Can't Get Mail set up....

I have an msn account which is pop3. When I go through the initial set up process, it says it can't connect to the server. This happens over and over.
Incoming mail server is: pop3.email.msn.com
Outgoing is: smtp.email.msn.com
Anyone know what to do?

Is this a bad topic or doesn't anyone know....
Thanks,
sj

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