On or about Mar 25/26 my Windows Live Mail stopped sending messages.

I have 2 Hotmail and 1 Gmail account.

The Gmail account worked fine, no problems.

I set it up -- by default (HTTP using default settings), and with 2 versions of the server (smtp Live.com & smtp outlook.com0.

I used 25, 465, and 587 ports.

Nothing worked.

After getting with AT&T support I was able to get one of the Hotmail accounts to send if I used their server. smtp.att.yahoo.com

I have been reading a lot of problems/solutions here, so I tried a lot of things.

I tried to 'restore' but the restore date was after the problem date (I may have cleared System Restore without realizing email wasn't working after an update)

I am not sure of the time of the update to WLM, if there was one.

I had just (2 months ago) installed (clean) Win 7 pro after using XP Pro for many years. (Sad to see it go)

Re-installing,re-booting, removing accounts, etc. Nothing fixed it.

I removed 2012 and put in 2011, no fix, after trying all the other fix methods, and port/server settings.

So, I removed 2011 and put in WE WLM 2010.

I like the interface and now I can send email.

But, now I cannot delete messages by clicking the delete button or delete key on keyboard.

I can drag them to the deleted folder.

And my Hotmail deleted folder(s) has messages in it from Mar 29.

If I click on the "X" on the Junk Mail or Deleted folder (left side) I get an error, then another that some items could not be removed, but they are gone from the Junk mail folder. Nothing happens in the Deleted folder.

After I try that, the "X" is no longer there when I "Mouse Over" the junk or deleted folder.

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I have been a Hotmail user a very long time, before MS acquired it, could my permissions have changed?

I have read here that others have sent a PM with their email address(s) and the permissions were fixed.

Thanks