Unfortunately this is by design as Windows Messenger no longer has specific support for
Hotmail. You do have two options -- you can switch your default mail handler to Hotmail by
clicking the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, then Internet Options, then Programs tab and
change the e-mail program to Hotmail (or Windows Live Mail). Probably you don't want to do
that, so the other option is to just use Windows Live Messenger instead: http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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