Hotmail pop settings

[Iesa]

Can anyone give me the Hotmail pop settings so that i retrieve my emails from another email service. i can't find this info anywhere, i search Techarena forum threads also, but no thread giving the htmail settings. Please help me out.

[Fleming]

There is no SMTP server or pop3 settings for hotmail because its web based email service. As you you clicks on the server tab for hotmail account, you'll see :

My mail server is an http server: Server URL: http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp

[Raiz]

Refer to following similar threads:

Enable Hotmail POP3 and SMTP Support Instantly for All Countries
How to login to Hotmail account with POP3 ?
Hotmail: Microsoft would work well on access via POP3

[worm4u]

POP3 settings for Hotmail

POP3 technology is now available to Hotmail users - access multiple e-mail accounts from just one place. Access multiple e-mail accounts from just one place with Hotmail . With POP3 you can receive, read, and respond to mail from other e-mail accounts. Some e-mail providers, such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail let you forward mail to another e-mail address.

What is POP3?

POP3 is widely recognised as the standard protocol for receiving e-mail. The beauty of POP3 lies in its universal nature, allowing you to access an e-mail account from virtually any e-mail client.


Enabling POP3 in Hotmail

Fortunately this is a painlessly easy process - simply hit 'Send and receive mail from other e-mail accounts' from your Options menu. A wizard will take you through the necessary steps.

When you set up Hotmail in the e-mail program on your PC or mobile device, you may be asked for the following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)

POP SSL required? Yes

User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com

Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live

SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)

Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)

TLS/SSL required? Yes

You could also try:

Viewing your Hotmail using Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Office Outlook via the Outlook Connector, or Windows Live for Windows Mobile phone.

Further information

Only some users, including users who have a paid subscription to Windows Live Hotmail, can add a POP3 account to their Windows Live Hotmail account.

Paying Windows Live Hotmail users can add up to four POP3 accounts.

To check a POP3 account for new mail, on the toolbar of your Inbox, click POP.

The maximum size of an e-mail message that you can download is 15 MB. Messages that are larger than 15 MB won't be downloaded.

You can download 50 messages at a time. If you have to download more than 50 messages, you must download 50 of them at a time.

Handy tip: you can also access Hotmail on your web-enabled mobile phone by going to mobile.live.com.

Source: msn.com

[Fleming]

Thanks worm4u for updating me.