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You know exactly what I’m talking about. If you can answer yes to the following 3 criteria then read on.

1. You have a Mac.
2. You love Aggregated Email.
3. You hate logging on to hotmail.com.

Following you will find instructions for those of use who refuse to pay $19.95 per month for free email. By the way, if you are a subscriber, maybe it’s time you thought about sticking it to the man and switching to any number of AWESOME free email providers. I detail the top 10 here.
If you don’t have a subscription and httpmail stopped working for you 2 years ago then check out the MacFreePOP’s service. I’ll tell how to do that here. It’s less comprehensive but still AWESOME.
Instructions after the jump.

To set up access to a MSN Hotmail account in Mac OS X Mail:

1. Make sure you have an MSN Hotmail Plus subscription for the Hotmail account you want to access in Mac OS X Mail.
2. Install httpmail for Mac OS X Mail.
3. Select Mail | Preferences… from the Mac OS X Mail menu.
4. Go to the Accounts category.
5. Click the + ("Create an account.") button.
6. Make sure httpmail is selected as the Account Type:.
7. Enter "Hotmail" (or something similar) as the Description: for this account.
8. Type your Hotmail address (something like "hmmzl@hotmail.com") under Email Address:.
9. Enter your name under Full Name:.
10. Make sure the Incoming Mail Server: is set to "hotmail.com".
11. Enter your Hotmail user name ("hmmzl", for example) under User Name:.
12. Type your MSN Hotmail password under Password:.
13. Select None under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):.
14. Close the Accounts window.
15. Click Save.

And you’re on. Fire up Mail and try her out. Let me know in the comments if it worked for you. Remember you have to have a Paid Subscription for the above to work. If you aren’t paying $19.95 per month to Microsoft then you’re not eligible. Check out the Free option workaround here.