How do I setup hotmail to utilize IMAP in Mac Mail OSX 10.6?

How do I setup my OSX 10.6.7 Mail program to run Hotmail through IMAP without the installation of seperate programs?
I know the software has the capabilities but I cannot figure out how to add the account in manually without it doing it automatically without the option to add it manually.
Please help.
*Please do not recommend installing other apps, as I am not interested in that.*
Thank you.

I don't know how to configure hotmail, you'll have to ask them.
I also don't know if this will work with a hotmail account, but you can stop the automatic account creation by holding down the option key when you click the Continue button in the Mail account setup.  From there, you can manually create an IMAP account using the hotmail servers.

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