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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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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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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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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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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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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Import Hotmail Emails in Folders to Google Apps Premier

I have a Google Apps premier account and I'd like to migrate my archive of old Hotmail emails into this account. I know I can use POP and Google Email Uploader on my Mac to move all of the emails ...
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Is there a way to stop Windows Live Mail from doing mass requests?

I don't know if anyone uses Windows Live Mail (or Hotmail, as I've been using it for the last 8 years), but their newest Ajax-y version does about 50 million requests/second for new information. It's ...
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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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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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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 ...