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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How to auto-forward email from Hotmail? [closed]
Some time ago -back in about 2006 (I was a late adopter)- I switched my primary email account from Hotmail to Gmail. I don't want to delete the account, if only for the remaining web-services and ...
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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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How did my email get hacked? What to do next?
I use Hotmail. My password was strong (upper/lower case letters, digits, and special characters. No dictionary words. It was only 8 characters, maybe that was the problem?
I only use this password ...
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How to migrate from a Hotmail account
Is there an easy way to move from a Hotmail account to something else, like a Gmail account or a new Hotmail account? Without losing all the folders, emails, contacts, etc.
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How to limit inbound Gmail (ideally) or other free web email to only from contact list (to make it kid-safe)
I'm trying to make my kids' (ages 9.5 and 9.5) gmail accounts safer.
Is there a way to limit (filter, etc.) inbound email to only email from folks on their contact list?
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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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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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How can I reset a Hotmail password if I don't know the security question?
My sister recently changed her Hotmail password and she can't reset it, because the security question looks like this:
The question was written long time ago in Greek and apparently Microsoft ...
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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 ...
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How do I turn off messenger in the new Hotmail UI?
Logging into hotmail logs me out of my MSN Messenger client since their last update. Very frustrating.
Is there any way to turn off the Messenger web UI in Hotmail?
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How can I reliably deliver email to Hotmail users?
One of my customers (annoyingly) uses HotMail for his primary email address. A lot of the time, my emails to him get returned undeliverable due an over-zealous spam filter.
My email is from my own ...
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Why can't Hotmail (or other providers) tell the difference between spoof and real emails?
Why can't Hotmail tell the difference between spoof and real emails from a domain (such as blizzard.com)? I get swamped with phishing emails from "blizzard.com" so I put it on my blacklist but then I ...
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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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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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Importing contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Facebook
I need to import my contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Facebook and many more. I am aware of the Google APIs.
Are there any libraries which allow me to import all the contacts or should I dirty ...
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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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How to check if somebody else is signing to my Yahoo account
I have Hotmail/Yahoo/GMail email accounts. How to check if somebody else is logging in to my email accounts? I mean Sometimes I send offline message to my Yahoo Messenger but when I log in to my yahoo ...
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How can I send from Hotmail with a different from address
I have set up an email forwarder, from let's say jon@example.com to jon@hotmail.com. Jon wants to be able to send email from within hotmail that appears to come from jon@example.com. How can you do ...
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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 See and Edit my Hotmail Rules?
(this is a question I had myself. I eventually found the answer, and hope that by posting it here, someone else will be saved the pain I had)
I have created a number of rules for moving mail into ...
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How to switch to the new hotmail?
I was recently informed that there was a new GUI for hotmail that uses Silverlight.
How do I switch to it?
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How to retrieve forgotten Hotmail password
I have forgotten my Hotmail account password. What is the procedure to retrieve my password?
Note that I'm not asking where the link is. I want to learn about the procedure (i.e. if they ask me about ...
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Free email portal with forwarding feature
I'm looking for a free email portal that supports forwarding my mail to my main email for free. What are some good solutions?
Gmail doesn't work because all the memorable email addresses under 10 ...
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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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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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Can't block spam email from a very specific email account on hotmail
I am receiving spam email from a specific email address for some time now. The email account has obviously been hijacked and abandoned. However that's not the problem. I have attempted to block this ...
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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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How to mark all unread email as read on hotmail
I have around 2K email as unread in hotmail. How can I mark all of then as read in one go?
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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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E-mail user services deletion account policy for inactive accounts?
Is there any deletion account policy for web based email services like Yahoo, MSN or Gmail?
For example if you don't access your account for a while will it be deleted?, will it be deactivated only? ...
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@hotmail.com or @live.com?
is there any difference between email accounts created with either domain?advantages disadvantages?. There must be a reason for Microsoft creating the @live.com domain.
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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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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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Email POP3 forwards from hotmail to gmail takes too long?
Hi I am forwarding email from my hotmail to gmail account. But it takes a lot of time from my hotmail to gmail. Typically its taking at least an hr before it arrives in my gmail when i have received ...
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In Hotmail, can I forward an email I've received as an attachment?
Does Hotmail let me forward an email as an attachment? When I try forward an email it reformats the contents and puts greater=than signs in front of every line.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How can people still be getting spam from a hotmail account that's been closed?
My wife had an old hotmail account which she recently closed. Some people that she used to communicate with from that account have recently been receiving spam emails from this account. I don't see ...
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Hotmail is sending Swedish characters ä, å and ö as E4, E5 and F6?
I've gotten complaints that the "Swedish characters" (ä, å, ö) are getting corrupted when I send e-mail through Hotmail. They show up as E4, E5 and F6 instead. The e-mail itself says ...
