Page 4 | Do you still have a ‘Hotmail’ email address

BeAmberZebra · 29/03/2026 00:34

MermaidMummy06 · 28/03/2026 22:43

Technically I do, but I've put an outlook.com alias over it. I never use the Hotmail email. I only use it for disposable emails or places I think will spam me. I have a Gmail for most things.

I work in finance and a lot of providers won't accept Hotmail as it's not secure enough.

Wasn’t aware of this. I had a very strange issue with a theatre I attend when I simply wasn’t receiving e mails from them although they were adamant they had sent them. Changed to an outlook address and everything than worked perfectly. Though it odd at the time. Would be interested if a techy type could explain.

RedTiger211 · 29/03/2026 00:24

I have an msn.com address from way back in the last century!

Shinyhappyapple · 29/03/2026 00:16

FredaFox · 28/03/2026 14:34

I find the joint emails more cringe than hotmail eg SarahAndAndy@xxxx get one each 🤣

Our first email address was like this @ blueyonder.co.uk

My main email is Outlook but it’s an @live.co.uk one rather than Hotmail. I don’t know what this says about me!

mumof1or2 · 28/03/2026 23:52

xOlive · 28/03/2026 10:59

As if our skinny jeans and side partings weren’t enough of a giveaway, we now need to be self-conscious about our email addresses? 😂

I had no idea my side parting was showing my age! Now I think about it, youngsters DO all have centre partings. Learn something new everyday..

LadyLolaRuben · 28/03/2026 23:51

I have a yahoo account

MMBaranova · 28/03/2026 23:44

My hotmail.es must be 19 years old. I was at school in Spain when I made it, before coming back to the UK for A-Levels? It is used for various registrations and I keep the inbox ruthlessly empty.

Some subsequent email addresses are long forgotten, but I like keeping this one on.

Do you still have a ‘Hotmail’ email address

Emeraldforest · 28/03/2026 23:44

Yes a .com one, I am old though. I don't care!

celticprincess · 28/03/2026 23:36

I’m sure when I set up my Hotmail account pre 2000 most people didn’t use their real name. I set mine up to go on msn chat rooms at uni and used a nickname instead of my real name. I work in a job where people have to send their email address for a particular course they do and we have had some funny emails from the old days that are more nickname like and actually not ones most people would use nowadays.

JaceLancs · 28/03/2026 23:16

lingmerth · 28/03/2026 16:19

Anyone got a blueyonder email address?

Yes I know a few - but they are always older than me and I’m 60+

Harpertron · 28/03/2026 23:06

I still use my full name hotmail.com and have earned the years for the use of it. Nowt wrong with being there at the beginning!

Firefly1987 · 28/03/2026 23:02

CoffeeInTheClouds · 28/03/2026 22:30

Exactly the same is happening to me today!

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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!

dalecooper · 28/03/2026 23:02

Yes I still have a .com one that is now my secondary account but still gets used regularly for many things. It is 27/28 years old. I still didn’t manage to get my first name and last name though! Mine is my middle name and maiden name. I vividly remember setting it up at work on the one computer that had the internet on it.

mondaytosunday · 28/03/2026 22:56

Uh yes. One kid has Hotmail one has outlook.com though, and we all have gmail.com addresses.

chattyness · 28/03/2026 22:48

Yes , still have mine. It's co.uk though

Inwhitelights · 28/03/2026 22:45

Moonnstarz · 28/03/2026 11:18

I didn't realise having a Hotmail address was a problem or that it made you old 🙈

Same… 😬

MermaidMummy06 · 28/03/2026 22:43

Technically I do, but I've put an outlook.com alias over it. I never use the Hotmail email. I only use it for disposable emails or places I think will spam me. I have a Gmail for most things.

I work in finance and a lot of providers won't accept Hotmail as it's not secure enough.

tommyhoundmum · 28/03/2026 22:39

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…

I still have yahoo.

nj32 · 28/03/2026 22:36

Me too, full name (maiden name)
Com, from around 1996

CoffeeInTheClouds · 28/03/2026 22:30

Firefly1987 · 28/03/2026 21:50

Yeah am thinking of changing soon though. Every time I try to log in recently it tells me "you've tried to sign in too many times" even though I haven't cynical me thinks it's a ploy to get me to switch to a passkey or something.

Exactly the same is happening to me today!

TheABC · 28/03/2026 22:11

I keep mine out out of fondness. I have others but I know at some point it will be some old it will be retro, and therefore cool.

k1233 · 28/03/2026 22:00

I'm so old my hotmail address is my first and last name. I recently had to get a new licence number due to being impacted by three major data breaches and am ticked I've now got a "current" number.

FlipFlopVibe · 28/03/2026 21:52

I don’t just have a hotmail email address, I have an MSN one!!! 😂🫣

Firefly1987 · 28/03/2026 21:50

Yeah am thinking of changing soon though. Every time I try to log in recently it tells me "you've tried to sign in too many times" even though I haven't cynical me thinks it's a ploy to get me to switch to a passkey or something.

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 28/03/2026 21:49

Surprised Hotmail is still about.
Thought it had been consigned to Noah's Ark.

SwedishEdith · 28/03/2026 21:47

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.

Is that Tiscali?