Hotmail always down ,you can got this messenger: "We apologize, but your account is temporarily unavailable. This delay does not affect the entire site or relate specifically to your account, but the machine that holds your account information is temporarily unavailable. We do not expect this delay to last much longer, so please continue to check our site for your account status."

Hotmail only give you 2M space, try yahoo now, it give u 6M and mail forward.