Hotmail is beginning to charge everyone for everything that isn't classified as 'basic service'. For example, you are only alotted a small amount of storage space, and I just got the e-mail today stating that POP retrieval is discontinued unless I order the 'premium service' for 10 bucks a month. That's why my reply-to address is my address at Operamail, and hotmail is being phased out of my usage.

And speaking of Opera...that is the browser that I use, and hotmail always warns me that I won't be able to use all features of the hotmail/msn site, which I can't...can't change options, settings, etc., but I can still read all of my mail. IE, on the other hand, when blocking cookies, won't let me into any of the msn.com(.net) sites, so that's probably it. Set your security in IE to Medium High, and you should be fine with hotmail.

Ouroboros