Hotmail is not support in Windows Mail.
You can download the beta of Windows Live Mail that does support Hotmail
(now called Windows Live Hotmail).
http://get.live.com/
"Lawrence" <drycleaner47@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5C5943AC-8D94-4D68-830A-3E2087D56D3A@microsoft.com...
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> I''m trying to send a link on a web page to a friend. I''m not sure how to
> set this up I have and email acct. with hotmail that I want to use. It ask
> me
> for my name and email address and then it says not able too. It doesn't
> support hotmail. How do I set this new computer to use my hotmail
> account...