I've just installed Live Mail on my PC so that I can continue to access Hotmail using a mail client (not that I use Hotmail very often, anyway!)
It's kindly imported all my accounts - including my news accounts from OE - but I haven't tried using it for news.
Have any of you tried it - and does it overcome any of the limitations of OE? [I use Quotefix with OE, anyway - which makes it a lot better behaved]. If it did what OE+Quotefix does all on its own without needing an add-on it might just be worthwhile.
The blurb which told me I could no longer use OE for Hotmail also said something about being able to send SMS messages to mobiles from Live Mail - but when you try to do it, you apparently need to install some more bits and pieces - and it's almost certainly not free to use. Anyone know how much it costs to send an SMS to a UK-based mobile?