Source: Hotmail POP3 Configuration
Microsoft has finally enabled POP3 email access for all users of their Hotmail email service. This essentially means that it is now possible to configure desktop email clients to access Hotmail to retrieve and send emails using the email provider. We already mentioned how to configure Hotmail POP3 but in a slightly different context as the article back then concentrated on providing information on how to enable POP3 access for all countries.
Here are the information that have to be entered into the desktop email software so that Hotmail can be accessed:
Microsoft has finally enabled POP3 email access for all users of their Hotmail email service. This essentially means that it is now possible to configure desktop email clients to access Hotmail to retrieve and send emails using the email provider. We already mentioned how to configure Hotmail POP3 but in a slightly different context as the article back then concentrated on providing information on how to enable POP3 access for all countries.
Here are the information that have to be entered into the desktop email software so that Hotmail can be accessed:
- <LI itxtvisited="1">Incoming Server: pop3.live.com <LI itxtvisited="1">Incoming Port: 995 <LI itxtvisited="1">SSL Encryption: yes <LI itxtvisited="1">Outgoing Server: smtp.live.com <LI itxtvisited="1">Outgoing port: 25 (use port 587 if the default port is not working) <LI itxtvisited="1">Authentication: yes
- TLS Or SSL: yes
