Mac mail doesn't connect to emails

Hi everyone,
Ever since I updated to Mavericks, my emails don't connect to Mac Mail.
I tried deleting the email addresses/accounts and adding them back in but now it doesn't connect at all.
I have gmail and hotmail and am not sure what I should be setting my Incoming and outgoing servers as.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
-Judy

It attempts to set the servers. After a long period of waiting, it gives me the message that it has to be configured manually.
urm...ok so after deleting the accounts and attempting to add it back on, it doesn't initially "work". I restarted my macbook and now it works.
macmail has reset the incoming and outgoing servers:
gmail:
hotmail:
but then I have another hotmail account and it shows:
I hope it continues to work. My mailbox has been working on/off for the past week or so...
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