There are also other companies that offer web based e-mail that are also compatable with things like Outlook and Outlook express. Mailandnews does at
www.mailandnews.co.uk or
www.mailandnews.com
Also the latest version of Outlook (packaged with Explorer 5 will accept an http server so you can set up and run your hotmail account from your normal package and use a different 'send using.....' rather than the default user.