M$ saying good-bye to Hotmail

RomBUS

First time hearing about this...Microsoft will be shutting down the Hotmail name and its new moniker will be...Outlook.com

I believe if you sign up for Outlook.com using your old Hotmail username you will still be able to access your kept email and still enjoy the new features (I am guessing the domain email will be username@outlook.com instead)

I saw a few screenshots and it looks like the Hotmail view in the Windoes 8 betas...not a bad look but I didn't want to see Hotmail go.

Read for more info: Microsoft previews Hotmail successor, Outlook.com | Microsoft - CNET News

RouteThisWay

That is pretty cool it supports ActiveSync.

I can hear my mother now- "I have this there Outlook account and it isn't working in my Outlook!"

blargoe

I made sure to sign up for my first intital + lastname @outlook.com before someone snatched it up.

Devilry

blargoe wrote: »

I made sure to sign up for my first intital + lastname @outlook.com before someone snatched it up.

me too!

RouteThisWay

man, mine was taken. my first.last was taken too. So I did lastname+first initial, that worked.

qwertyiop

good idea, i just reserved mine, dont think it will get much use but i have it

demonfurbie

same got firstname.lastname

pizzaboy

thanks guys just reserved mine too.

N2IT

Hey thanks for the heads up! I got patrick_wheeler my wife did get the . in her naming convention.

Cheers!

Vik210

If you are upgrading (read change) your existing hotmail.com to outlook.com, you wont be able to send mails from your hotmail.com id using a mobile device..
once changed to outlook.com, you can still select your old hotmail.com id as "From" while sending email using browser but mobile devices (android/ apple) start sending emails from outlook.com.
also, if you are using old android device (where you have configured hotmail as exchange using m.hotmail.com) its not going to work anymore. you have to switch to "hotmail" application.

erpadmin

I did first.last couldn't do f initial-last name.

I might use this exclusively for resumes...this is much better than hotmail (currently I use my current edu address.)

nel

looks like my gmail in all honesty.

dave330i

Couldn't quite get first.last name, but got it close enough.

dmoore44

I picked up my first.last as well - and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the outlook.com service. Once it's a little more fleshed out, I may consider switching away from gmail - Microsoft says that they're concerned with privacy... We'll see how that works out.

Bokeh

Got first initial, middle initial and last name. Other combo was taken.

MAC_Addy

Woot. Got my firstname.lastname e-mail addy.

eserfeliz

Thanks for the heads up. I got first_last@outlook.com

SteveLord

In there like swimwear.

Brain_Power

Just snagged mine!

Xcluziv

Got my outlook id a few days ago....fist.lastname *SCORE*

demonfurbie

Xcluziv wrote: »

Got my outlook id a few days ago....fist.lastname *SCORE*

fist.lastname ... are you in fightclub?? we are not suppose to be talking about that now are we....

Roguetadhg

I got my first non-embarrassing email account. Whoo.

Devilsbane

Are they going to force everyone with a hotmail to migrate to the new domain or just redirect people to the outlook.com site and allow you to login with the old domain like how you can use a @live.com or @hotmail.com with hotmail currently.

elderkai

I would have used my first initial and last name, but that comes out as coxley. Doesn't really look professional. I chose businesscard@outlook.com. It'll be the email I put on business cards.

XiaoTech

Not a bad idea to sign up for a first name grab. I'm surprised I got it, considering how common my name is. Now, whether I'll actually use this is a completely different story. Maybe I can use this one to apply to jobs for instead of my gmail one with numbers.

Roguetadhg

my hotmail account still works. I still get plenty of 'little blue pills' ads. I must also be popular since a lot of hotties want to talk to me.

gabypr

I had my hotmail account since 1997, but i was able to rename it to the first 4 letters of my name plus my birth year.