A lot of people have been waiting for this.
A new version (1.49) of httpmail, a plugin that allows you collect and your Hotmail in Mail.app, has been released which is a universal binary.
This means that you no longer have to use work-arounds like running Mail under Rosetta if you are own an Intel Mac and want to access a Hotmail account.
httpmail is freeware and is available from the project’s SourceForge page 
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[...] UPDATE: (11 August 2006) No need for this tip anymore. The httpmail plugin is now a universal binary. [...]
Is there something like this for Yahoo mail?
Sure -
http://www.hawkwings.net/2005/10/04/mail-forward-aol-gmail-hotmail-msn-yahoo-apple-mail/
http://www.hawkwings.net/2005/09/17/macfreepops-getting-emails-from-hotmail-gmail-yahoo-squirrelmail-aol-etc/
Can’t recall off the top of my head if they are universal though and how much of a barrier that is.
Awesome. I suppose I could I found those on my own. Sorry for the lazy bastard-ness. :)
Don’t need to worry about Universal, I’m on a G5.
Thanks!
[...] HOW TO: Gmail in Apple Mail If you want to use your Hotmail account in Apple Mail you can use the free httpmail plugin. It was just released in Universal Binary form – as reported by Hawk Wings. HTTP Mail Plugin [...]
Super! I’m a Hotmail user and it’s really neat to see people ignoring M$’s evil propaganda crap and doing the real right thing. Just because we use Macs doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be allowed to use Hotmail. Grr!
I love HawkWings for finding this kinda stuff!
I tried installing httpmail so I could access hotmail via “Mail” and it was a fiasco, didn’t work correctly, I probably did something wrong, so I uninstalled it (I think) and decided to use Entourage until I learned how to work the Mac better — now when I open Mail, it will open but I don’t see the messages/main screen — I have to go to “WINDOW/MESSAGE VIEWER” just to see the main Mail screen, and then when I try to quit Mail, it won’t close, and I have to use the Force Close function. Help? Much thanks…..
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Hi Andy.
That sounds unpleasant. Once the Activity Viewer refused to open for me, and the solution of a slightly corrupt set of preferences.
Quitting Mail, moving the com.apple.mail.plist file out of the ~/Library/Preferences folder and onto the Desktop for backup and letting Mail recreate it when started again, fixed the issue for me.
I does mean reentering all your account details though.
httpmail doesnt work with my hotmail account … :(
i must have a new account … or something …