Hotmail Popper allowed you to check your Hotmail account as were it a POP account. However, as the site mentions:
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Microsoft has recently decided that only paying members and existing 'valued' members will be able access Hotmail using outside services such as Hotmail Popper. Hotmail Popper will continue working with a "Hotmail Plus" (or equivalent MSN) account. It will also continue working if you have an older Hotmail account that Microsoft considers a 'valued' account.
Also note that if you wish to use it, find a link to version 2 instead of version 3; version 2 is freeware, whereas version 3 is not (you can find a link to the free version if you search this forum).