Adding Hotmail Account always fails - WHY? What to do?

[TygerZoyd]

In a recent LifeHacker (Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done) article enabled "Hotmail Enables POP3 for US Users (Windows Live: Hotmail Enables POP3 for US Users), the settings they give to successfully connect to Hotmail via POP3 are as follows:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes

The problem I'm having with Zimbra Desktop is successfully adding my Hotmail account to it. This is what I've tried so far:

Account Setup
Add New Account

Account Type: Microsoft Live Hotmail

Account Name: my Hotmail account name without the @hotmail.com
Your Full Name: same alias as my Hotmail account name
Email Address: my full Hotmail email address WITH the @hotmail.com
Password: my Hotmail email account password
Validate and Save

>> ERROR READS: "service.FAILURE: system failure: Unable to connect to mail store: DataSource: { id=dd76e564-4a8e-4cf3-af1c-6fcf2c116ae8, type=live, isEnabled=true, name=tygerzoyd, host=www.hotmail.com, port=80, connectionType=cleartext, username=tygerzoyd@hotmail.com, folderId=1 }"

Account Type: POP

Account Name: my Hotmail account name without the @hotmail.com
Your Full Name: same alias as my Hotmail account name
Email Address: my full Hotmail email address WITH the @hotmail.com

Receiving Mail
User Name: my Hotmail account name without the @hotmail.com
Password: my Hotmail email account password
Incoming Mail Server: pop3.live.com (Port = 995)
Security - Use SSL encryption when accessing this server? YES

Sending Mail
SMTP Mail Server: smtp.live.com (Port = 25)
Security - Use SSL encryption when sending mail? YES
Authentication - Username and password required to send mail? YES
User Name: my Hotmail account name without the @hotmail.com
Password: my Hotmail email account password
Validate and Save

>> ERROR READS: "Windows Live Hotmail access cannot use IMAP or POP"

So has anyone actually successfully added Hotmail to Zimbra Desktop? if so, HOW? According to the article I referenced above, it should be possible, but according to Zimbra Desktop, it won't allow it.

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong and how to fix it?

I am on a MacBook Pro running OSX Leopard (10.5.6).

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

[jmhe]

We just fixed it recently: Bug 35162 – allow POP for live mail accounts

It will be available in the next release.

[tema]

I am still having this problem.

Mac version 1.0 build 1537

[k.electron]

live mail works fine with pop settings, but BE WARNED. last i checked zimbra forcefully removes the message on the server. if u check the leave messages on server option, it will not validate. so use it with live mail only if you want ur server cleaned everytime zimbra checks it.

even postbox supports hotmail and leaves messages on server. zimbra folks.. help the hotmail users out please. we love your client. dont desert us.

[xogabb]

I've been trying to add my hotmail account, and it keeps saying that the user account authentication failed, and to check my username and password. However, I'm pretty positive I've entered them correctly and I've tried a few times already. I also tried adding it as a POP account but it fails as well.

[ahmad]

Originally Posted by xogabb

I've been trying to add my hotmail account, and it keeps saying that the user account authentication failed, and to check my username and password. However, I'm pretty positive I've entered them correctly and I've tried a few times already. I also tried adding it as a POP account but it fails as well.

do not set up using microsoft live hotmail.use it with pop settings in the drop down