Page 3 | Do you still have a ‘Hotmail’ email address

GoldenCupsatHarvestTime · 29/03/2026 14:52

Yes I do. I don’t particularly care.. I’m only 30. I have 3 outlook, 3 gmails, hotmail and my work and university emails.

lingmerth · 29/03/2026 14:51

@JaceLancsinteresting. I’m in your age bracket!

lingmerth · 29/03/2026 14:48

@TheBirdintheCave it’s mine too! Bet we’re a similar age 😂

TheBirdintheCave · 29/03/2026 14:22

lingmerth · 28/03/2026 16:19

Anyone got a blueyonder email address?

My dad does! It’s still his primary email :)

SerendipityJane · 29/03/2026 14:16

Jaybail · 29/03/2026 13:40

No one needs my email address to know I am old. A working pair of eyes will tell them! And so what? My age, my email address, my weight, my shoe size, my sexual orientation etc etc don't define me, I define me. I don't concern myself with how that makes me look to other people.

Tell me you have never worked in marketing without telling me you have never worked in marketing 😀

MildlyAnnoyed · 29/03/2026 14:03

I didn’t know we weren’t supposed to! I have a ‘fullname’@hotmail.com email address & I have no intention to change it 🤣

Jaybail · 29/03/2026 13:40

No one needs my email address to know I am old. A working pair of eyes will tell them! And so what? My age, my email address, my weight, my shoe size, my sexual orientation etc etc don't define me, I define me. I don't concern myself with how that makes me look to other people.

ImogenBrocklehurst · 29/03/2026 13:26

Hotmail.co.uk, thank you very much!

cornflakecrunchie · 29/03/2026 13:04

Used to have an Opera & an Orange account too, now deceased!

cornflakecrunchie · 29/03/2026 13:03

Still got a couple of hotmail addresses, bit of a nightmare though, sometimes problems signing in, seem to attract lots of spam too. I've got a gmail account, HATE it, only used it once or twice, can't stand how it's laid out.
Decided to look for another & PAY for it, it's negligible. It's secure & I can depend on it.

SerendipityJane · 29/03/2026 12:13

Newthreadnewme11 · 29/03/2026 09:22

Oh no, really?? What’s the alternative? Genuine question. I’ve got hotmail.com

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If you don't own the domain (the bit after the "@") then you are at the mercy of whoever does. They are under no obligation to continue subsidising you, and can either start charging for the privilege or worse still just stop doing it.

I can't see hotmail disappearing to be fair. But it will be reading all your emails to train MS "AI". Just as long as you know.

I got a domain under my grown-up name so [email protected] is what my professional face looks like. The nice thing about this is you can create as many email addresses as you like. So [email protected], [email protected] etc. And that makes it trivial to see who has lied and sold my data without permission. (Which is currently 100% of companies over 15 years).

I used a fake hotmail account to sign up to X and Facebook and LinkedIn when they all started. And that account is still live and active. So you can know that at least one "user" on those platforms is fake.

StripedPillowcase · 29/03/2026 11:47

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

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/03/2026 10:57

I had no idea it was an issue

moomoo1967 · 29/03/2026 09:44

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…

Yes plus Outlook plus google

Newthreadnewme11 · 29/03/2026 09:22

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.

Oh no, really?? What’s the alternative? Genuine question. I’ve got hotmail.com

GloiredeDijon · 29/03/2026 08:45

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Me too.
I like it.

Rudicoolcat · 29/03/2026 08:41

Martymcfly24 · 28/03/2026 11:01

Yep with the year I set it up in😬😬😬 it starts with a 1.

Me too...😁🤣

CoffeeInTheClouds · 29/03/2026 08:20

Firefly1987 · 28/03/2026 23:02

It's annoying isn't it! It was happening a couple months ago then it stopped for a bit and now it's back. I love how they make out it's our fault when it's clearly their issue!

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Driving me nuts!

They should know that those of us who are old enough to have 'hotmail' addresses are dinosaurs and can't be bothered with pass keys, authenticator apps, biometrics or any if the other weird ways they have created to access our messages!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 29/03/2026 08:11

Yep, me too. I like the layout and being able to create files. Also have gmail because I had to have something other than hotmail to reg my kids for school. Annoying, that. Don't like all email on main page and labels system - too overwhelming to see emails just sitting there from all different categories. I want to put them away. 😤

Egypt500 · 29/03/2026 07:18

@SerendipityJanenever thought of that! I do remember MSN Messenger being a thing though

Readytoescape · 29/03/2026 07:17

I recently looked at job vacancies and did see on a local government site that they do not accept applications from Hotmail etc it blew my mind. Hotmail is my main email. Feeling I have to change this along with my jeans and outdated makeup that has had an upgrade. Why do things have to change if they work!

ErwinsCat · 29/03/2026 07:08

Xmasshoppinghell · 28/03/2026 11:05

Mine is Hotmail.co.uk. Not sure if that’s worse. People always trying to correct it to .com

Me too, initials surname at hotmail.co.uk

At the time, it never occurred to me not to use my name!

liveforsummer · 29/03/2026 06:46

I got locked out of my original .com hotmail. I remember being furious when it would only let me set up a .co.uk instead which is what I still have. My friend still has her original yahoo address which is her teenage nickname followed by the number 69 (thought we were hilarious when setting that up 😆) She’s now very sensible with a very responsible job and am amazed she’s still happily hading that out for all kinds of things.

GeorginaWilby · 29/03/2026 04:19

I commented earlier about having a hotmail.com address since 1996, with the same password for 20 years, which was 'lol'. Just my name, and a three letter password! I still have my first emails saved from 1996, does anyone else? I'm in my 70's now and wonder what will happen to my hotmail account when I'm dead.

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/03/2026 02:22

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/03/2026 11:00

😄😄 yeah, full name at Hotmail.com

Same