How to Get Hotmail POP3 access on Mobile Phone and PC
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Nowadays Almost all Web based email services offers free POP3 access to read your emails on your favorite email client. However Hotmail was missing among this service list as POP3 access was paid service for Hotmail users, means you need to pay to have POP3 access.
Finally today Windows live team made announcement of Free Hotmail POP3 access to all users however this feature will be rolling out country wise. Currently this POP3 access has been made available to Hotmail users in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Don’t worry if your country is not in a list as soon Window Live team making it available for rest part of world. Here are details to configure your email client to access your Hotmail account.
Hotmail POP3 Configuration Details
POP server: pop3.live.com
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
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes
