MSN Messenger Problem

From: Tim (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:56:13 -0800

I associated my Hotmail passport with my profile and it
seems to have associated it with outlook as well.
Everytime I open up my Messenger Window I can see my
contacts etc but there is nothing saying "2 new mails"
or "no new mail" etc.
This means I am unable to open my hotmail inbox directly
from messenger which is very annoying. I was hoping
someone would be able to help me get it back to how it
used to be.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.