[jtsquared]

You could also get an IM client like GAIM or Trillian. I know GAIM will notify you when you get a new mail in your hotmail account and I'm sure they would allow you to open in the browser of your choice. If you decide to do this and you want to get rid of MSN messenger, the command below will uninstall it so it doesn't hog that extra 10 megs of RAM when you never use it! If you want to get rid of Messenger, run this command:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Hope this helps,

jT

[dannyboyfx]

get trillian. much better anyways

[zillah]

I was looking for same thing , then I came accross this thread