Help with XEP email setup using Office Live (Hotmail) - anyone doing it?

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I'm trying to get e-mail notificiation set up using an office live (which I think is really a hotmail) account. I'm struggling to get it working so I wanted to see if anyone else has been able to do it.

Here is the settings screen with the settings I am using. Obviously it does not include the real email address or password for my account, but those items are correct in the real settings.

Any glaring reason why this won't work?

Here are the directions that I am using.

Add your e-mail account to Microsoft Outlook Express
You can use a POP3 (POP3, or Post Office Protocol 3, is a protocol that's used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server.) server to add your Windows Live Hotmail account to Microsoft Outlook Express and access messages there.

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Use a POP3 server to add your Windows Live Hotmail account to Outlook Express
In Outlook Express, click the Tools menu, and then click Accounts.
Click Add, and then click Mail.
Type your name, and then click Next.
Type your full Windows Live Hotmail e-mail address, and then click Next.
Enter the following information, and then click Next:
In the My incoming mail server is a box, click POP3.
In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box, type pop3.live.com.
In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type smtp.live.com
Type the account name and the password for your Windows Live Hotmail account. Clear the Remember password check box unless you're the only person with access to the computer. Make sure that the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box isn't selected.
Click Next, and then click Finish.
In the Internet Accounts window, click the Mail tab, click the Windows Live Hotmail account that you added, and then click Properties.
Click the Advanced tab, and under Server Port Numbers, enter the following information, and then click OK:
In the Incoming mail (POP3) box, type 995.
In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, type 25.
Under both Outgoing mail (SMTP) and Incoming mail (POP3), select the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
Click Close.

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I'm trying to get e-mail notificiation set up using an office live (which I think is really a hotmail) account. I'm struggling to get it working so I wanted to see if anyone else has been able to do it.

Here is the settings screen with the settings I am using. Obviously it does not include the real email address or password for my account, but those items are correct in the real settings.

Any glaring reason why this won't work?

Here are the directions that I am using.

Add your e-mail account to Microsoft Outlook Express
You can use a POP3 (POP3, or Post Office Protocol 3, is a protocol that's used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server.) server to add your Windows Live Hotmail account to Microsoft Outlook Express and access messages there.

Click to expand:

Use a POP3 server to add your Windows Live Hotmail account to Outlook Express
In Outlook Express, click the Tools menu, and then click Accounts.
Click Add, and then click Mail.
Type your name, and then click Next.
Type your full Windows Live Hotmail e-mail address, and then click Next.
Enter the following information, and then click Next:
In the My incoming mail server is a box, click POP3.
In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box, type pop3.live.com.
In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type smtp.live.com
Type the account name and the password for your Windows Live Hotmail account. Clear the Remember password check box unless you're the only person with access to the computer. Make sure that the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box isn't selected.
Click Next, and then click Finish.
In the Internet Accounts window, click the Mail tab, click the Windows Live Hotmail account that you added, and then click Properties.
Click the Advanced tab, and under Server Port Numbers, enter the following information, and then click OK:
In the Incoming mail (POP3) box, type 995.
In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, type 25.
Under both Outgoing mail (SMTP) and Incoming mail (POP3), select the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
Click Close.

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I don't think the XEP supports SMTP over SSL. So you will need to install something like stunnel on one of your PC's and point the XEP at that to send mail. Here is some info I put together for CQC users on stunnel. The setup should be the same, except instead of doing the CQC configuration stuff, you would just point the XEP at your PC's IP address and whatever port you configured to accept the SMTP connections (your connect line would be something like connect=smtp.live.com:25 in the stunnel config file. Stunnel will encrypt the traffic using SSL to communicate with the smtp.live.com server.