Setting up Mail to read Hotmail...?

How do I set up Mail to read my hotmail? What sort of account - POP, IMAP etc. and what do I put as the mail server - hotmail.com or something else?

I don't know the incoming or outgoing mail server but to access a Hotmail account with the Mail.app requires installing a httpmail plugin which adds the httpmail protocol and the account type to choose from when creating the account.
You can download the httpmail plugin here.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18189

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