Anders Hellstrom wrote:
BlankI received this subject e-mail today from MSN asking to make
changes in the settings of Outlook Express in order to have access to
my MSN POP3 mailbox after Feb 1, 2007. Can someone verify that this
message was actually sent out by MSN.

Thank you
Anders Hellstrom

Yes it was sent by MSN. There's been a fair bit of news about it on the web.

You have received this notice because you previously used POP3 service from
MSN®.
We wanted to inform you that access to the MSN POP3 service will be changing
effective February 1, 2007. This message has been sent to the e-mail address
that corresponds to the primary e-mail account that you use to access the
MSN POP3 service. You must manually change the settings in your POP3 account
no later than February 1, 2007 in order to continue to access your MSN POP3
mailbox. The process to make these changes is as follows:
In order to continue using the MSN POP3 service, you must make the following
changes to your mail client:

1. On the Servers Tab,
a. Change the Incoming mail (POP3) and Outgoing mail (SMTP) settings
to:
i. Incoming mail FROM pop3.email.msn.com TO pop3.live.com
ii. Outgoing mail FROM smtp.email.msn.com TO smtp.live.com
b. Uncheck the "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" box
2. On the Advanced Tab,
a. Change the port number for Incoming Mail (POP3) from 110 to 995
b. Check both the boxes that indicates "This server requires a secure
connection (SSL)"

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Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)