You can configure Outlook Express to accept your Hotmail accounts!
1) open Outlook Express (I am using 5.5, but I did this with 5.1 too)
2) click on tools, and in the drop down menu select accounts
3) select the tab that says mail
4) click on the Add Box and select Mail
I skipped one screen that asks how you want your name to appear. Below is the third screen. You can either tell it you already have an account, or ask it to go get you a new Hotmail account.
The next screen asks you what kind of account you are configuring for. Hotmail is a HTTP account. When you click that then the menu changes and this drop down menu appears. Select Hotmail. The rest is fairly self explanitory. Now you can use all that pretty stationary that Bubbles is making in your hotmail account.