Found this under Hotmail help:
POP3 is a way to receive the e-mail messages in your Hotmail Inbox on other devices or services (for example, on your mobile phone, in an e-mail program on your computer, or in a different e-mail service). You don’t need to change any Hotmail settings, but the mobile phone, e-mail program, or service may need you to enter your Hotmail POP3 settings when you're adding your Hotmail account.
Hotmail POP3 settings:
Incoming POP server = pop3.live.com
Incoming POP mail port = 995
POP SSL required = Yes
User name = Your Windows Live ID (for example:
[email protected])
Password = The password you use to sign in to Hotmail
Outgoing SMTP server = smtp.live.com
Outgoing SMTP mail port = 25 or 587
Authentication required = Yes (your Windows Live ID and password)
TLS/SSL required = Yes (select TLS if available, if not select SSL)
My guess is that those settings can be used in any email program if your hotmail account has pop3 access. It may be that with Hotmail you may have to pay for pop3 access but I'm not sure. Here is a link that talks about FreePOPs for accessing web based mail via a pop3 program:
http://email.about.com/od/windowswebmailtools/gr/freepops.htm
