Connect mail icon to hotmail account

i currently receive the same emails thru both my the macbook mail icon and my hotmail account thru msn.
I would like to eliminate using the msn to retrieve my emails and just access mail thru the mail icon on the mac. The problem is it seems that when I delete or read or send emails from my hotmail account it doesnt carry over onto the mail icon on my macbook which makes me have to do double work on my mail icon. Could anyone help with this issue.

Hi, than you, tried this but unfortunately no change. The icon takes me to my hotmail account, I can see the messages but can do nothing with them.

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