Hotmail is a http based email system.
The good news is that the security based on .net services and ssl pages means that you information wil remain private and messages sent or received are secure.
A message is sent directly from your computer(email) to the addresses computer(email).
In a pop3 the email is sent to the email server and is pulled from that server once it is to be read.
A version of Windows Live Mail is out that will allow you to set up desktop email configurations and is highly recommended.
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Hotmail does not support pop3 unless you are a paying subscriber. GMX.com is free mail that does support pop3 and imap.
Hotmail's incoming mail server for POP3 is pop3.live.com on port 995. Hotmail's incoming mail server for IMAPis imap-mail.live.com on port 993.
You can transform your hotmail account into a POP3 account via Izymail (izymail.com). Either you can let Izymail forward your hotmail emails into your Gmail inbox, or you can use Gmail to automatically download your hotmail emails.
pop3.email.msn.com
pop3.live.com
From Wikipedia: POP3 access is now available for all Hotmail accounts in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands as of February 2009. [27] Countries that do not have POP3 access enabled for free, Hotmail plus costs $19.95 for each year the user is subscribed to the service, and POP3 access is available to all other countries through that service.[28] Alternatively, users can change their country in Hotmail options to a country that has enabled free POP3 access. It should work automatically.
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Pop3 provides facilities to users to access mailboxes and download messages to their computers. Pop3 allow the clients to retrieve mail via TCP or IP address, it does not send mail. This can be very beneficial to mobile devices that have no permanent network connection by holding their mail in their Pop3 mailbox until they can retrieve it.
the SMTP server isn't based on the type of mail provider, it's based on the ISP gateway and what port is used you should be able to find out quite easily by typing 'SMPT servers' into google. assuming u have that information correct hotmail shud be irrelevant to delivery.
You can use the Email app (not GMail) bundled as standard with the Android device to access Hotmail. To do this you may need the Hotmail POP3 settings.
Hotmail Incoming Mail Server (POP3) - pop3.live.com (logon using Secure Password Authentification - SPA, mail server port: 995) Hotmail Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) - smtp.live.com (TLS enabled, port 587), these settings should do the trick for your incoming and outgoing mail needs.