Hotmail Opens POP3

Yesterday, I tried to use Gmail to receive emails in Hotmail, and found out that Hotmail already opens POP3 access to all users. At least for me, I am in China.

Here is the necessary settings:

POP3 Server: pop3.live.com (port 995)
Need POP SSL? Yes
User name: your Windows Live ID, like somebody@hotmail.com (Please note: you have to include the @hotmail.com part, not just the name)
Password: your password
SMTP Server: smtp.live.com (port 25 or 587)
Requires authentication? Yes
Requires TLS/SSL? Yes

That is. You can start to abandon Hotmail.com slow and ugly interface.

by Jian Shuo Wang on March 15, 2009 under Internet Access

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