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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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superchick · 28/03/2026 11:52

Yep [email protected] my parents have the same because I set theirs up too. I have a Gmail address but thats just use to set up my phone and link to Google services and my kids.

SerendipityJane · 28/03/2026 11:52

I got mine in 1996. It's still "live", as in receiving things I can't be arsed to unsubscribe from. However I'm not keen on being in thrall to someone elses services. A lot of people have come unstuck relying on 3rd party email providers.

RealEagle · 28/03/2026 11:51

CountryMouse22 · 28/03/2026 11:45

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

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I’ve got an aol one aswell 😂 but i’ve also got icloud aswell

ruethewhirl · 28/03/2026 11:50

I have one, but it's from so long ago I can't remember it, and there's little to no chance I'd remember the password. Hope I haven't missed any offers of a fortune from Nigerian princes and the like.

JoanChitty · 28/03/2026 11:49

I have a Hotmail.co.uk email but my Dh has a whsmithnet.co.uk email. I cannot be bothered to change it.

Yogisunflower91 · 28/03/2026 11:48

Yes I still have mine, cannot be bothered to change it, as it’s linked to EVERYTHING 😅

NewZebra · 28/03/2026 11:47

hazelberry · 28/03/2026 11:07

Mines an original .com address.

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Mine too! It even has part of a very 90’s band name in there too 😂 I’ve had it since I was 13 and use it for everything still.

ElizabethsTailor · 28/03/2026 11:47

It’s definitely retro cool.

I set mine up so long ago that it is just (common) first name and first letter of surname @ hotmail.com

I still work in cutting edge tech and use it when professional networking.

CountryMouse22 · 28/03/2026 11:46

vitahelp · 28/03/2026 11:43

I’ve got a Hotmail email address but really don’t care what the kids think as those haircuts the lads have look fucking stupid 😂

Yes with those stupid fringes. Must get greasy and pimply underneath!

Fransgran · 28/03/2026 11:45

hazelberry · 28/03/2026 11:07

Mines an original .com address.

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Mine too! I don't care what anyone says about it. I have another but never use it.

Chuffingcupboard · 28/03/2026 11:45

I was talking to the bank yesterday who wanted to confirm my email was still valid...yes, [email protected] it since 2000 when I moved jobs.
I do have a Gmail too but don't use it much.
10 years ago I was told not to use it on a CV as it was old fashioned...

PashaMinaMio · 28/03/2026 11:45

Mine sounds Italian!
Youngsters can’t spell it. It’s very very old.
Full.name@italian sounding domain.co.uk
It’s rather sophisticated. I have no desire to change it.

CountryMouse22 · 28/03/2026 11:45

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

LashesZ · 28/03/2026 11:44

Yes - I proudly own a Hotmail.com email. What even are the other alternatives??

sharkstale · 28/03/2026 11:44

Yep, full name with year of birth @hotmail.co.uk🤣 and I do realise it makes me sound so old when I give it out, but this thread has made me feel rather proud of it 😂

vitahelp · 28/03/2026 11:43

I’ve got a Hotmail email address but really don’t care what the kids think as those haircuts the lads have look fucking stupid 😂

Rec0veringAcademic · 28/03/2026 11:43

NormasArse · 28/03/2026 11:00

Me too! Set up in, I think 2001?

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2004, in my case 😎Set up at a computer I had to queue up for at uni 😅

ToadRage · 28/03/2026 11:42

Until a few years ago when I got married I was using the same totally random hotmail one I'd used throughout my teens and twenties. When shops started asking for email addresses rather than giving paper receipts, I'd always get a little chuckle. I now use protonmail with a much more professional sounding name, but at the time i opened the hotmail one i was 15 and wanted something totally random.

lurkingfromhome · 28/03/2026 11:42

Yup, full (maiden) name and hotmail.com and it's the only email address I've ever had apart from work ones. I couldn't face changing it when gmail came along and now I'm old enough not to care.

LadyOfLymeHouse · 28/03/2026 11:42

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Me too 😆

Auroraloves · 28/03/2026 11:41

Yes, it’s even in my maiden name that’s how old it is

SerendipityJane · 28/03/2026 11:38

My first ever email address was .ac.uk in 198x

Balloonhearts · 28/03/2026 11:37

Yep. An original .com one with my last name and first initial. No numbers.

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 28/03/2026 11:36

Yes but it’s masked as outlook under my married name. Like PP’s though, it’s a very pure address - Initial Initial Surname - no chance of that anywhere else now

Andepeda · 28/03/2026 11:36

I'm so old I don't even know what Hotmail is.