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Harry72

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    win hot mail verses outlook accts
    « on: November 28, 2018, 07:59:55 PM »
    win 10 dropped windows live and went to outlook and I lost my hot mail acct.
    What can I do to get my information back?

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    Re: win hot mail verses outlook accts
    « Reply #1 on: November 28, 2018, 10:22:14 PM »
    Not sure if Microsoft themselves are any help with this... I lost my hotmail account a few years ago. Stopped using it and they tombstoned it on me. Last I heard hotmail was dead too. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotmail-no-microsoft-outlook-email-services-explained/

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    Re: win hot mail verses outlook accts
    « Reply #2 on: November 29, 2018, 01:45:57 AM »
    I have  e-mail with both services:
    HOTMAIL.COM
    LIVE.COM
    Both of the above behave as standard POP3 services. So I use Thunderbird as my local e-mail client on my Windows systems.I use the portable version, which lets me use it on different versions of Windows.
    Here are some settings.
    pop3.live.com   port 995 using  SSL/TLS   standard password.

    For sending mail I use the settings for my local ISP. They require that i not use any other. However, the  user sees my Microsoft address and my e-mail.

    Most e-mail servers will let you use a local e-mail client for pop3 stuff.
    Consult the Thunderbird documentation for more information.



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    Re: win hot mail verses outlook accts
    « Reply #3 on: December 12, 2018, 12:57:41 PM »
    win 10 dropped windows live and went to outlook and I lost my hot mail acct.
    How do you know you lost your hotmail account?  When you were actively using your hotmail account, how did you access it? 

    Windows 10 has a mail app; it simply called Mail.  And, it can be used to access hotmail. 

    To access your hotmail via web browser, go to https://outlook.live.com/owa/   From there, you can sign in to your hotmail account with your hotmail email address and your username.