Ron,
You still have not replied to my request for clarification on your post stating that this facility has been dropped:
"The connected accounts feature has been dropped."
You surely have not just made this up - so where is your Microsoft source? The web address please.
It would be better for you not to post such a statement if you cannot give any source.
I have tested email retrieval via POP3 through Outlook.com again today (Tuesday, 1st March); it still works.
That does not suggest the facility has been withdrawn.
However the sync pane is still not available.
I repeat my original message below:
Please clarify your message stating that this facility has been dropped.
In particular:
- please supply a Microsoft web source for this decision; such a change must be documented - where did you find it?
- why does this facility still retrieve emails (though the page is not accessible), if it has been withdrawn?
- why does the sync page advise: "Please try again later" if the facility has been withdrawn and will never be restored?
- why does the Help page on Outlook.com advise:
"Sync basics - what you can and cannot sync
You can sync your Outlook data with mobile devices and with other applications. Outlook also syncs regularly with Microsoft Exchange account accounts and e-mail accounts. The descriptions below provide details about how Outlook syncs information."
Ron, it is not enough just to state the facility has been withdrawn. You must give a source.