Outlook Hotmail Connector and HTTPS support

With the new version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector we see a common returning question;

Does this version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector support HTTPS and if not, when will this be added?

Update: HTTPS support has now been added to Outlook Hotmail Connector starting with built number 14.0.6106.5001. For details see; New Outlook Hotmail Connector with HTTPS support!

The current version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector (version 14.2 with built number 14.0.5139.5001) doesn’t support the HTTPS protocol. The Outlook Team is aware of this issue and support for it is scheduled for a later release of the Outlook Hotmail Connector. No public ETA has been announced for that yet though.

Enabling/disabling automatic HTTPS support for Hotmail

If you currently have HTTPS support for Hotmail enabled, you’ll get the following send/receive error;

Error: 3202. Server. HTTPS is turned on for the web but not for this program.

To turn it off, you can visit; https://account.live.com/managessl

Note: Even with automatic HTTPS disabled, you can still access your Live Hotmail account securely is a browser by typing https instead of http in the url;
https://www.hotmail.com
https://mail.live.com

Task Hotmail reported error (0x8004102A): Error with Send/Receive. There was an error synchronizing your folder hierarchy. Error : 80041004. Task Hotmail reported error (0x8DE00005) : This account does not have permission to synchronize your mail. To sign up to gain permission to synchronize with this account, please go to http://ideas.live.com and join the notification list for this Windows Live Hotmail product. You will be notified when your account is enabled. Error: 3202. Server. HTTPS is turned on for the web but not for this program.
The current release of the Outlook Hotmail Connector doesn't support HTTPS and will cause a 3202 error if automatic HTTPS is enabled for your Windows Live ID.

Last modified: July 8, 2011

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