POP 3 help with n95 8gn and hotmail please

Those are the correct settings. The only thing I can think is that port 25 is being blocked (which it sometimes is). Change the SMTP port to 587. Also SMTP should use SSL or TLS, but I assume this is just a typo.

exactly same with that port number and indeed with port 25. It just shows as sending but never sends, the moving bar just continuing across the screen in outbox.

I have set it to ask which connection to use every time but it never even asks me when I tryy and send one.

Has anyone actually got hotmail working with these settings?

I had the same problem. The solution was to use my network's SMTP settings instead of the hotmail ones. For example, I am with Orange Uk so I use smtp.orange.net - if you phone up your network, they will confirm the correct settings. You may also want to try Nokia Messaging from Downloads- 1.1 now has excellent Hotmail support including folders and push. Free for the time being.

thanks for your reply.

The thing is it doesnt work on my wi fi connection or the wi fi at work, or indeed the O2 connection so it cant be this can it? Anyone know of any other outward ports to use?

use my network's SMTP settings, i hope its work for you.......😊

richersiamon wrote:use my network's SMTP settings, i hope its work for you.......😊

and they are?

After lots of internet browsing looking for the correct answer I have finally sorted this matter.

If you are on O2 for broadband (home) or O2 for your mobile these are the settings you need. Hope it saves someone else from having to spend days looking like me. Even hotmail did not know, probably because it is O2 specific.

I can't get the same settings to work for both O2 wap connections and O2 broadband Wi Fi. I presume the only way round this would be to have 2 hotmail profiles on my phone! I am also surprised that it was not just O2 wi fi that it did not work with I have tried another one at work and that failed to send also.

Anyway

Mobile settings-

Incoming:

user name- hotmail email address

password- hotmail email password

Incoming mail server- pop3.live.com

access point in use- set to what you want, i set it to always ask

mailbox name- Hotmail

mailbox type- POP3

security (ports)- SSL/TLS

Port- default (which is actually 995)

APOP secure login- off

Outgoing:

My email address- hotmail email address

user name- your hotmail email address

password- your hotmail password

Outgoing mail server-smtp.live.com

access point in use- up to you i set mine to always ask

security (ports)- StartTLS

port- default (which is actually port 25

For Outlook Express to work with Hotmail use these settings:-

Hotmail

Incoming mail server (POP3)- pop3.live.com

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)- relay.o2broadband.co.uk

Accunt name- your hotmail email address

password- your hotmail email password

Outgoing mail port- 25 (and un-tick the option this server requires a secure connection SSL)

Incoming mail port POP3- 995 leave SSL ticked

Liam

I might be going mad, but I can't see the difference between your original settings and your final one's. What's the crucial bit that you changed?

DevonHammer wrote:I might be going mad, but I can't see the difference between your original settings and your final one's. What's the crucial bit that you changed?

At first it was not working and just hanging like I said. I then tried the outlook express and that did not work hence my having to use the relay server as detaile above.

Someone on anohther forum then said it is not StartTLS for outoging port so I continued trying to use SSL/TLS and it failed to work.

Ive posted the settings that do actually work to avoid any confusion.
Not sure why they did not work to start with and why they dont work over O2 broadband.

I am not that happy about using a relay server instead of a SSL server but o2 say it should be fine.

on outgoing, stmp.live.com

security ports: startTLS
Port: 587

that should sort it out. mine works fine

Ronaldo-9 wrote:on outgoing, stmp.live.com

security ports: startTLS
Port: 587

that should sort it out. mine works fine

standard port 25 works fine on mine now.

:icon14: thanks guys it seems both ports (587 and 25) for outgoing mail work obviously not sure why. The security (ports) is StartTLS.