MS understands your pain and has offered you a free copy
of Windows Live Mail, which will access your Hotmail.
To upgrade to Windows Live Mail:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Daniel" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:udksBd2SJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I find the fact that Windows Mail cannot be used to access my Hotmail account to be very disappointing, Microsoft is forcing me
>to use a different email client.
>
> As a long time MS supporter I do not understand their attitude.
>
> regards
>
> Daniel