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Do you still have a ‘Hotmail’ email address

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flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 10:57

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…

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AzureLurker · 28/03/2026 12:13

Still use mine, set up in 97 no shame. I'm an 'elder millenial' apparently.

Sittingonthefence83 · 28/03/2026 12:13

My 12 year old has a Hotmail.com so you can still get them!

Rowgtfc72 · 28/03/2026 12:13

Yup. Full name @ hotmail.com .
Didt realise it was an age thing!😁

Goldrill · 28/03/2026 12:11

Yep. First name and initial.

SerendipityJane · 28/03/2026 12:09

JetFlight · 28/03/2026 12:05

I have one which I use when signing up for certain things. My proper email address is a more modern one.

If you claim to work in IT, but aren't rocking your own domain, it raises eyebrows.

HisNotHes · 28/03/2026 12:09

Yep I’ve got one. It’s myfirstnamemysurname @hotmail.com. I have been congratulated in a shop for managing to get that 😅. I’ve had it since I got married nearly 25 years ago, before that I had the same but with my previous surname.

booksnbaking · 28/03/2026 12:08

I have three, one for work (freelancer and give no shits), one for spam, one for my side hustle. And because Hotmail is sometimes blocked as suspect, I also have an AOL address that took over from my very first email address evah, which was Compuserve. Some of my increasingly rare and precious brain cells are clogged up with the first ID of that address, about 15 digits. 🙄

RamsayBoltonsConscience · 28/03/2026 12:07

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 11:03

It's not quite as bad as an AOL email address, which I actually saw recently!

Who cares, as long as it works. But not for job applications 😬

Mine is aol….😉

JeepersItsTheKraken · 28/03/2026 12:07

Yep! Full name hotmail account, but i use my outlook one for the same account now

Lonelycrab · 28/03/2026 12:06

Yup I’m on hotmail dot com too, had it for 25 years now.

DeclineandFall · 28/03/2026 12:06

I got mine late 97 or early 98. I still use it as my main email. I consider it vintage.

JetFlight · 28/03/2026 12:05

I have one which I use when signing up for certain things. My proper email address is a more modern one.

PinkLeopard8 · 28/03/2026 12:04

I do, I also have a Gmail for convenience, but I like still having my Hotmail. We are the OG's 😂

Calliopespa · 28/03/2026 12:03

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 11:03

It's not quite as bad as an AOL email address, which I actually saw recently!

Who cares, as long as it works. But not for job applications 😬

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

TinglyandCurious · 28/03/2026 12:03

Sure do! Full name at Hotmail.com

I’m 41 and I’ve had since I was 16 ❤️ I also have a second one which is made up of a Tori Amos song lyric which I’ve had since I was 14 🤣

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 28/03/2026 12:03

Initials surname @ Hotmail.com

My actual first name + surname is a very famous stage name, and was not available.

Peridot1 · 28/03/2026 12:01

I have my full name @ hotmail.com too. Set up in late 90s on our first computer. No intention of changing it. I have a gmail one too but don’t use it for much.

The cheek of the younger generation telling us it’s old fashioned! We thought them to use a spoon and wipe their bums!

TheEasterBunny3 · 28/03/2026 12:00

Ive got an aol.com email address. Absolutely love it. My name & 2 numbers. So easy to remember, no-one misspells it & as everyone has it I'm not changing it ever.

AmadeustheAlpaca · 28/03/2026 11:59

I had no idea that this was a thing, I'm a Hotmail person. Is this a sinister marketing attempt by Google to subtly flood the Internet with the implication that Hotmail is deeply uncool and boring so that everyone sets up a Gmail account instead. Is this part of their bid to control everyone through their Gmail?
What email accounts are cool apart from Gmail? So many questions.

RaraRachael · 28/03/2026 11:59

I've always had a hotmail email address and have no intention of changing it.

What is the issue with it?

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 11:58

CountryMouse22 · 28/03/2026 11:45

Mine is AOL! I haven't changed it since 1997. Ought I to?

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No, treasure it as a vintage item! Just don't apply for any IT jobs 🫣😁

Redrosesposies · 28/03/2026 11:58

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 11:03

It's not quite as bad as an AOL email address, which I actually saw recently!

Who cares, as long as it works. But not for job applications 😬

Mines AOL🤣🤣🤣🤣

Takis · 28/03/2026 11:58

Yes I have a Hotmail.co.uk which I use every day, my 14 year old told me yesterday you apparently can’t make a .co.uk one anymore much to his disappointment

Dontlletmedownbruce · 28/03/2026 11:56

Have my full name including middle initial at .com. Registered in 1997. Anyone who sneers at it can F right off. If anything it shows that I was computer literate for decades before them.

Whatifitallgoesright · 28/03/2026 11:54

I have a Yahoo address which my son laughed at. I've needed to make another one for jobs and made another Yahoo one as I can't face something new. Now I realise that leaving age off CV will make no difference as they will know. Sigh.

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