Hotmail on Mac Mail

Good afternoon everyone,
Would anybody know how I would go about accessing my free hotmail account using Mail? My original .Mac subscription ran out years ago and I have no intention of paying for the service, I also do not have a Hotmail+ account. I've tried downloading a couple of free Mail plug-ins I've found on the web, but I'm not having much success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Smarteee
MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   macbook,white,1.83ghz,60gbhd,512mb

Hi Mike,
Thanks for reply. I've attempted using 'httpmail' (and freepops) before and I haven't had any success, I've entered all the hotmail accounts info as per the instructions (also my hotmail account is over 4 years old), but it doesn't work.
Is there anything I maybe missing?
Cheers
Smarteee
MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   macbook,white,1.83ghz,60gbhd,512mb

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