I do want to POP from an Hotmail (or 'otmail ..) account to an Outlook of that not very different species. Outlook refuses and insist on 'mind-melting' with the 'otmail account instead. Is this the expected behaviour ? Is there a way round this seemingly unnecessary blockage ? It is not necessery to write me about changing a whole Hotmail account to Outlook, because I do not want to do it. If you are intent on replying anything, PLEASE READ what you presume you "know" or "have read" and correct any of your incorrect assumptions. No disrespect initially intended, but a lot of **** (?UK?) runs around here :-) TksInAdv -HomelessInSeattleV