I had the same problem with receiveing emails with ports 110 or 995 (SSL). I get the following error message when "Connecting" to the server:

Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail (ovujcin) account. The connection to the server has failed.

Server: 'pop.live.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0E
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes
Socket Error: 10013

Port 995 is successfully used by my gmail account. MS tech support told me over the phone that the pop3 server for free accounts is out of capacity. It is ironic that MS does not support use of Hotmail pop3 setting, which is required for using message rules - one of the best features of MS mail applications.