Configuration Settings:
Incoming Server = pop3.live.com
-Port 995
-Encryption/Authentication = SSL is required
-Full Username =
username@xxxx.com (same as full email address, where xxxx.com = live.com, msn.com or hotmail.com )
-Password is required
-SPA(secure password authorization) = Off(uncheck this option)
Outgoing Server = smtp.live.com
-Port 25 or 587 [Note: Preferred Outgoing is Port 587 instead of Port 25 since many ISP’s blocks Port 25 use. Similar blocking can occur when using Port 25 in hotels or accessing via a WiFi network]
-Outgoing Server Authentication = On(check the option)
-Encryption/Authentication = SSL or TLS
* Choose SSL for Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2003, iPhone, iPod Touch, Outlook Express and Vista's Windows Mail * Choose TLS for Outlook 2007 (required)
-Full Username =
username@xxxx.com (same as full email address)
- unless outgoing server is configured to use same incoming server option
-Password is required
- unless outgoing server is configured to use same incoming server option
just in case any one needs the setting
(and do as mattsm sugest on top until it prompts you to manualy incert the pop 3 settings and the ones that dont apply like the port setting just skip)