Setting a hotmail account on a mac

Hi, so I have been trying to set my e-mail account on my mac with no succes. My e-mail adress ends with live.fi, so it is a hotmail account.
I would just like to know what to write into the description and the incoming mail server.
Thank you in advance!

Try this
Select Mail | Preferences... from the Mac OS X Mail menu.
Go to the Accounts category.
Click the + ("Create an account.") button.
Enter your name under Full Name:.
Type your Windows Live Hotmail address (something like "[email protected]") under Email Address:.
Type your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.
Click Continue.
Make sure POP is selected under Account Type:.
Enter "Windows Live Hotmail" (or something similar) as the Description: for this account.
Type "pop3.live.com" (not including the quotation marks) under Incoming Mail Server:.
Enter your complete Windows Live Hotmail address ("[email protected]", for example) under User Name:.
Click Continue.
Enter "Windows Live Hotmail" under Description: for Outgoing Mail Server.
Type "smtp.live.com" under Outgoing Mail Server:.
Make sure Use Authentication is checked.
Enter your full Windows Live Hotmail address (e.g. "[email protected]") under User Name:.
Type your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.
Click Continue.
Now click Create.
Close the Accounts window.

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To access a MSN Hotmail account with Mac OS X Mail:
›› Step by Step Screenshot Walkthrough
Make sure you have an MSN Hotmail Plus subscription for the Hotmail account you want to access in Mac OS X Mail.
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