MSN open emails in IE

[unwashed potato!]

i want msn 8.0 to open hotmail.com using firefox instead of IE after clicking the messege i havea new email etc oncei have signed into msn messenger.

is this possible and how?

 

[unwashed potato!]

Just swap off that Hotmail rubbish to GMail like me.

i did look into gmail but trouble was that they said you can only get it view text, and there is no united kindgom text capabilities so i cant get it. Anyone know if there is another way. also whats so good about gmail? does gmail have IM?