Page 10 | Do you still have a ‘Hotmail’ email address

flagpolesitta · 2026-03-28T10:57:23+00:00

Keep seeing this mentioned on social media in videos or posts about being old 😳🤣 I have no plans to change my email but lots of people saying they hate giving their email address to people and having to say ‘@ hotmail.com’ I didn’t even realise new emails don’t still use this…

blondeascustard · 28/03/2026 13:08

1999 Hotmail.com, with my full name and an underscore. Geriatric millennial wisdom :)

RustyBear · 28/03/2026 13:07

I merged mine with outlook ages ago, but I really only use it for some services I’ve had for years, like Microsoft Office & my phone, because I can’t be bothered to switch them. Newer stuff has one of my various Gmail addresses - for example I have a different one for shopping online from my main one.

sunshinestar1986 · 28/03/2026 13:06

I have a yahoo.co.uk
And recently someone said to me, wow only other person that has one 😅

Sausagedog256 · 28/03/2026 13:06

Ohfudgeoff · 28/03/2026 11:06

But where else does one get an email address these days, if not Hotmail or AOL?!

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Google- gmail

PoorPhaedra · 28/03/2026 13:02

I have a Hotmail address - my full name with no numbers or full stops. Created in 2001. I also have the same mobile phone number that I got in 2002.

8943paula · 28/03/2026 13:01

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 12:55

Don't be ageist! I'm nearly 70 and don't use hotmail 🌞

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That’s because Boomers still use their internet provider’s domain email address, usually jointly with their spouse [email protected]

(I’m kidding!)

Dbank · 28/03/2026 12:59

My first email address was in 1984! (long since forgotten what it was)

Calliopespa · 28/03/2026 12:58

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 12:53

I had one. This brings back memories 🤓👵🏻

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That conjures up the sound of visiting my father at the office as a child!

MatronPomfrey · 28/03/2026 12:57

I changed from Hotmail.com to hotmail.co.uk when I got married, 17 years ago. Full name, no numbers or characters. I wasn’t aware it aged me.

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 12:55

8943paula · 28/03/2026 12:55

I suspect the real reason it’s seen as unprofessional is because it shows your age and the workplace is inherently ageist. If we actually dissected it fully that is, because assuming the email address doesn’t actually contain an emo song lyric, it shouldn’t be seen as unprofessional. But alas, there was a lot of commentary about the use of Hotmail addresses a few years ago and the usual generational abuse around it.

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Don't be ageist! I'm nearly 70 and don't use hotmail 🌞

8943paula · 28/03/2026 12:55

Namechangerage · 28/03/2026 12:51

Not unprofessional but a bit out of touch. I work in marketing and I just wouldn’t ever use an hotmail address. Switched to gmail in 2015ish. I still have access to my hotmail and use it for things like Vinted where you get millions of emails.

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And this just kind of proves my point really…

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 12:55

flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 12:24

why is it unprofessional?

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It's a bit like asking someone to connect on Friends Reunited 😁

8943paula · 28/03/2026 12:55

flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 12:24

why is it unprofessional?

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I suspect the real reason it’s seen as unprofessional is because it shows your age and the workplace is inherently ageist. If we actually dissected it fully that is, because assuming the email address doesn’t actually contain an emo song lyric, it shouldn’t be seen as unprofessional. But alas, there was a lot of commentary about the use of Hotmail addresses a few years ago and the usual generational abuse around it.

Howmanycatsistoomany · 28/03/2026 12:54

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

Yes, with my full name, no numbers/special characters, I'm that old 🤣

Same 😂

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 12:53

Calliopespa · 28/03/2026 12:03

Oh I remember those! Never had one, but they actually seemed quite techy!

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I had one. This brings back memories 🤓👵🏻

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MyOtherProfile · 28/03/2026 12:52

Hotmail.com here too. I only use it for commercial stuff, online shopping etc. I have a different email for personal use. All the spam goes to Hotmail.

imip · 28/03/2026 12:51

In the same vein, I have a four letter Mumsnet user name, which I think you haven’t been able to do for a while!

Namechangerage · 28/03/2026 12:51

flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 12:24

why is it unprofessional?

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Not unprofessional but a bit out of touch. I work in marketing and I just wouldn’t ever use an hotmail address. Switched to gmail in 2015ish. I still have access to my hotmail and use it for things like Vinted where you get millions of emails.

Callipygion · 28/03/2026 12:50

I’ve a hotmail.com one too. I didn’t realise it was now naff. I was just thinking the other day how lost I’d be if they stopped providing that service, everything is linked to it.

booksnbaking · 28/03/2026 12:47

JudgeJ · 28/03/2026 12:37

I raise you both with Encyclopedia Britannica, definitely hard copy and a tattered Roget's Thesaurus.

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I have three copies of Roget’s in various stages of disintegration; the older editions are the best. Yes to Britannica! And a 3-volume Webster’s from the 80s.

Do you remember when Microsoft brought out Encarta on a CD? Gobsmacking.

ChessieFL · 28/03/2026 12:45

Full name dot com here too. Still in my maiden name - every so often I think I should upgrade but I really can’t be arsed with the hassle of working out how to set up a new email address, how to add it to my phone, and then updating all the accounts I’ve got with the new email. I’ve had it since about 1997 and it’s part of me now.

I’ve also had the same mobile number for at least 20 years.

I did read somewhere (no idea if it’s true) that some companies price higher for customers with a Hotmail address - because it shows we’re set in our ways and less likely to change things, so they take the gamble we won’t move and will just suck up the higher prices.

welshpolarbear · 28/03/2026 12:43

Yes, I have a Hotmail.com and a hotmail.co.uk both in my full name! Ha ha.

Takis · 28/03/2026 12:42

fuuuuckthis · 28/03/2026 12:39

Hotmail.com from 1995 and still in use as my main email address 🤣
As a pp said, I have found some places don't accept it, so i grudgingly have a Gmail back up

What places out of interest as I haven’t found anywhere that doesnt accept it?

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 28/03/2026 12:40

I did once have one, but can't remember when I stopped using it - I think I had login problems so opened up a Yahoo one instead. This being over 20 years ago. It may still be in existence, no idea!

ChaToilLeam · 28/03/2026 12:40

I have a hotmail.com of late 90s vintage. Don't care if it makes me look old! I think it rather marks me out as an early adopter. 😉