Seeing how the OP came here wanting help for Gmail, and Gmail being the only popular web email service out there that offers SMTP/POP3 access (for free), I'd say the foolish thing would be to bother tackling Hotmail.
Yes, I'll refrain from posting ideas from now on. What WAS I thinking? Its not like I was trying to be helpful or anything. After all, since the gmail thing is working so well as it is, why would we need other ideas?
Since you're not too familiar with sockets, I wonder why you would suggest using sockets since that would be the hardest way of approaching a javascript enriched email service? The easiest method here would be just to use nHTML imo.
Well, as far as I know, Mirc can't use nHTML. I suggested using sockets because, well, its possible and your way isn't. Again, I thought it would be wise to try do have an idea that might work as opposed to one that wouldn't. I'll refrain from doing that in the future as well.
