XDA with HOTMAIL?.... - MDA, XDA, 1010 General

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Subject: XDA with HOTMAIL?....
From: Fab
Date: 20 Dec, 2002 00:10:10
I ask many question but I'm sure that should help also many
other people... That was big question on microsoft forum.
I found incredible that on xda (02 operator) it is writte on the
notice that it do not support pop3 with hotmail.
When you try connected www.hotmail.com u stay at first page.
When you try the special site, for hotmail pocket PC, it do not
support XDA / O2 in germany.
So for the moment the only solution it's to change for yahoo ...
Anyone have better sugestion before i switch.
This site really become "incontournable" ( a must to see)
Subject: Pocket Hotmail
From: Confused
Date: 20 Dec, 2002 18:12:06
Try PocketHotmail. This application will allow you to receive
hotmail emails in your inbox.

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You can view Hotmail on an xda if you...
... change the registry to pretend it is Internet Explorer 5.5. The following code will toggle between IE 5.5 and PIE.
#include "StdAfx.h"
#include <Winreg.h>
int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPTSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
HKEY hGuidKey;
DWORD dwSize, dwData, dwType;
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, TEXT("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\User Agent"), 0, 0, &hGuidKey);
dwSize = sizeof(dwData);
RegQueryValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("PIE Version"), NULL, &dwType, (BYTE*)&dwData, &dwSize);
if (dwData > 2)
{
dwData = 0;
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("PIE Version"), 0, REG_DWORD, (LPBYTE) &dwData, sizeof(DWORD));
}
if (dwData < 1)
{
unsigned short dString1[] = TEXT("MSIE 5.5");
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Version"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*) dString1, sizeof(BYTE)*sizeof(dString1));
unsigned short dString2[] = TEXT("Mozilla/4.0");
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Default"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*) dString2, sizeof(BYTE)*sizeof(dString2));
unsigned short dString3[] = TEXT("Windows NT 5.0");
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Platform"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*) dString3, sizeof(BYTE)*sizeof(dString3));
dwData = 2;
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("PIE Version"), 0, REG_DWORD, (LPBYTE) &dwData, sizeof(DWORD));
RegCloseKey(hGuidKey);
/*
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, TEXT("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\International"), 0, 0, &hGuidKey);
long dwData1 = 1256;
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Default_CodePage"), 0, REG_DWORD, (LPBYTE) &dwData1, sizeof(DWORD));
RegCloseKey(hGuidKey);
*/
MessageBox(NULL, _T("Set Internet Explorer 5.5"), _T(" PIE Version"), MB_OK);
}
else
{
unsigned short dString4[] = TEXT("MSIE 3.02");
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Version"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*) dString4, sizeof(BYTE)*sizeof(dString4));
unsigned short dString5[] = TEXT("Windows CE");
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Platform"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*) dString5, sizeof(BYTE)*sizeof(dString5));
unsigned short dString6[] = TEXT("Mozilla/2.0");
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Default"), 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*) dString6, sizeof(BYTE)*sizeof(dString6));
dwData = 0;
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("PIE Version"), 0, REG_DWORD, (LPBYTE) &dwData, sizeof(DWORD));
RegCloseKey(hGuidKey);
/*
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, TEXT("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\International"), 0, 0, &hGuidKey);
long dwData2 = 1252;
RegSetValueEx(hGuidKey, TEXT("Default_CodePage"), 0, REG_DWORD, (LPBYTE) &dwData2, sizeof(DWORD));
RegCloseKey(hGuidKey);
*/
MessageBox(NULL, _T("Reset Pocket Internet Explorer"), _T(" PIE Version"), MB_OK);
}
return 0;
}

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It can also be changed using some tweaker for PPC...
It is not a problem of O2 that it does not work hotmail pop3 Hotmail breaks several standards in their POP3 cpar (so-called-microsoft-implementaion ))

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another easy way :
go to http://mobile.msn.com
then log into your hotmail from there
without any reg edit or tweaks

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Like BMW73Oil I eventually found that the only way to get one's hotmail is to go through mobile.msn.com
Douglas