Anyone know why Outlook Express doesn't work with Hotmail/Live Mail??

At some point this feature was only allowed with premium accounts although I recall that there were some work arounds.

See if anything here helps:

http://email.about.com/cs/oetipstricks/qt/et041202.htm

More:

Hotmail ends free Outlook Express/Outlook access.

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archi...17/259257.aspx

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...xpress+hotmail