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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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RedPony1 · 30/03/2026 10:40

still have my firstnamesurname @ hotmail.com address from 2000 too.

It's my only email address outside of work and yes i use it on my CV. No idea why that would be an issue! They can work out my rough age by my work history anyway....

ladyofshertonabbas · 30/03/2026 10:31

I do. Doesn't that make us early adopters, ie cool? I got it in 1997.

SerendipityJane · 30/03/2026 10:28

Cyclistmumgrandma · 29/03/2026 22:23

I run our local choir website. We cannot sent to Hotmail or Outlook emails as they detect that the message is coming from a mailing list and delete it before it even hits the spam folder. As info about rehearsals and arrangements for upcoming concerts go out by email, it can cause problems.

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Well that is another problem with using Someone Elses Tech.

You are subject to their spam/scam detection. Which can lose genuine emails without your realising.

Cyclistmumgrandma · 29/03/2026 22:23

Catisheavyonmylap · 28/03/2026 11:14

Which websites? Can’t say I’ve had any issues, but then I do tend to use hide my email a lot.

I run our local choir website. We cannot sent to Hotmail or Outlook emails as they detect that the message is coming from a mailing list and delete it before it even hits the spam folder. As info about rehearsals and arrangements for upcoming concerts go out by email, it can cause problems.

Witsend2025 · 29/03/2026 21:35

Mine's full name and hotmail.co.uk. Didn't realise that showed my age!

Nuffpills · 29/03/2026 21:24

I never realised that people judge you by your email address! Do I care?…absolutely not !

Watchingthechaseagain · 29/03/2026 21:18

I have a .com. Just checked, oldest email saved is from 2006. It’s one of the chain joke emails that used to be sent via work emails. We don‘t see them any more, security tighter everywhere.

bitterexwife · 29/03/2026 20:09

Yep, [email protected]

writingsonthewall · 29/03/2026 19:42

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Same

Tipsowner · 29/03/2026 19:41

My first email address was numeric. xxxxx.1244@ compuserve/com.

EBearhug · 29/03/2026 19:36

CountryMouse22 · 29/03/2026 18:36

Do you think AOL will ever withdraw support from the emails facility? I wouldn't know what do!

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AOL doesn't exist any more, but the email part is currently owned by an Italian company.

Silvers11 · 29/03/2026 19:35

ThisRainbowWriter · 29/03/2026 19:32

Errr I still have an msn.com email address.

I posted earlier - Me too!! Not a lot of us about 😁

ThisRainbowWriter · 29/03/2026 19:32

Errr I still have an msn.com email address.

Beachtastic · 29/03/2026 19:26

MrsRonaldWeasley · 29/03/2026 19:19

Why not for job applications?? Genuine question.

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Ohhh, take no notice of me 🫣 I realised later I was just being weird!!!

Snackkers · 29/03/2026 19:22

Mine is that old it’s Hotmail.co.uk
but I use to have a fsmail.
so I still feel this is my new one.

MrsRonaldWeasley · 29/03/2026 19:19

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 😬

Why not for job applications?? Genuine question.

DaisyOzzy13 · 29/03/2026 19:15

Full maiden name.co.uk had it since 2002. Use it daily and its linked to everything. Have no plans to change it

Jok77 · 29/03/2026 19:13

I have a hotmail.co.uk address- don't use it often but still there. Hubby has an AOL address that he's used for donkeys years!

Runnersandtoms · 29/03/2026 19:12

Mine is the one I set up in 1998 after getting my first ever email address in 1997 which was my uni one. I wouldn't change it because literally everything in my life is linked to it. And I still have emails saved which were between me and DH when we were engaged and I was abroad for months at a time. 😍
I have several other email addresses too including gmail but they aren't my main one.

DecoratingDiva · 29/03/2026 19:12

I have one that pre-dates Hotmail!

Others have come & gone but I’m still using my original 🤣🤣

Imalittleelf · 29/03/2026 19:08

Yup same one I set up at age 15.... I am over 40 🤣

Mumtobabyhavoc · 29/03/2026 18:56

StripedPillowcase · 29/03/2026 11:47

@Mumtobabyhavoc You can use named folders rather than labels in Gmail and file everything neatly away.

I can't seem to figure that out. 😵‍💫

SerendipityJane · 29/03/2026 18:51

CountryMouse22 · 29/03/2026 18:36

Do you think AOL will ever withdraw support from the emails facility? I wouldn't know what do!

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One presumes someone, somewhere is making money from it.

I'll leave it to others to work out how.

CountryMouse22 · 29/03/2026 18:36

Do you think AOL will ever withdraw support from the emails facility? I wouldn't know what do!

Huxhux · 29/03/2026 17:19

I still have an msn.com email - no plans to change it anytime!