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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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Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

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? 😂

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/03/2026 11:00

😄😄 yeah, full name at Hotmail.com

IrisHater · 28/03/2026 11:00

Don’t know what to vote.

Hotmail is a sign of seniority and wisdom 😊 and it’ll become super cool 😎

I did get a gmail with my name but I never used it.

Changing email woukd be more hassle than changing my name when my first child was born to my husbands. And I regret that!

NormasArse · 28/03/2026 11:00

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Me too! Set up in, I think 2001?

OverlyFragrant · 28/03/2026 11:00

I do.

Had it since my teens and am in no rush to change it.
Besides, everything, and I mean, everything is linked to it.

Martymcfly24 · 28/03/2026 11:01

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

hazelberry · 28/03/2026 11:01

Yes. It's not my only email address though. I like having an 'old' hotmail address though.

flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 11:01

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? 😂

Apparently so 😩🤣

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Typtoe · 28/03/2026 11:01

Yes although I have multiple email addresses to take advantage of free trials but my main one of my hotmail one I created probably 25 years ago!

Its just my name and year of birth. I'm perfectly happy to be the age that I am and if hotmail didn't give that away, my year of birth would anyway!

DoorOpening · 28/03/2026 11:02

Yes, and proud. It’s retro cool. Gavel.

WhatWouldDianeLockhartDo · 28/03/2026 11:03

Yahoo. It’s my main one but there’s over 100k unread emails now. I find the online platform almost impossible to use. I had Hotmail but haven’t logged in for about twenty years.

bugalugs45 · 28/03/2026 11:03

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

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 😬

CoffeeInTheClouds · 28/03/2026 11:03

Yes, I even nabbed fullname@hotmail adresses for my two kids when they were born. Maybe they will become retro cool sometime soon 🤣

HarrietPierce · 28/03/2026 11:04

Yes Full name at co.uk

flagpolesitta · 28/03/2026 11:05

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 still use mine for job applications..

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Ohfudgeoff · 28/03/2026 11:05

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Full maiden name for me. 😂

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 28/03/2026 11:05

I love having a Hotmail.com email! Makes me feel very senior and experienced 😂

Mine is just my first initial and surname too (my full name is too long to have that unfortunately).

No numbers or special characters here either

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

Ohfudgeoff · 28/03/2026 11:06

But where else does one get an email address these days, if not Hotmail or AOL?!

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.

crossroadsfan · 28/03/2026 11:06

My ex had a btinternet email until it got hacked in the end 😂

caringcarer · 28/03/2026 11:06

Lifewontbethesame · 28/03/2026 10:59

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

Same. I don't care. I can remember it.

hazelberry · 28/03/2026 11:07

bugalugs45 · 28/03/2026 11:03

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

Mines an original .com address.

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