James Snape - Hotmail Beta

Friday, December 23, 2005

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I've just logged into Hotmail to pickup my e-mails before closing up shop for the holiday and was greeted by a message asking if I wanted to join the Live Mail beta. Now I can't resist a beta... So I clicked, agreed and was presented with:

Service Unavailable

We're sorry, but the Mail Beta is currently unavailable. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working to restore service. Please try to log back in soon.

The Mail Beta Team

... and now I can't pick up my mail and can't go back so I guess their legal disclaimer was warranted.

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by James Snape This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 10:57:42 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:39:59 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Hey james,

just to let u know i've been using beta for about a month now and its seems to work ok with me, i don't know weather that is luck or summat else. Has any one else had the same problem, there is a beta feedback page that u should be able to complain on.

paly

Paly

Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:42:57 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Thanks Paly, it's actually working for me now. Must have been a short term issue on their part.

James.

James Snape

Friday, February 03, 2006 1:48:42 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

I am confused! I was told NEVER to open a SPAM. Previewing an email is opening the email. Why did Microsoft add a preview pannel to Hotmail Beta?

Is there anyway to delete a message in Hotmail Beta without clicking-it as when you click-it, it is previewed automatically?

theostein

theostein

Friday, February 03, 2006 10:21:10 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Hi Theo,

Certainly in the spam folder things are a little different. I'm sure your feedback would be appreciated my the hotmail team. you can leave it at: http://feedback.msn.com/eform.aspx?productkey=mailbeta&locale=en-gb

Regards,

James

Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:11:28 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

hi

signed up today and having probs accessing anything on it!!! Help!!! :)

Friday, March 10, 2006 9:21:41 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Hi there ME,

I'm afraid you don't give much to go on so can I suggest you check your internet connection, wait for a while and if it doesn't come back then contact the hotmail team.

Regards,
James.

James Snape

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:34:01 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

hey, yer i seem to be getting very annoyed with hotmail BETA as i have over 200 e-mails that i just wanna delete all together but i cant figure out how without doing individually plaese help and is then anyway i can go back to old hotmail it was so much better.

xxx samm xxx

samm

Friday, April 07, 2006 10:13:52 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Found this to opt out of the Beta version
1
. Log in to your account as you normally would. At this point you may get a partially loaded screen or other symptoms (bottom line is: you can't get your e-mail). In order to opt out, you need to replace the end of the URL in your address bar after you have tried logging in. You will replace all the text AFTER “...mail.live.com/mail/” (see screen shot). To opt out of the beta:
2. In your browser address bar, replace the end of the address with: options.aspx?subsection=9 (your URL will look something like: http://by107w.bay107.mail.live.com/mail/options.aspx?subsection=9)
3. Hit enter This will take you to the opt out page. Opting out will return you to the classic Hotmail interface. Thanks again for all of your comments and suggestions! -- Richard Sim Product Planner, Windows Live Mail P.S. For more support related questions, please visit our Mail Support Blog.

Eamonn Kelly

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