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Hoping888

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    Linked Hotmail Account
    « on: April 13, 2011, 06:33:19 AM »
    If two hotmail accounts are linked can you sign in as either account and access the other or is it only one way?

    If it is two way, can this be changed so you can only access from one? 

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    Allan

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    Re: Linked Hotmail Account
    « Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 06:50:02 AM »
    Please do not post the same question more than once. I deleted the duplicate.
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      Re: Linked Hotmail Account
      « Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 06:52:51 AM »
      Sorry, I realised I had put it in the wrong topic so was trying to correct it and delete the wrong post.  Now the original post is still in the wrong topic...
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      Re: Linked Hotmail Account
      « Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 06:53:32 AM »
      Also please refrain from posting in the FAQ Solutions section as well...
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        Re: Linked Hotmail Account
        « Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 06:54:26 AM »
        I didn't ???
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        Re: Linked Hotmail Account
        « Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 06:59:03 AM »
        Quote from: Hoping888 on April 13, 2011, 06:52:51 AM
        Sorry, I realised I had put it in the wrong topic so was trying to correct it and delete the wrong post.  Now the original post is still in the wrong topic...
        It's fine where it is. If anyone can help they'll find it here, I promise. :)
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        Re: Linked Hotmail Account
        « Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 07:06:03 AM »
        You did...i took the liberty of moving it here...

        At any rate i believe even though linked you still have to log in each seperately...
        Otherwise it would pose a security nightmare on their end...
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        Re: Linked Hotmail Account
        « Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 09:43:25 AM »
        Per http://explore.live.com/windows-live-hotmail-other-accounts-mail-ui , you can pull mail from other accounts into Hotmail but those must be POP-enabled accounts.  And, oddly, that does not include another Hotmail account since Hotmail can not be POP-enabled, i.e. to work like a POP account.  So, as patio mentioned, what you want to do with two Hotmail accounts won't work. 
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          Re: Linked Hotmail Account
          « Reply #8 on: April 14, 2011, 06:10:03 AM »
          It seems that if I sign into my hotmail I can see a friends but I don't know their password at all!  Does this mean they can see my emails now? 
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          Re: Linked Hotmail Account
          « Reply #9 on: April 14, 2011, 08:36:12 AM »
          Quote from: Hoping888 on April 14, 2011, 06:10:03 AM
          I can see a friends ...
          Exactly what can you see?  Can you see their emails? 
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          Re: Linked Hotmail Account
          « Reply #10 on: April 14, 2011, 09:33:09 AM »
          Somehow i doubt it...
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          Re: Linked Hotmail Account
          « Reply #11 on: April 14, 2011, 10:41:59 AM »
          Quote from: patio on April 14, 2011, 09:33:09 AM
          Somehow i doubt it...
          Yeah, I suspect he has a Messenger account and may be seeing the usernames of other Messenger users.  But, I'm sure he won't/can't see email messages of other Hotmail users, even if those users also have a Messenger account and he sees their Messenger name on some screen within Hotmail when he's using it.
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            Re: Linked Hotmail Account
            « Reply #12 on: April 14, 2011, 06:49:50 PM »
            No, I can see their whole email account with various folders including inbox, sent, deleted etc.  Like I have signed in as them but I have only signed into mine and don't know their password.  It isn't messenger.  My concern is that can they see all of my mailbox?
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            Re: Linked Hotmail Account
            « Reply #13 on: April 14, 2011, 07:03:59 PM »
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            I can see their whole email account with various folders including inbox, sent, deleted etc.
            Can you open their messages and read them?  I may be asking you for a screen print to confirm what you're saying since what it just isn't believable. 
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              Re: Linked Hotmail Account
              « Reply #14 on: April 14, 2011, 07:09:31 PM »
              Yes I can see all their emails, read them, see sent ones, see attachments, look at their calendar, EVERYTHING!  I'd rather not post a screen shot just for security but I can see their hotmail account the same as I see my own and can do everything.  If I open a hotmail sign in page and try and sign in as them I can't as I don't know the password but if I sign in as me and then go into theirs it's ALL there! 

              Obviously this is why I'm so worried about what's going on and just the security in general. 
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