Yes, I know there's a Hand History forum, but I figured this was suited for the Beginner's Circle rather than the HH forum. Anyway onto my question:

I play on PokerStars, and I have Poker Tracker. Poker Tracker obviously allows me to import Hand Histories and analyze my game (or so I've heard / read). My only problem is that I'm having trouble even GETTING hand histories. Is there a way to just have hand history's all saved to a file from Poker Stars, or should I be using a different program?

The only thing I see in PokerStars allows up to 200 hands or an email of specific hands, but nothing about an ongoing log or anything.

Important: right now I'm not playing with real money, I'm playing with play money. I'm basically getting in practice before I jump to real money, yes I know the practice is better with real money on the line, but that's not the point. The reason I brought this up is: does playing with play money in any way affect my ability to get hand histories? Meaning, are they only available with real money? Or can I get them just the same?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can give me a hand.