Earlier this year the Windows Live Hotmail team began to roll out free POP3 and SMTP support to the world. Yesterday they announced the rollout is completed and is now available worldwide. Users can configure just about any mail client to retrive and send Windows Live Hotmail messages with the free POP3 and SMTP servers. Including many mobile phones. Here is the configuration information again:
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
