Windows Live Hotmail is a free webmail application owned and operated by Microsoft. As of March 14, 2013, Hotmail has been retired in favor of the new Outlook.com and all users have been migrated to the new interface, although users can still use their @hotmail.com addresses.
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Difficulty with moving to outlook.com
My mum is having difficulty moving to Outlook.com from Hotmail. They say she must change her password. Is it safe to do so?
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Can't find “People” category in Outlook.com
I'm unable to find the "People" (formerly called Contacts) icon on my Mail Page of the new Outlook.com . My friends say there should be a little check to click on at the top left hand side of the page ...
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I cannot open my Outlook emails ever since they switched from Hotmail
Ever since Hotmail was switched to Outlook.com, I could no longer open my emails. The emails are shown there, but it does not open even if I try to open it.
How do I resolve this and resume viewing ...
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How can I switch back to hotmail? [duplicate]
How can I switch back to hotmail? They've removed the option. :( ?!
Look forward to your reply.
Thanks beforehand
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How can I switch back to Hotmail from Outlook.com
My Hotmail has been switched to Outlook.com automatically and I do not like the Outlook at all. I just need to get my Hotmail back and tried to do the steps mentioned. I can't find the sentence on how ...
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Is there a DNS Blacklist check for Hotmail/Live accounts?
We have a domain which is having issues sending emails to @hotmail and @live addresses. If you add the domain to safe senders it goes through no problem at all. However, sending to a random ...
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How do I get all my Hotmail emails into Gmail? [closed]
How do I transfer all my Hotmail folders and emails into my Gmail account, before years of emails get lost? Is it possible for me to do this with very basic skills? I use a Mac computer so installing ...
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Change back to Hotmail from Outlook.com [duplicate]
I have been changed from Hotmail to Outlook.com and I am not satisfied with the new webmail system. Is there any way that I can switch back to Hotmail from this new Outlook.com service?
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I cannot register a specific Hotmail account
I'm sending an email to let's say xyz@hotmail.com and Hotmail returns error email that the email was not delivered to xyz@hotmail.com Same as when the account does not exist.
So I have tried to ...
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Custom domain used with Hotmail account expired, still can log in, but not receive
I had linked a free co.cc domain name to create a Hotmail account which has now expired. I no longer have access to that domain, and I don't have access to that account on the co.cc registrar.
I'm ...
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Unable to retrieve deleted hotmail email message
I mistakenly deleted my Hotmail email messages from both my inbox and sent folders for the dates 17/12/2012 and 16/12/2012. In addition, I deleted those very same messages from the deleted folder as ...
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Linking to Hotmail's Junk folder?
How would I create a link that takes a given user, who is logged in to Hotmail in their browser, straight to their Hotmail's junk folder?
We're a new website and we send out a verification code via ...
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outlook.com differnt names for alias
How to put a different name on outlook.com alias? I have my main address with my real first name and last name. I set up an alias, but when I send emails with it, I don't want my real first and last ...
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Check Hotmail message was actually sent when session expired while sending
How would I know my email has been sent through Hotmail when at the time I send the email it said my Hotmail session expired? Would the email appear seen in the send folder?
During the time I was ...
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Change Time Format in Outlook.com
How do i change the time format in outlook.com? By default, it is 24 hour format, but i'd like to change it to 12 hour format..there doesn't seem to be any option to change it in the settings menu ...
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How to open new tabs for each mail (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook/Hotmail…)?
Yahoo's old (classic) design allowed me to quickly middle-click each mail link and open in a new tab. I like having one tab open with the complete list of recent mails in my Inbox, and separate tabs ...
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How do I switch back to the original Hotmail from Outlook? [duplicate]
How do I switch back to the original Hotmail from Outlook?
Also can I recover those emails that associated with the original Hotmail account?
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How can I move emails from one Hotmail account to another?
I want to switch between two Hotmail (outlook.com) accounts and move all my stored emails to the new account.
Perhaps this was a bit wishful thinking but I can't even seem to forward multiple emails ...
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Change from Outlook.com back to Hotmail [duplicate]
I had a Hotmail account but it changed to Outlook.com .
I really want my Hotmail settings back - anyone know how I can make my Outlook.com account change back to my Hotmail one? I still have the ...
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Do email services send sender's IP address?
If I'm going to receive/send email through Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo, would I be able to see the IP of the sender? I know there's nothing to do with the IP but would it give away the location from where I'm ...
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Does Hotmail or Outlook.com have a feature where appending a plus sign or a dot to an email address will still have it sent to the same address?
Gmail has this feature where appending a plus ("+") sign or a dot to an email address will still have it sent to the same address. This makes it easier to filter emails sent to you, by checking which ...
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What Hotmail option omits the “>” character on each line of a forwarded message?
Whenever I forward Hotmail messages, the > character is added to the front of each line. I have searched for options to stop this but can find nothing, and it is really annoying. How can I change ...
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How can I see my friends’ profiles in the new Hotmail layout?
How can I see my friends’ profiles in new the Hotmail look? With the old Hotmail layout, I was able to see another profile, but with the new layout, this is not possible.
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Outlook.com lost draft
Just now, I was working on a draft on outlook.com. I saved the draft and then started composing a new email. I finished sending the email and then went back into my Drafts to look at the draft I was ...
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How much hotmail capacity do I have? [closed]
How do I find out how much free space do I have in hotmail?
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How can I configure Outlook.com new message keyboard shortcut?
The Outlook/Live/Hotmail keyboard for Create new message is Ctrl+N... this always opens a new instance of my browser. This is not what I want and means I can't avoid the need to keep on reaching for ...
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Hotmail mobile version can't send hyperlinks?
I have had this problem several times already, when trying to send an url by email from an iPhone or other mobile device, the links are just sent as text.
The url on the iPhone when visiting hotmail ...
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Setting Hotmail to cache fewer old messages
Whenever I have a tab open with Hotmail running in Chrome, it takes up a large chunk of memory (around 250 M). I've had the account for a long time, so I have a ton of email messages stored in it. ...
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Gmail conversations missing in new Outlook.com account
I just signed up for a new Outlook.com account and synced my existing Gmail account with my Windows Live account. However, when I view my Gmail messages within Outlook.com the only messages that show ...
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How to convert from Hotmail to Outlook.com?
I registered for Outlook.com with my Hotmail email address and am not unable to figure out how to convert my Hotmail account over to Outlook. I can no longer log in to Hotmail to "upgrade".
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How to configure Hotmail to delete emails on server?
I use Hotmail to pull down emails from my pop server but I cannot find a way to have hotmail delete them on the server once they are downloaded. The result is my email box is full. I cannot find a ...
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How can I delete all my Hotmail contacts?
I've done some research but I couldn't find any helpful answer. Is there a way to delete all Hotmail contacts at once?
The reason is that some spam emails are sent automatically to my contacts, and ...
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Does Hotmail offer two-factor authentication?
I've read multiple news articles that claim Hotmail offers two-factor authentication. One of the articles describes Hotmail's system, saying
...whenever you go to Hotmail...you can choose to get a ...
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Bulk move items from deleted to inbox in Hotmail
So I was checking my Hotmail account this morning, and not paying very much attention when I attempted to mark the whole inbox as read. Instead, I "emptied" the inbox folder, which put everything in ...
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Is it possible filter messages in Hotmail using boolean OR / AND conditions? [closed]
Is there any trick to put different criteria in one folder? Or add criteria in a field with boolean conditions?
Is it only possible to add a condition and a new folder (not in an existing folder)?
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Login to Hotmail without a Windows Live ID
I have a Hotmail account which I haven’t used for about 6-8 years. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t have a Windows Live account back then.
How can I still login to that account with my old credentials? ...
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How to block someone that redirected his email spams to your email address?
I have two friends (yes, belive or not they are my friends) that are redirecting all the email spam they receive to my email address. This makes my Hotmail account receive 30 spams per hour (that are ...
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Hotmail sometimes sends a page with an error on it, so I cannot access anything. How to fix?
I need to use a public computer sometime and Hotmail sends a page with an error on it, so I cannot access anything on the page. It says, "Error on the page"' but I cannot get this to change no matter ...
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Subscribe to Google Contacts Birthday Calendar from Hotmail
I'm currently trying to subscribe to my Google Contact's Birthday calendar from Hotmail, so far without success.
I've used the ical link from the calendar settings in Google to create the ...
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I changed my Hotmail password on the web site and I cannot login from my mobile clients
I changed my Hotmail password from the hotmail.com web site. I have a few mobile clients that use Exchange protocols to access Hotmail. When I updated my mobile clients to the new password, they could ...
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Way to ensure that my sent email was read
I would like to ask if there is any way to ensure that my sent email was read, and to ensure also that the attached files were opened.
I use Hotmail.
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Running Hotmail conversations oldest to newest (like Gmail)
Hotmail has Gmail-style conversations nowadays, but they're exactly backwards, in my personal opinion: they run newest to oldest, rather than oldest to newest. I can change the order of the thread ...
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Can't remove contacts from “TO” list and they aren't in my Contacts list in Hotmail
My Hotmail had been hacked in the past and used to send out spam. Changing the password seems to have stopped it.
I now have about 5 porno sounding contacts that show up when I compose a new email ...
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Hotmail Account Hacked, No Phone Code
One of my associates had their Hotmail account broadcasting spam, and presumably hacked. They managed to change the password, but after that, the account got locked; Hotmail asks you for a phone ...
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Relatively painless way to merge email and Google accounts?
I've got into a bit of a mess with my email situation, and am looking for a way to resolve this as painlessly as possible!
I have one Hotmail account, and three Google account. Just to complicate ...
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Remove “sent on behalf of” message from Hotmail alternate accounts
Is there a way of not showing the "sent on behalf of" indicator when sending an email from an alternative email account in Hotmail?
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How to filter messages in Hotmail?
I am forwarding my Hotmail account's email to my Gmail account, and it's working fine.
Does anyone know to add filters like Gmail does?
For example: like when it forward the email to any other ...
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Attaching SkyDrive files to Hotmail emails
I love SkyDrive, but find it frustrating when I want to attach a file that's on my SkyDrive to a new Hotmail message. I have to download the SkyDrive file to my computer and then attach the file to ...
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Problems in signing in to Hotmail
Seem that someone tried to sign in to my email in live.com with a wrong password too many times. So I am locked out right now. I can reset my password just with security question, but that lovely guy ...
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Import email addresses to Hotmail contacts without inviting as friends
I'm trying to set up a group of contacts in Hotmail with an imported list of email addresses.
Under Contacts there is a manage menu that has an Import option. However, that lets me import a list of ...
