Hotmail addresses are indeed not POP based. You can use Hotmail Popper to check Hotmail as if it were a POP account, though.
Download
Hotmail Popper.
- Open the zip file and extract the one file that's in it.
- Open the file you just extracted, installation will begin.
- Click Next
- Choose program folder, click Next
- Choose when to start Hotmail Popper (both enabled recommended)
- Click Next
- A flame icon will be added to the taskbar (next to the clock)
- Right click that icon
- Choose Help
- Scroll to How do I use it, and follow the instructions
- Now, to set up the checking in Messenger Plus!:
- Go to the Preferences, POP mail section
- Enter your email address
- Enter your username (part before @hotmail.com) and password
- Enter 127.0.0.1 as POP3 server
That should work; good luck
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