Hotmail instead of mac mail

when i go to a web site and they say contact us,it comes up to send the message through my mac mail.but i want to use my hotmail.how can i change this or is this just the way its going to be.

For the most part, its just the way it is.
You could set Mail to use your Hotmail account by installing the httpmail plugin.
Using the web browser version of hotmail, about the closest you would get would be opening the browser to the hotmail signin screen, but you'd have to sign in, start composing a new message, then copy/paste the email address.

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Hotmail.com has now become Outlook.com
The nearest thing to an official Microsoft answer I have found is here http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-osend/how-to-set-up- mac-mail-to-sync-your-outlookcom/afdfe981-20c7-4d4a-b6b1-9329b27f018a
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I also found the following http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-set-up-my-hotmail-account-on-m ac-3500828/
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i have the folders on my iphone and ipad but they dont come up on the mac.....

Hotmail is now available as IMAP. Setup as IMAP and Mail will download all your folders.
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http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2013/09/12/outlook-com-now-w ith-imap.aspx
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http://www.automagic-software.com/products.php
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in the 'account information' tab, i have the following--without the brackets:
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full name: [um...yer name]
incoming mail server: [hotmail.com]
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password: [your hotmail password]
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Mac Mail error when viewing Hotmail email - please help.

When Hotmail is viewed via Mac Mail, the To: field displays the recipient’s name & Hotmail address. There is a serious problem with my incoming Hotmail … instead of displaying my name and Hotmail email address it displays my friend’s name (initials are RB) alongside my Hotmail email address ... for every Hotmail email that is sent to me no matter who emails me. My contact/address book entries for my name and my friend are correct in Mac Address Book and Hotmail Contacts. Very strange.
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When Hotmail is viewed via Mac Mail, the To: field displays the recipient’s name & Hotmail address. There is a serious problem with my incoming Hotmail … instead of displaying my name and Hotmail email address it displays my friend’s name (initials are RB) alongside my Hotmail email address ... for every Hotmail email that is sent to me no matter who emails me. My contact/address book entries for my name and my friend are correct in Mac Address Book and Hotmail Contacts. Very strange.
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This error is only occurring in incoming Hotmail messages addressed to me. Emails that I send using my Hotmail show my name & email address correctly in the From field.
Thank you

Mail has Smart Addresses that will display the name and email address under Preferences > Viewing, but your issue sounds like a different issue.
Did you setup an outlook.com alias in Outlook.com when it made the transition? If not, add an alias and see if that helps. You can also test sending from the outlook.com alias to see if the results are as expected.
For example if your Hotmail email is [email protected] then setup an alias [email protected]
If that fails, test in a new User.
Create a new User in System Preferences.
Log into your new User.
You can skip the Apple ID setup unless you are testing iCloud.
Select Don't Sign in > Continue > Skip
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