Generally yes. Gmail uses different ports than normal though - and I think the hotmail pop3 is actually a paid service. The only other issue you might have is if you're using and ISP's SMTP server - in that case you might have to be using that ISP's internet connection to access it...

>Hi. When working with "e-mail sending" programs, can you use anyone's smtp (ie: gmail, yahoo, hotmail)?
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>Thanks, Randy