can't "reply" to email, error: 0x800ccc0b

Windows Mial by design is supposed to reject gmail account. Here is a little trick to make it work.

It is very simple > remove the gmail account and start fresh >
set up the gmail with the SAME settings, EXCEPT when it comes to entering e-mail address, give it a FAKE one, such as *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

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Rubbish, gmail is simple to set up:
How to set up gmail in Windows Mail & Windows Live Mail:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86383

Ensure that you enable your account at the gmail site.

Hotmail accounts do require a trick to defeat the hard coding within WM.

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