some e-mail questions!! Hotmail/outlook on mac?

So here is what i have:

Hotmail account - personal e-mails
work e-mail account - which is set up through outlook on my work PC

here is what im wanting..

i want an e-mail client/new address on my mac where i can get all my hotmail stuff forwarded to.
AND access all my work e-mails as well from home.. ( from the same client or a different one, i don't care, i just imagine i will need a program similar to outlook to plug all my pop.gmde.net and smpt bla bla stuff into so i can access it)

Any ideas/programs i should consider??

i think you need the paid version for hotmail to have them anywhere but in hotmail.

homer_j said:

i think you need the paid version for hotmail to have them anywhere but in hotmail.

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actually the forward function works fine on hotmail.. so i can just forward messages from the hotmail account to whatever new e-mail i get goin on the mac.

how about the Mail application?

homer_j said:

i think you need the paid version for hotmail to have them anywhere but in hotmail.

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Huh? I've been downloading my hotmail to my desktop for years and I don't have a paid account... I never got it to work in OE but (I heard you can with a prog like ypops) as embarassing as it is, I used incredimail. I got sick of it about a month before I was given my mac... Anyways I use thunderbird, and to access yahoo, hotmail and gmail, you only need webmail extension and the extension for the webmail you are planning to use. http://lifehacker.com/software/hotmail/check-hotmail-using-thunderbird-34583.php

Instructs for Mac Mail http://email.about.com/cs/macosxmailtips/qt/et042503.htm