No...grandfathered accounts maintained access via OE and OL but not the
Pop3 option.

The only accounts that provide pop3 retrieval are fee based accounts or
sub-accounts of an msn.com subscription(dial up/dsl).

A free hotmail account and a grandfathered hotmail/msn.com
account(grandpa's account still accessible in OE, OL or Windows Live
Mail) have this notice in the options for gaining access to pop3
accounts.
" To receive mail from other accounts without POP3 access, go to your
other account and set up automatic forwarding"
Note: Without Pop3 access means that the hotmail account does not
provide pop3 access(i.e. requires a Plus fee based account which is
enabled once the $20 annual payment is validated).

--
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail

"someone" wrote in message
...
Except for those who were "grandfathered" in. I don't recall the
cut-off date.

"mae" wrote in message
...
Approx. June 2002, they stopped that service for free accounts and
required a
paid subscription.
--
mae

"TNRoadHog" wrote in message
...
| 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?
|
| "...winston" wrote:
|
| Hotmail Plus provides the ability to access other pop3 accounts
provided
| those accounts permit pop3 access.
| The Pop3 option is only available after confirmation of payment
for the
| Live Hotmail Plus account.
|
| If SSL is required, it is suggested that the Hotmail account be
| converted, if not already done, to a Live Hotmail account
especially if
| a different incoming port number(besides 110) and SSL
| connection/encryption are required.
|
| ...winston
| MS-MVP Windows Live Mail
|
|
| "PA Bear" wrote in message
| ...
| Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost.
|
| Hotmail Plus *might* include POP3 forwarding.
|
| If you're running WinXP or Vista, you can access your Hotmail
and POP3
| accounts in Windows Live Mail (still in beta):
| http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) since 2002
| AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net; DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
|
|
| TNRoadHog wrote:
| How do I configure hotmail to accept messages from a non
hotmail
| server,
| pop-server.triad.rr.com?
|
|
|
|