How to use POP3 to read email in Hotmail accounts

Microsoft has just announced on March 12, 2009 that now everyone can connect to Hotmail account to check email using POP3 protocol. Before this service in announced, for example, if you need to connect to your Hotmail using Microsoft Outlook you will need to install Outlook Connector. By providing POP3, you can now use your favorite email client (such as Evolution; your mobile phone: iPhone, Blackberry, etc.; or even other web-based email: Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) to check your email.

To use your favorite email client to connect to Hotmail using POP3, you will need to set up the following configurations:

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

Note: If you are using Outlook Connector, keep using it. Outlook Connector is a better way to connect to Hotmail from Microsoft Outlook.

For more information: Windows Live Hotmail Blog