Windows 7 Gadgets

[Wolverine1977]

Can anyone recommend a gadget that checks for new hotmail (live mail) messages. I have googled and not found one that works. I am running windows 7 Pro x64 and of the 5 or 6 gadgets I found when configuring the POP3 settings non would retrieve emails. there are lots for GMail etc but it seems like none for Live Mail - is anyone able to create one ?

Thanks for reading

[cluberti]

Most of the problem with POP mail gadgets is that people forget that hotmail/live mail do NOT use the standard 110 port - it uses port 995 with SSL encryption. Also, since it requires SMTP auth, unless you find a gadget that does SMTP auth before attempting the POP3 connection, none are going to work.