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Originally Posted by ricpac
Sith, i got this error for an account i have recently created with a hotmail tag:
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This is partially true. If you have an older hotmail account (i believe before 1999, but dont quote me on this) then you are bound by the terms and conditions that were in effect when you signed up for the service. People who have hotmail accounts before or on this date before it changed CAN set up their free hotmail account with BIS and have it work just fine. Believe me, I have tested this with myself and my sprint customers and I know this to be a fact. I am using mine on my blackberry right now and it works perfectly. Around 2000 or whatever when MS changed their terms of use, they disabled access for blackberries and treos and any other device unless it is a premium account. So, if you had an account before then, then you don't have to worry. Now, some of you may be asking yourselves, "How do I know if mine is supposed to work or not?" Well some hotmail accounts will integrate fine, but then just not be able to send and receive. These are the accounts that are bound by the new terms and conditions. One way to check for sure is go into options in your hotmail and see if it will let you forward messages to any other email account, or just live accounts (hotmail, msn, live, etc.)
If it lets you forward to ANY other email account then it will work with your blackberry. If you cannot forward to any other email account, then you have to have the premium account to integrate it.
Like I said, some newer accounts that are free might integrate fine, but they wont work. I hope this was clear, as I know I get confusing on these longer posts. I hope this clears up a bunch of confusion.