Tools > Accounts > Add > Mail
Fill in the details .... for name > email address (her hotmail)
Outgoing Server = a http server with setting as
Code:
http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp
Log in name and password..
Tick remember password
Try it
my outlook express checks my hotmail account that way. I receive emails through it but can't remember the last time I actually logged on to the hotmail server itself.