57 replies to this topic

[DarkJedi]

each time i hit accept, it brings me to the default hotmail page even with IE. am i doing something wrong?

*edit*

figured out the reason...the mail beta does NOT support Windows 2000 at all, even after getting accepted. that's fucking gay.

Edited by DarkJedi, 30 December 2005 - 04:43 PM.

[Hasin]

if you have admuncher, try completely shutting it down before trying. it wouldnt work for me with admunch.exe running. And the actual mail wont even open. So i went and turned off filtering on mail.live.com and it worked

[riceboy]

Damn..all I get is "page can not be found"...

[eightballx]

I think it only works on older accounts!
My old account works but a newer (2 months) wont!

Anyway, the reason youre getting page not found is that IPB shortens the address, the code you should put in is:

http://by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/BetaOptIn?page=option&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000001&a=b9a426ebd4880ad9d14db4b4c55a69f8bb8dea2282102422220030b2b6bb98c8]http://by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-...20030b2b6bb98c8

Hope this helps

-eight

[mitchtheking]

i still get so much spam

[newsguy]

mitchtheking, on Dec 30 2005, 13:35, said:

i still get so much spam

Simple solution... don't sign up at sites that will spam you

[mitchtheking]

i dont even use my hotmail, it always gets deactivated.

i got invited to join live mail twice with it:S awhile ago i dont like it

[shooter468]

btw for this to work i think you have to use "United States" as country and use any state and zip code
then go to the link

[DarkJedi]

so many technicalities....

[madTaMsKi]

Well I'm in the UK, have quite a new email addy, tried the link that was posted, and it worked instantly!

Logged out, back in, and it's still Windows Live Mail format...

Nice one, cheers ;)

[Hastin]

Crap. Worked on a newer account, but my 3+ year old account only defaults back to the basic Hotmail.

[Hasin]

you dont need a US account for this to work

[tysercom]

Hasin, on Dec 31 2005, 11:16, said:

you dont need a US account for this to work

But I got a "sorry this beta isn't availble in your area" when registering with a non-us account.

[Hasin]

worked on my mum's Australia account :|

anyway, i'd suggest an Admin or Mod to take off that link. ms contacted neowin about it and told them to remove it so, they might contact taco/james/djp soon.

[DCM]

Hastin, on Dec 30 2005, 16:47, said:

Crap. Worked on a newer account, but my 3+ year old account only defaults back to the basic Hotmail.

had your newer account been upgraded to 250mb, the one i created about a month ago won't work, but its still setting at 25mb so that might be the problem