Get the Most Out of Windows Live Hotmail

Windows Live Hotmail is a free email service that gives you unlimited storage, fast search, solid security, POP access and an interface easy as a desktop email program.

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Outlook Hotmail Connector plugs Windows Live Hotmail accounts so well into Outlook that they behave much like local mail — and you can use them offline, too. (Windows)

FreePOPs is a highly flexible tool for accessing all kinds of resources — most prominently free web-based email accounts — in any email program through POP. (Windows, Mac, Linux)

mBox Mail works much like the iPhone's built-in Mail but talks to Windows Live Hotmail accounts and integrates your Windows Live contacts with your iPhone's, too. (iPhone, iPod touch)

Know how often you have to visit your Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or other free web-based email account so that it does not become dormant and deleted.

What were your biggest beefs with Windows Live Hotmail? What made you quit?