Using Java Mail to Access Hotmail

I'm writing an organizer program which currently handles contacts and a personal calendar. I want to add email functionality, starting with Hotmail access, since that's what I use.
Could you folks please point me in the direction of tutorials on how to access Hotmail or other HTML-based mail services using Java's Mail API?
thanks,
Andrew

JavaMail can be used to write an email application with an HTML interface like HotMail.
You will need some kind of mail server. POP3 does not support multiple folders on the server, all you have is an "inbox" and there is not supposed to be any way to push messages from a client to this folder (although some servers will allow you to do it).
If you are using a POP3 server and want to have multiple folders, you need to provide space on the application server which is running the servlet/jsp for the system.
You will also have to put together some session management for the HTTP/HTML pieces to know who the user is and what account on the mail server the user accesses.
Then you will need a file manager for managing the actual messages/files after they are taken off the mail server and placed on the application machine.
If you use an IMAP server all you need is an application server which will provide the interface that you want to write. Message management, in terms of message storage and folders, is built into the server and the JavaMail API provides an interface to it.
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