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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-06-05

2006-06-05T18:14:50Z

I'm closing comments on this article, because it's obviously not clear enough and people keep spreading missinformation in the comments.

I've written a new article to take it's place. Please read this article: http://ask-leo.com/what_are_msn_hotmails_pop3_and_smtp_settings_for_outlook_express.html

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-06-05

2006-06-05T17:04:10Z

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: pop3hot.com IS NOT OWNED BY HOTMAIL. You are giving your information to a third party.

Pop3hot.com IS NOT FREE. Quoting from their page: "After the free registration, you can evaluate the service, its features, reliability and speed for 15 days. During that period, we pay for the traffic and all operational cost of our system. When you decide to stay with us, please proceed to the Subscription Pages to sign up for a permanent account."

As I write this, they're charging just under $11/year for yoru first account, plus a $5 setup fee.

Now, if that's all OK to you ... then by all means go for it. But be VERY VERY CLEAR: "pop3hot.com" is NOT "the POP3 and SMTP setting for Hotmail" - it's an intermediary service not associated with Hotmail or Microsoft.

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Comment from Sunil on 2006-06-05

2006-06-05T09:53:37Z

Hi All,
At last I found the POP and SMTP servers for Hotmail. Just add these against POP and SMTP respectively
POP3 : pop3hot.com
SMTP : pop3hot.com
It works.

Rgds,
Sunil

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Comment from Rahul iyer on 2006-05-31

2006-05-31T09:27:30Z

I have an i-mate and have hutch as my service provider. I access my office mail on Hutch mail and i would like to know how can i access my hotmail as a part of hutchmail software on my phone, either it is a pull mechanism or push. Can you give me the POP3 and SMTP details that are required to be filled in.
regards,
Rahul
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+91-9820540757

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Comment from Simos on 2006-05-10

2006-05-10T15:25:26Z

With Thunderbird. Now I have Hotmail,Gmail and Yahoo
on Thunderbird and it's looking GOOD!!

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Comment from Simos on 2006-05-10

2006-05-10T15:22:20Z

I put the pop3hot.com and mx1.hotmail.com, and it worked fine. Thanks very much Karl Hedges. Greetings from Greece!

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Comment from manish on 2006-05-09

2006-05-09T14:35:46Z

thats amazing idea to configure microsoft outlook
wow
thanks a lot

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Comment from douglas Valenzuela on 2006-04-28

2006-04-28T17:53:10Z

on my MAIL 2.0 program I use (rather than HOTMAIL), it keeps coming up "Please enter the password for user “[Email Address Removed]” on POP server “127.0.0.1” even tho I've put in my password it won't let me retrieve my mail any longer...I can now only respond to mail already in this account. On my HOTMAIL account, I can get and respond...but the MAIL 2.0 program is what I really need to work.
Thank so much...
help!

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Comment from AM on 2006-04-22

2006-04-22T19:44:57Z

I tried the settings for mac mail/outlook which is just a pop and not a pop3 program and it failed. Any othr advice??

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Comment from Leo on 2006-03-23

2006-03-23T17:03:15Z

I did not say they are not trustworthy. I also did not say they are. I simply don't know.

Why is that an issue? a) I can't imagine that the service can work without your Hotmail password somewhere, but even if it does, b) it's putting itself between you and your email. These third party services have access to your email. Do you want that? Do you trust them?

Again, I'm not saying *this* service is good or bad. I don't know.

What I AM saying, is that if you're going to pay for a service such as this, why not get a "real" email account somewhere other than Hotmail that supports POP3/SMTP natively, and might even include some customer support?

What I am saying is think carefully before you do it.

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Comment from cougar on 2006-03-23

2006-03-23T10:05:39Z

If it is not trustworthy.why you can pass by your hotmail password?

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Comment from Leo on 2006-03-22

2006-03-23T04:49:52Z

Please note that "pop3hot" is NOT MSN. It is some third party (IzySoft). I have NO idea whether they are trustworthy. They are NOT free.

Caveat emptor.

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Comment from cougar on 2006-03-22

2006-03-22T09:01:14Z

serveur pop3 : pop3hot.com
serveur smtp : mx1.hotmail.com

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Comment from D'Arcy on 2006-03-19

2006-03-20T03:45:17Z

Hahah!
"Please read there article you just commented on" x101

Thankyou Leo, this is easily the funniest thread I've read all day.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-24

2006-02-24T16:50:34Z

Please read there article you just commented on.

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Comment from deshan Anuraj on 2006-02-24

2006-02-24T08:25:35Z

Need to configure the outlook 2003 using hotmail account settings.
What Is the smtp?
what is the Pop3?

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-05

2006-02-05T16:18:45Z

Please read the article you just commented on.

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Comment from umair ather on 2006-02-05

2006-02-05T10:37:43Z

hi need to know pop3 and smtp servers please for hotmail

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-01-22

2006-01-23T00:35:54Z

There is no setting. Please read the article you just commented on.

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Comment from Luis on 2006-01-22

2006-01-23T00:25:17Z

Hi im trying to set my pda so i can recieve e-mails i would like to know the setting/server for pop3 smtp imcoming and outgoing mail

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Comment from Anne on 2006-01-08

2006-01-09T04:19:46Z

Thanks very much Leo!!!!!

^.^

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-01-08

2006-01-08T18:06:05Z

Anne: follow the instructions here: http://messenger.msn.com/download/getstarted.aspx

and follow the link "Use any e-mail address to sign up for a .NET Passport"

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-01-08

2006-01-08T18:00:27Z

Please note that pop3hot.com is NOT owned by HotMail or Microsoft - it's owned by a company in Belgium. This is a *subscription service* (you have to pay for it after a trial period), and you must give this third party you HotMail account information for it to work.

Use at your own risk.

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Comment from asghar pakistan on 2006-01-08

2006-01-08T10:40:48Z

dear alll

pls find here hotmail Ms outlok POP3 SMPT

POP3: pop3hot.com
SMTP: mx01.hotmail.com

regards
Asghra Ali

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Comment from Anne on 2006-01-08

2006-01-08T09:29:02Z

You simply need to create a Passport account using your yahoo email adddress, and then use that account ot login to Messenger.

~~~Thanks Leo! But how do I create a passport account using a yahoo email address? That's what I don't understand :(

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Comment from Matty on 2006-01-06

2006-01-06T19:24:56Z

Outlook 2003 has a setting to choose hotmail from a drop down bar, so you can access your hotmail mail no problemo :p

Type hotmail in the help section!

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Comment from Leo on 2006-01-05

2006-01-06T04:56:10Z

You simply need to create a Passport account using your yahoo email adddress, and then use that account ot login to Messenger.

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Comment from Anne on 2006-01-05

2006-01-06T04:33:09Z

I'm unsure if this question belongs here, but do you
know if you can sign into MSN Messenger using a non-hotmail address, e.g; yahoo mail?

I have seen people do it, but it shows an error message for me, the one that appears when you type the wrong password and email address combination.

Is there a way to use a yahoo or gmail email with MSN Messenger?

All my friends use MSN Messenger, but i always encounter problems with hotmail.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-12-30

2005-12-31T06:26:46Z

That is correct, you cannot. It isn't supported.

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Comment from SACHIN on 2005-12-30

2005-12-30T14:07:53Z

i can not configure my MS Outlook 2003 to use the pop3 & SMTP for the Hotmail account !!

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Comment from {{ Mohammed.Esmail }} on 2005-12-19

2005-12-19T10:35:16Z

Dear
i purchased a Hotmail account for 19.99$ in order to access the Hotmail using pop3& SMTP.
but still i can not configure my MS Outlook 2003 to use the pop3 & SMTP for the Hotmail account !!
they did not send me thier own POP3 or SMTP
even i don't know how to contact them asking for that issue

Please , i really need help

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Comment from 123 on 2005-11-29

2005-11-29T17:36:46Z

Hotmail Settings
As other web based email services, Hotmail is using the HTTP protocol for connecting you to your mailbox. If you want to send and receive Hotmail emails using an email client software, then your software must support Hotmail HTTP access for your email account. Some email clients, such as Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook, offer builtin support for Hotmail accounts, so you only have to select HTTP when you are asked to select your email account type and select Hotmail as the HTTP Mail Service Provider

http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/mail-settings.html

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Comment from Pieter Blondeel on 2005-10-31

2005-10-31T13:47:28Z

Hotmail itselfs offers no pop3 or smtp services.
However there is Freepops, a program you can install on your computer and which lets you access different web-email accounts like hotmail of mail.com (and many others)
You just have to configure your email-client (i prefer The Bat, btw), to localhost and portnumber 2000, once Freepops is installed.
There is however no smtp server, which means you can only receive your mails in your mail-client, but not send email. (therefore you should install a smtp-server).

In short, if you want to circumvent this stuff, get yourself a Gmail-account, which offers free pop3 and smtp-acces; and which in my opinion, is way better, faster and easier to use than hotmail.

If you really want to keep your hotmailaddress and want to acces it through your mail-client, just install Freepops and adjust your settings in the mail-client.

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Comment from Jason on 2005-10-07

2005-10-08T03:11:39Z

Hotmail is no longer allowing free pop3 access. This is what I received while trying to set up Outlook 2003 to download mail from hotmail.

The server responded 'Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now requires a subscription. Please sign up at http://upgrade.msn.com'. '

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-24

2005-09-25T00:48:07Z

Please read the article. There isn't one.

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Comment from Mr. X on 2005-09-24

2005-09-24T20:41:33Z

What is the STMP for hotmail? I have Fedora Core 4 and Im using Evolution. Please help me.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-18

2005-09-18T23:37:35Z

You'll need to check with your mobile provider. It varies based on the provider.

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Comment from amar on 2005-09-17

2005-09-17T16:39:27Z

how to send email from pc to mob...........
i cant recieve email ...........
send me one to 07706915859

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Comment from Leo on 2005-08-22

2005-08-22T15:44:41Z

If you're trying to do this with Hotmail, please read the article. The answer is that Hotmail doesn't support that, you'll need to use a web browser instead.

If this is a different email account, you'll need to copy the settings you're using on your PC-based mail program - or ask your ISP.

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Comment from Alon on 2005-08-21

2005-08-22T07:17:47Z

I'm trying to set up my hotmail account on my new pocket pc the O2 Xda II mini, and I do not know what to put in the "server information" fields for:
incoming mail :
outgoung mail :
domain :

Please help

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Comment from Leo on 2005-08-05

2005-08-06T03:46:39Z

That depends entirely on your ISP or what service you use for email. CHeck with them.

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Comment from Brent on 2005-08-05

2005-08-05T12:26:57Z

I'm trying to set up the outlook on my new computer, and I do not know what to put in the "server information" fields for:
incoming mail server (pop3):
outgoung mail servr (smpt):

Please Help!

Thanks

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Comment from pj on 2005-07-26

2005-07-26T15:39:09Z

download incredimail at www.incredimail.com - their software allows you to download your hotmail and it's very easy to set up the new account and automatically configure. i like it much better than outlook, too. :)

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Comment from Darren on 2005-05-01

2005-05-01T21:59:15Z

Firstly can I use mail(tiger) to retrieve my hotmail emails and if i can will you please tell me how i can do so.

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Comment from yash on 2005-04-10

2005-04-10T09:06:21Z

Get First the DNS numbers (Domain numbers) of Whatever mail server you are using for example for outgoing e-mails you must give the number of SMTP number. Then POP3 for incoming mails. For hotmail you can use the default setting in Outlook express. If you are using yahoo than SMTP is smtp.mail.yahoo.com and POP3 is pop.mail.yahoo.com , ok .bye

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