Page 8 | Do you still have a ‘Hotmail’ email address

PyongyangKipperbang · 28/03/2026 15:11

Yep, had it since 1999!

ETA mine is .com too!

Butchyrestingface · 28/03/2026 15:10

I have a Hotmail and Yahoo email account. I couldn't GAF what people think.

SerendipityJane · 28/03/2026 15:09

Losted · 28/03/2026 12:23

No, because I got locked out a few months ago due to "suspicious activity" and cannot recover the account despite answering all of their recovery questions correctly

Pain in the arse.

It's a perennial danger ... at the end of the day you don't own it.

Wishingplenty · 28/03/2026 15:09

I have a Yahoo account, I was told several months ago that it was old fashioned. How on earth can an email account be old fashioned? but there you are!

Dontlletmedownbruce · 28/03/2026 15:04

Schoolchoicesucks · 28/03/2026 14:26

I lost my hotmail address. My main one is yahoo. I do have a gmail as well but that's the one I give for spam and mailing lists.
Side partings, double spaced typing and hotmail/yahoo email adresses give away my age as much as my crows feet.

This is news to me... what do you mean about side partings? Surely you part you hair the way is falls naturally? And what's the deal with double spaces. Do youngsters use single or 1.5?

Honestly most young people I know are not very computer literate at all. They only know how to consume. Obviously depends on the industry but I've often been surprised by teen DS or young colleagues at work being a bit clueless about admin.

Mummyoflittledragon · 28/03/2026 14:41

I also have a hotmail.com set up late 1990s. No plans to change it. I set it up with bloody underscore in it, which was the rage at the time…

FredaFox · 28/03/2026 14:34

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

Schoolchoicesucks · 28/03/2026 14:26

I lost my hotmail address. My main one is yahoo. I do have a gmail as well but that's the one I give for spam and mailing lists.
Side partings, double spaced typing and hotmail/yahoo email adresses give away my age as much as my crows feet.

fuuuuckthis · 28/03/2026 14:25

@TakisI don't know if it's because I have an underscore before the @ but ryanair hates it, so does Spotify!

GlomOfNit · 28/03/2026 14:24

Yes, and it's the .com one (I didn't realise that makes it even older). I must have had it since late 90's and I don't care. I now have to pay for storage but that's ok, I had it free for decades.

The only thing I cringe at is that it's a nickname one rather than my actual name.
But I still don't really care.

FredaFox · 28/03/2026 14:17

bugalugs45 · 28/03/2026 11:03

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

I got a .com in about 2001 when I was working abroad with my full name, no numbers. I also have the co.uk one too which I use for shopping stuff

I had a me.com with my first apple mac but they go rid of it and I now have an iCloud

TheCurious0range · 28/03/2026 14:15

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Me too!

DeathBanana · 28/03/2026 14:14

I will not be shamed by these young upstarts. I think they’re stylishly retro.

I feel the same when I park my 17 year old faded Yaris next to the range rovers 😎

HootyMcBoobys · 28/03/2026 14:13

Stupid question but would you still receive the email if someone typed .co.uk at the end instead of .com?

I'm sure I get .yahoo.co.uk emails for my yahoo.com account and it works both ways but maybe I'm old and insane.

latetothefisting · 28/03/2026 14:13

bugalugs45 · 28/03/2026 11:03

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

I think .com was going for quite a while later than the 90s, I wouldn't have set mine up until at least the mid 00s and it's .com.

I also have my even earlier one that I set up as a teen which is one of those cringey XxSillyBunny98Xx type ones, which I usually only use for stupid stuff like free trials or whatever, then every so often something goes wrong and I have to contact someone and cringe to death when they ask 'and can you confirm your email.' 😳

handsdownthebest · 28/03/2026 14:07

Yep me too and it's easy...just full name and hotmail.com

Member984815 · 28/03/2026 14:05

ChessieFL · 28/03/2026 12:45

Full name dot com here too. Still in my maiden name - every so often I think I should upgrade but I really can’t be arsed with the hassle of working out how to set up a new email address, how to add it to my phone, and then updating all the accounts I’ve got with the new email. I’ve had it since about 1997 and it’s part of me now.

I’ve also had the same mobile number for at least 20 years.

I did read somewhere (no idea if it’s true) that some companies price higher for customers with a Hotmail address - because it shows we’re set in our ways and less likely to change things, so they take the gamble we won’t move and will just suck up the higher prices.

My mobile has remained the same , 26 years now , whenever I'm trying to contact my provider I have to quote my maiden name my 2 previous addresses and the wrong birthday they registered it under just in case 😅

LBFseBrom · 28/03/2026 14:03

Yes I do though they are now Outlook.

Pinklady81 · 28/03/2026 14:00

I do ... what's the alternative I'd love to know??

ThatAgileLimeCat · 28/03/2026 14:00

Ohfudgeoff · 28/03/2026 11:05

Full maiden name for me. 😂

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Same here 🤣

Tiddlywinks63 · 28/03/2026 14:00

HarrietPierce · 28/03/2026 11:04

Yes Full name at co.uk

Me too!

TheChosenTwo · 28/03/2026 13:58

I had a yahoo one (a constant source of amusement to my kids) until very recently where I got locked out and couldn’t get back in. So now have a gmail one. It’s actually quite liberating how few emails I now receive!

MrsMillyFluff · 28/03/2026 13:56

I did have till 2 years ago. It was hacked, along with my PayPal, Facebook and Giffgaff. They took £400 out of my PayPal/bank account. Needless to say I no longer have a Hotmail account 🥴

Drippingfeed · 28/03/2026 13:56

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…

Those people whining need to get a grip.
Had hotmail since the late 90s and not changing now.

DeathBanana · 28/03/2026 13:55

CallingOnTheMegaphone · 28/03/2026 11:06

Hahaha you've just reminded me that a uni friend's email address was [name]loveslasagne at Hotmail. I wonder if she still uses that?! I've always been a Yahoo girl myself.

Mine isn’t dissimilar and incudes my childhood nickname as the cherry on the cake 🙈