Early February this year, Live team has introduced POP3 support for  live Hotmail. At that time  it is limited to users from few countries only.

Today, the POP3 support is opened for all users. That means you no longer need this little hack to enable it.

This setup is what you need to get your Hotmail’s POP3 working. Visit this page for more info.

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 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes