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Q180763: MSN Err Msg: Account Failed: Permission Denied

Article: Q180763
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbtlc kbmsn
Last Modified: 09-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network version 2.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to send or receive e-mail messages on MSN, The Microsoft
Network, using Hotmail's Web-based e-mail client, you receive the following
error message:

  Account failed: Permission denied.

CAUSE
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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To access your MSN e-mail account, you must use an e-mail client that supports
Secure Password Authentication. Hotmail's Web-based e-mail client does not
support Secure Password Authentication.

Additional query words: msnet msnetwork microsoft-net m.s.n. email

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbtlc kbmsn 
Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbMSN250
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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