[Crosspost to OE General, OE6 and MSN Discussion newsgroups]

POP3 access to MSN/Hotmail accounts has been available worldwide since March
2009. See
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions...k-express.aspx

Having problems?...

Compare your configuration settings to those listed on this page:
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!422.entry

TIP: OE Tools | Accounts | Mail | [new Hotmail POP3 account] | Properties |
Servers | Incoming mail server | Log on using Secure Password Authentication
=Do NOT check/enable this option!

TIP: OE Tools | Accounts | Mail | [new Hotmail POP3 account] | Properties |
Servers | Outgoing mail server | My server requires authentication
=check/enable this option

TIP: OE Tools | Accounts | Mail | [new Hotmail POP3 account] | Properties |
Advanced:

= Outgoing (SMTP) server port will need to be 587 (not 25) for most users
= Incoming (POP3) server should be port 995
= Both SSL options must be checked/enabled

TIP: Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection and it may be causing your problem.

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Mike Hairfield wrote:
I need to send an email, how do I set up a POP3 email account.