Password Issues

I'm really confused. It's my understanding that the password for incoming and outgoing mail server is the same...now my computer has saved the incoming mail server password correctly and it works and I can send mail, but it says It's rejected the password for outgoing mail.

Also when I log into hotmail and press save password, when I try to log in again it says the password is incorrect. I've checked Keychain, and the passwords that have been saved are correct. I don't get it!!!!

Any ideas?

Hotmail log in: If you have an old hotmail account (mine is about 10 yrs) and your password does not fit into their current requirements for a password, it will often not log you in the first time and say the password is incorrect. Mine does this fairly often on any machine whether Mac or Win.

Thankyou...

Noone else had issues with Mail? That's my biggest annoyance!!

What type of account are you trying to set up in Mail - .mac, gmail ?

It's a hotmail account. Or a live.com.au account rather.

Have never participated in hotmail's paid service. I think it will work with Mail.

The free hotmail accounts from the past 2-3 years more than likely will not work with Mail. If you have an older free hotmail account grab Daniel Parnell's httpmail app. He's working on one for Windows Live Mail, but not out yet.