I use gotmail and forward the mail to where ever it needs to go. Then read it with Evolution. This is nice because you can set it up as a cron job. Below is my configuration file .gotmailrc
However, I have been having problems with the new format of hotmail. There should be new version or fix, I'm guessing, soon.
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# This is a sample gotmail configuration file. Rename it to .gotmailrc
# and place it in your home directory to use it.
# See the manpage for more options!
username=felkin
password=XXXX
domain=hotmail.com
forward=forward@your.address.net
save-to-login
#only-new
#folder-dir=/home/felkin/mail
# folders=Inbox, Different Folder
retry-limit=3
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Rob