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Configure Hotmail, Live and MSN e-mail accounts to use them with POP3 in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003

Published on August 23, 2009 in E-Mail. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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As you may know, Microsoft has decided some time ago to open its POP3 support for Hotmail, Live and MSN e-mail accounts…

Here, you’ll find the needed information to make them work on your favorite e-mail client…

First, I’ll leave the configuration data (that you can use in any e-mail client) and, then, I’ll explain step by step how to configure the accounts in Outlook…

Server type: POP3
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop3.live.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.live.com
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Yes.
SMTP Authentication: Yes, use the same settings as the incoming mail server.
POP3 Encrypted Connection: Yes.
POP3 Port: 995
SMTP Connection Encryption: Yes, TLS.
SMTP Port: 25.

Read the step by step instructions…

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Which search engine would you choose if you just saw their results? Google, Yahoo or Bing?

Published on August 20, 2009 in Searching. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Blind Search is a very interesting site which lets you search in Google, Yahoo and Bing simultaneously, but with a particular quality: without showing who is the provider of each result list. So you must vote your preferred results before knowing!

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They have published here the results of the first 8 weeks from the site’s opening (the article is from July). Keep looking at the home page for more current news.

Thanks to Fepe for the link!

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