POP3 is a mail protocol that allows almost any e-mail software program that you have installed on your mobile phone or PC to get mails from your Hotmail Inbox and deliver them in the designated program.

Find below the Hotmail POP3 and SMTP Settings information, to configure your preferred e-mail client:

• POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)

• 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 (Port 25) {Note: If port 25 has been blocked in your network or by your ISP, you can set SMTP port to 587 with TLS or SSL Encryption depending on the client in use}

• Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)

• TLS/SSL required? Yes

As mentioned above, make sure to check the box that indicates that your outgoing server requires authentication as in most e-mail clients, this is not checked by default. Also, Hotmail POP3 service requires that you use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with the POP and SMTP connection and use SMTP authentication. This is to ensure that your e-mail address and password are not subject to tampering.

One need not configure anything on their Hotmail accounts to migrate them to free POP service. They only need to configure their mail client for Hotmail POP3 and SMTP settings.

Enjoy accessing your Hotmail mails from your favourite email client on your PC or mobile devices using Hotmail POP3 and SMTP settings!!!

Yahoo POP3 and SMTP Settings:

Find below the basic POP3 settings that you need to configure in the email program where you want to access Yahoo mails.

• Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop3.mail.yahoo.com (Use SSL, port: 995)
• Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com (Use SSL, port: 465, use authentication)
• Account Name/Login Name: Your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the “@yahoo.com”)
• Email Address: Your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g., user@yahoo.com)
• Password: Your Yahoo! Mail password

But before that, you must enable “Web & POP Access” on your Yahoo Mail account to send and receive Yahoo! Mail messages through any other email program.

Gmail POP3 Settings

The following are the Gmail POP3 settings to configure any email client program:

• Gmail POP server address: pop.gmail.com
• Gmail POP user name: your full Gmail address (including @gmail.com) Google Apps users may have to enter username@your_domain.com
• Gmail POP password: Your Gmail password
• Gmail POP port: 995
• Gmail POP TLS/SSL required: yes

Enjoy downloading and reading your Gmail mails in your favourite POP3 email client!!!