If you want to test your SMTP connection, you can use the following code if the SMTP server have open relay so that you don't need authentication:

Hotmail recently updated their look and rename itself as Outlook. One of the new feature for Outlook is auto sign you on MSN Messenger. While this is a great feature, some people including myself might not want to have this feature enabled. Whether the reason is to have not anyone contacting them while checking email or might be annoyed to have their old MSN Messenger client that doesn't support multiple sign-on capability signed out automatically whenever they check their email.