"TNRoadHog" wrote ...
Thanks all of you for your responses but I still believe that
hotmail can be
configured to accept non hotmail accounts having previously seen an
article
describing the process (Cannot locate the source). What happened
prior to
Live hotmail?


For a Windows Live account using their webmail interface, go into
Options (More) and click on the "Send and receive mail from other
e-mail accounts". Read the instructions. Notice that what they are
offering in the freebie account is: (1) You can change the From header
in your outbound messages so they look like they came from a different
account; or, (2) Info on how you need to setup *forwarding* in your
OTHER accounts to get those mails sent over to your Hotmail account.
One just lets you change your From header (to a verified address).
The second is NOT a feature of Hotmail but instead only works if your
other POP3 providers include a forwarding feature.

Microsoft discontinued providing a "yank" option to pull mails from
other providers' POP3 servers for freebie Hotmail accounts several
years ago.