"Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
news:65E9B09D-C66F-4466-9DFF-E772226E44AB@microsoft.com...
> "Jeff Schafer" <schafer_jeffrey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Gn$J2RFHHA.1232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Download Windows Live Mail desktop client. It's new, free and works with HTTP mail. Windows
>> Mail is not going to support HTTP mail even if you have the paid account. Other than Windows
>> Live Mail your other choice is full blown Outlook with a paid account.
>
> Not true. A paid account is not needed. My Hotmail account is free, and Outlook works
> just fine with it.
>
> Mike

I'm trying one more time to reply to this.

How long have you had your Hotmail account?
You may be "grandfathered" in.

Microsoft is, indeed, transitioning to either paid access
to Hotmail or, you will need Window Live Mail *Desktop*.
WLMD comes with advertising, and besides that- I think
it sort of sucks.

Google mail comes with free Pop access. AIM email
comes with free IMAP access, too. The only thing I
use my Hotmail for, is a "throw away" email used for
signing up to stuff and on those occasions I need a
Passport/Windows Live ID for something.


-Michael