recommend anything else that will?