You can use your Spice phone to manage your Hotmail account and keep in touch with your friends on Messenger as well.

How to sign up
•  Simply log on to www.mobile.msn.com on your computer
•  Enter your Hotmail/Messenger account id.
•  Select Spice ( Punjab ) as the operator and enter your Spice number.
•  You will receive an SMS code on your Spice phone, which you need to enter in the next page to authenticate yourself. Your Hotmail messenger codes will be then sent to you via SMS which you would need to save in your address book; as you can access your accounts only through these numbers.

How does it work
You will receive an alert every time you get an email in your Hotmail account. You can read, reply or delete it using SMS. You can also chat with your buddies on MSN Messenger using SMS chat.

1. MSN Messenger SMS Service commands
You can use the following commands to exchange instant messages with your contacts directly through your mobile phone.
CL: Retrieves your MSN Messenger contact list.
Action: Send a message containing only the letters CL to your MSN Messenger service number.
M: Shows the rest of the list of online contacts, if eight or more contacts are online.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letter M; to the message from MSN Messenger showing the list of online contacts.
Contact #: Retrieves contact information for an online contact. The number sign (#) stands for the number of the online contact about whom you want to retrieve information.
Action: Send a reply containing only the number of the contact to the message from MSN Messenger showing the list of online contacts.
Contact # message: Send an instant message to an online contact.
Action: Reply with your own message to the message from MSN Messenger showing the list of online contacts. Begin your message with the number of the contact in the list, followed by a space. Then include the text of your message.
A Off: Sets all alerts to Off status. Stops all alerts via SMS.
Action: Send a message containing only the command A Off to your MSN Messenger service number or your MSN Hotmail service number.
A On: Sets all alerts to On status again. You receive all alerts sent via SMS.
Action: Send a message containing only the command A On to your MSN Messenger service number or your MSN Hotmail service number.
Charges
Postpaid: Outgoing SMS charges as per tariff plan + Rs. 2 per SMS sent
Prepaid: Rs. 3 per SMS sent
Re 1 for every incoming message for Postpaid & Prepaid.

2. MSN Hotmail SMS Service commands
You can use the following commands when accessing MSN Hotmail from your mobile phone:
I: Shows unread e-mail in your Inbox.
Action: Send a message containing only the letter I to your Hotmail service number.
IA: Shows all e-mail in your Inbox (both read and unread).
Action: Send a message containing only the letters IA to your Hotmail service number.
C quickname: Sends a message to the person you specify. Quicknames are friendly names you assign to persons in your Hotmail Address Book. If you are not using Hotmail quicknames, you can use the person's e-mail address instead.
Action: Compose your message and send it to your Hotmail service number. Begin the message with the letter C followed by a space and the quickname. Enter a space after the quickname and then include your message.
Msg #: Shows the text of a message in your Inbox.
Action: Send a reply to the MSN Hotmail message you received listing the e-mail messages in your Inbox, including the message you want to read. Include in your reply only the command Msg, followed by a space and the number of the message you wish to read.
M: Shows the rest of a long list of messages in your Inbox or the rest of the text of a long e-mail message.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letter M to the message from MSN Hotmail listing the e-mail messages in your Inbox, or to the long e-mail you are reading.
R message: Sends a reply to the sender of the message but not to anyone who received a copy of the message.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letter R followed by a space and then the text of your reply.
RA message: Sends a reply to the sender of the message and anyone who received a copy of the message.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letters RA followed by a space and then the text of your reply.
D: Deletes the message.
Action: Send a reply to the MSN Hotmail message you received listing the e-mail messages in your Inbox, including the message you want to delete. Include in your reply only the letter D, followed by a space and the number of the message.
F quickname: Forwards a message to the person you specify. Quicknames are friendly names you assign to persons in your Hotmail Address Book. If you are not using Hotmail quicknames, you can use the person's e-mail address instead.
Action: Send a reply to the message, containing only the letter F followed by a space and the quickname.
N: Shows the next e-mail message in your Inbox.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letter N to the Hotmail message you are reading.
P: Shows the previous e-mail message in your Inbox.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letter P to the Hotmail message you are reading.
MH: Shows the mail header information.
Action: Send a reply containing only the letters MH to the message for which you want the mail header information.
H: Shows the MSN Hotmail commands you can use over SMS.
Action: Send a message containing only the letter H to your Hotmail service number.
A Off: Sets all alerts to Off status. Stops all alerts via SMS.
Action: Send a message containing only the command A Off to your MSN Hotmail service number.
A On: Sets all alerts to On status again. You receive all alerts sent via SMS.
Action: Send a message containing only the command A On to your MSN Hotmail service number.

Charges
Postpaid: Outgoing SMS charges as per tariff plan + Rs. 2 per SMS sent
Prepaid: Rs. 3 per SMS sent
Re 1 for every incoming message for Postpaid & Prepaid.

Please note
•  For messenger, the version on the PC needs to support PC - mobile functionality
•  The default action available after you have signed up to the service is that you can send Messenger SMS/messages from your mobile phone to your buddies. However, if you wish to have two-way conversations with your buddies then you need to enable this. When you sign out and sign back in to Messenger on your PC with the same account that you have used to sign up to the MSN Mobile SMS service you will be prompted "Would you like to allow your contacts to send instant messages to your cell phone or pager?"