software for syncing with hotmail?

[essential]

Situation:
I kind of screwed myself cause I set my hotmail account as a pop3 in outlook express thinking that would sync with hotmail. I then proceeded to download all my mail into outlook express not knowing it wasn't a sync, and on top of that the smtp doesn't work so it's not really usable, and now none of my email are on my web version of hotmail.

Question:
Basically I want a program (similar to outlook express hopefully) that will sync with my hotmail account. If I delete something in it, it deletes on hotmail, if I send mail it in, the sent mail also shows up in the web interface, etc.

Secondary question:
Is there anyway to get all the mail I downloaded into outlook express back into my web version? Possibly if there is a sync program can I move mail into it from outlook express and it'll sync them back to my web version?

Thanks.

 

[AFurryReptile]

Not possible. Hotmail doesn't support IMAP, or this two-way syncing you are talking about, only POP3. Mail goes out to the client, there is no way to send it from the client to the web server.

 

[MrChad]

Windows Live Mail or Outlook plus Outlook Connector will give you a live, synchronized view of your Hotmail account.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Windows Live Mail or Outlook plus Outlook Connector will give you a live, synchronized view of your Hotmail account.

Yup, I would use this.

 

[Dream Operator]

Yup, I would use this.

+1

I recently installed it after using hotmail for more years than I care to mention. It's a much, much better experience.

 

[RaiderJ]

Personally I have all my hotmail pulled into Gmail, then deleted on hotmail itself.