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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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Rhaenys · 28/03/2026 21:45

I’m lucky that I chose a sensible email address as a teenager, so have had the same one for over 20 years now. I have had a work email address that was gmail, but that just felt wrong. 😂

CuriousAries · 28/03/2026 21:42

Is msn.com just as bad/old?

SabrinaThwaite · 28/03/2026 21:33

UniquePinkSwan · 28/03/2026 21:30

My DH still has Hotmail. When he says his email for shops etc I get embarrassed. He won’t change it though.

That sounds like more of a you problem.

StripedPillowcase · 28/03/2026 21:31

I have 2 Hotmail.com addresses, one with underscores and middle initial, so albertinaqfothersham, and one that is middlenamemotherssurname that I use to register for stuff that is likely to result in spam.

I also have 2 Gmail addresses for work, one with legal name and one with professional name.

UniquePinkSwan · 28/03/2026 21:30

My DH still has Hotmail. When he says his email for shops etc I get embarrassed. He won’t change it though.

Tipsowner · 28/03/2026 21:29

No.

Itsallsostressful · 28/03/2026 21:28

Farewelltothatid · 28/03/2026 11:16

My son has a Hotmail email address. I don't see a problem.

Until I ditched Virgin Media 3 years ago I still had an ntlworld.com email address dating back to early 1990s.

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I've still got an ntlworld.com email address as my mail email !!!!

CatInACatnipComa · 28/03/2026 21:21

Full name no numbers at Hotmail dot com. From 1998 or 99!

Wonderlandpeony · 28/03/2026 21:12

Yes for around twenty years now, and do feel slightly embarassed using it as never notice anyone having one these days. Now this post has confirmed it I am officially uncool!

AnonSugar · 28/03/2026 21:11

I’m a Hotmail.co.uk girl 🤣😩

ImMissingMum · 28/03/2026 21:08

bugalugs45 · 28/03/2026 11:03

Yes , a co.uk one though , my brother still has the original .com from late 90s!

I have a dot.com Hotmail email, and it's my full name and it's linked to bloody everything so I don't even care if it means I'm old lol.

ElinorDashwood68 · 28/03/2026 21:08

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Same!

Covidwoes · 28/03/2026 21:06

@SeriousTissuesI can hear Joanna Lumley now - “Welcome to AOL!” 😂

Xsunshinelollipopsx · 28/03/2026 21:04

I’m 44 Hotmail.commer
my dads 72 with OG mobile phone number 😂

Covidwoes · 28/03/2026 21:02

Yes! 😂😂 How old are you all? I am 40!

macaroni234 · 28/03/2026 21:01

This had past me by. I have name @hotmail.combut also have a gmail email. I might have to start using that as my main one!

I also have the OG Boots card. Somehow never lost it. It’s got to be about 30 years old??

SeriousTissues · 28/03/2026 20:54

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 😬

I have an AOL email address!!

Xsunshinelollipopsx · 28/03/2026 20:31

I’m a Hotmail.com OG and its and underscore to my maiden name and age from when I set it up!
my dad still has his first and only mobile phone number, he had to add a 7 a while back

OhMyMirror · 28/03/2026 20:19

Mine is so old its @hotmail.co.uk 😂 I've had the same Ebay account for 23 years as well (using that email)

RantyRant3555 · 28/03/2026 20:05

Yep first last .com Hotmail. I remember when I set it up it offered you variations of your name for the address. My name isn’t easy to spell so in some ways quite useful because if they have my name correct it’s easy just to copy over.

GreyfriarsJobbies · 28/03/2026 19:55

flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 12:24

why is it unprofessional?

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It's not, that's just people who've watched too much of the Apprentice and who you wouldn't want to get sat next to at a wedding talking absolute bollocks. I've had the same [email protected] email address as my main (and basically only) non-work one since the turn of the century and I seem to have done alright as a corporate lawyer.

SabrinaThwaite · 28/03/2026 19:48

The PILs still have a netscape.net account.

MrsResponder · 28/03/2026 19:47

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Same! I remember feeling so very cutting edge getting it in an Internet cafe too.

CountryMouse22 · 28/03/2026 19:43

Beachtastic · 28/03/2026 11:58

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

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That's OK then, I won't be applying for any jobs, IT or otherwise!

JackJarvisEsq · 28/03/2026 19:42

My MIL still has an fsnet one I’m sure

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