HOTMAIL has been making noises that pop support may vanish. Read http://www.dailygadget.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4101
Your issue is likely this and not that.
Bob
Can anyone help me with Incredimail?. I keep getting this message everytime i try to use it with my dial up( which is msn)...."failed to connect to outgoing server smtp.hotpop.com please try again later"...i have disabled my firewall, and norton and it still wont work...but it will work with my highspeed connection at work....but all the settings are the same for both connections as far as i can see....If anyone has ant insight what so ever, it would be greatly appreciated.

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