Free Windows Live Hotmail POP3 access available worldwide

[HappyAndyK]

POP3 access is now available worldwide to all Hotmail subscribers.

POP3 is a protocol that allows retrieval of your emails in almost any email program that you’ve installed on your mobile phone or PC. Here’s all the information you might need when setting this up in your email program:

When you set up Hotmail in the e-mail program on your PC or mobile device, you may be asked for the following information:

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

[seti]

I thought hotmail was going to superceeded by livemail now, so is there any point in this. I do not mean to be rude just questioning

[rkonit]

thanx Anand for the POP3 configuration.
So...now Windows Mail and Outlook Express are back to action.

[iMav]

I thought hotmail was going to superceeded by livemail now, so is there any point in this. I do not mean to be rude just questioning

Hotmail is the only Microsoft online email service. Live Mail is the desktop client, part of Live Essentials, Windows Mail is the desktop client bundled in Vista.

[seti]

Hotmail is the only Microsoft online email service. Live Mail is the desktop client, part of Live Essentials, Windows Mail is the desktop client bundled in Vista.

thank you for the clarification

[Choto Cheeta]

Too late .. Its really too late...

[leofelix]

This is a great news.. for those who use hotmail..

Am I the only one who never used an hotmail account?

[Choto Cheeta]

This is a great news.. for those who use hotmail..

There are not many left as MS was always late with Hotmail... They stuck with 5 MB and then 50 MB and 200 MB or such limits when Gmail gave 1 GB / Yahoo too upgraded with immediate effect...

MS stopped POP3 of Hotmail, when Gmail started it... !!!!

So no point of starting all these when max of user have switched to other services...

[seti]

This is a great news.. for those who use hotmail..

Am I the only one who never used an hotmail account?

No I've never used a Hotmail account either

[nitinagarwal1988]

this is a great news but its too late and not much useful as much i thought because now windows live mail app is available, just required to input email id and get your mails...