That is very surprising. I assumed there would be a good alternative out there or a fix for this. I imagined it would have been fixed. I'm assuming it couldn't be because of Nokia's restrictions on some apps and areas on the N900, like the default media player and Microb.

Edit: I remember reading the Gmail workaround as well but I have been using Hotmail now for over 4 years and I feel like I'm betraying Microsoft :L.

I'm also surprised Microsoft hasn't implemented IMAP onto Hotmail.