Windows Live Hotmail is great: it’s fast, reliable and doesn’t require me to install any client application but a browser. But there are also things in Hotmail that annoy me. Marking mail as junk The Junk filters in Hotmail are very good, as they filter most unsolicited e-mail I receive.
Category: Hotmail
Acquired by Microsoft in 1997, Hotmail is today the second largest web-based free e-mail service available.
End of life for MSN Web Messenger: 30 June 2009
The Windows Live team has announced the end of life for MSN Web Messenger. Since Windows Live now supports instant messaging integrated into both Hotmail and People, there is no need to maintain 2 web messengers at the same time. Additionally, site owners are free to get their own web
Messenger in Hotmail: You got it now?
According to the most recent announcements, Messenger in Windows Live Hotmail is now available for customers in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the US. If you are living in one of these countries, you will now be able to chat with your Messenger contacts directly from your
Hotmail POP access now worldwide
After the unexpected Hotmail outage, POP access is now available to all Windows Live Hotmail customers worldwide! How to use POP with Hotmail I will show you the example of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, but other mail clients are similar. Click “Tools”, “Account Settings…”. On the “E-mail” tab, click “New…”.
Hotmail POPs up in some places
Windows Live Hotmail is rolling out a new build, including POP and SMTP access from any mail client (including iPhone). Hotmail has been supporting POP and SMTP for Hotmail Plus users for a while, but the demand for a general availablility of Hotmail POP access has been high, especially with
New Live Hotmail: Has Microsoft a hearing ear?
Since the roll-out of the new Windows Live Hotmail, there has been an enormous reaction of the users, mostly negative, as we see on the amount of comments to various blog posts on Windows Live Wire. Finally, it seems as if Microsoft was listening to their users and working on