Outlook.com, Microsoft's answer to Gmail - Page 3

Cory · 3 Aug 2012, 07:29 AM

I'm going to assume just like when they switched from @hotmail.com to @live.com the old email addresses @hotmail.com will continue to work just as normal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew

I am a poor reader of text.
I found this one

so the left part will be kept but the right part get changed from hotmail to outlook if one want.

But hotmail will close down for good.

Can you find some official text saying that you keep the hotmail part?

That would be good though if they did but then their message is confusing

Yes my posts are extremely confusing.

Maybe what they say you can never log in to hotmail
you will always log in to outlook.com even if you have
a hotmail domain address? But that seems not consistent.

Then why all the fuss about changing the account?

The good thing seems to be that they ahve reserved the old names.

A very bad thing is that every 500 million address book have the hotmail domain so a lot of people will never get their emails?

or does the mail servers take care of that automatically?

Tsunami · 4 Aug 2012, 05:30 AM

Hotmail is a terrible domain, Live and Outlook both sound nice and neat. For private communication I always use webmail but at work I got used to Outlook. If this new outlook.com would be the interface with drag and drop like Outlook, but accessible through webmail, then I'd maybe give it a try despite my earlier intentions not to try anything Microsoft related anymore.

My issues with Hotmail and Live were mainly the lack of reliable support (although at least, even if slow, they responded -- a bonus compared to Yahoo or Gmail), the ad-filled interface and the short inactivity limits. And indeed, as noticed, they changed the design too often, not really nice if you want just rock solid stable email. Any change is like having to learn how to walk again, if you know what I mean. I personally also dislike the integration of Facebook and Twitter, but I thought Hotmail did not have that (at least when I last used it, maybe that changed meanwhile)

If they'd make the service look a bit like Outlook but then in webmail accessible version, and they'd change the inactivity limit and keep the service separate from social networking sites... then maybe I'll give it a try. Still the support issue and the question how long it will be until they change the whole design again are a mild turn-off.

That said, there is a big bonus too: of all companies out there, Microsoft is probably the least likely to ever go bankrupt, so if there is one mail provider likely to provide email until the end of the internet as we know it, it must be Microsoft (regardless if they use Hotmail, Live or Outlook as domain)

B4its2L8 · 4 Aug 2012, 05:57 AM

I must say, they certainly added a lot of smileys/emoji. (For those who like including that sort of eye-candy.)

sheprd · 4 Aug 2012, 12:01 PM

I m trying outlook dot com and it seems interesting. How do I revert back to regular
msn dot com ? Thanks for any help

David · 4 Aug 2012, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheprd

I m trying outlook dot com and it seems interesting. How do I revert back to regular
msn dot com ? Thanks for any help

You don't need to revert, as you can log in at either location with the same username and password. At least that is the way it is working for me, with my Hotmail account.

David · 4 Aug 2012, 12:39 PM

I will mention as well, that if you go into 'options' you can secure your old msn username, at Outlook com. So: whatever@msn dot com, can be registered as: whatever@outlook dot com - your old username (at msn) will not be lost and you can use it as well.

sheprd · 4 Aug 2012, 09:00 PM

Thanks David I really appreciate your help.

David · 4 Aug 2012, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheprd

Thanks David I really appreciate your help.

I will mention that today (when I tried to login to Hotmail) that I was taken to the 'Outlook' interface, so it is not working as I said before. There is however (in the 'Outlook' 'Options' interface) a menu item you can click on, that will allow you to revert back.

drew · 5 Aug 2012, 04:30 AM

Has anybody seen any time schedule for
when they will roll out this change?
Do they take USA first and then Canada
and then Europe and then? Weeks or months
or just a few days ahead? I want to warn my
relatives they are not that good at computers.

William9 · 5 Aug 2012, 02:30 PM

I really like the minimalist Outlook.com interface.

Pro's: clean; very fast; you can easily switch to another Outlook.com account without loggin in again.

Con's: advertising is more intrusive than Gmail; message headers still show that they are sent from hotmail servers, yuck!

digp · 6 Aug 2012, 03:48 AM

no advertising here?

has anyone got it to work as an exchange account on ics 4.0.3?

davy51 · 6 Aug 2012, 04:21 AM

I signed up for an account
I didnt send anything out or in
This morning i checked and had 22 spam messages

David · 6 Aug 2012, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davy51

I signed up for an account
I didnt send anything out or in
This morning i checked and had 22 spam messages

Did you sign up using a new username I am wondering? Currently I am using my old username (at Hotmail) and the same one @ Outlook. No spam here.... as yet.

davy51 · 6 Aug 2012, 04:42 AM

I used a new username

guillaume · 6 Aug 2012, 04:56 AM

Sounds pretty weird. I created a new username. but did not get anything since I did not hand it over yet or published on the web. Mail I received were sent to my forwarded Google Apps account.

4 Aug 2012, 05:30 AM	#32
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	Hotmail is a terrible domain, Live and Outlook both sound nice and neat. For private communication I always use webmail but at work I got used to Outlook. If this new outlook.com would be the interface with drag and drop like Outlook, but accessible through webmail, then I'd maybe give it a try despite my earlier intentions not to try anything Microsoft related anymore. My issues with Hotmail and Live were mainly the lack of reliable support (although at least, even if slow, they responded -- a bonus compared to Yahoo or Gmail), the ad-filled interface and the short inactivity limits. And indeed, as noticed, they changed the design too often, not really nice if you want just rock solid stable email. Any change is like having to learn how to walk again, if you know what I mean. I personally also dislike the integration of Facebook and Twitter, but I thought Hotmail did not have that (at least when I last used it, maybe that changed meanwhile) If they'd make the service look a bit like Outlook but then in webmail accessible version, and they'd change the inactivity limit and keep the service separate from social networking sites... then maybe I'll give it a try. Still the support issue and the question how long it will be until they change the whole design again are a mild turn-off. That said, there is a big bonus too: of all companies out there, Microsoft is probably the least likely to ever go bankrupt, so if there is one mail provider likely to provide email until the end of the internet as we know it, it must be Microsoft (regardless if they use Hotmail, Live or Outlook as domain)

4 Aug 2012, 05:57 AM	#33
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	I must say, they certainly added a lot of smileys/emoji. (For those who like including that sort of eye-candy.)

4 Aug 2012, 12:01 PM	#34
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	I m trying outlook dot com and it seems interesting. How do I revert back to regular msn dot com ? Thanks for any help

4 Aug 2012, 12:39 PM	#36
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	I will mention as well, that if you go into 'options' you can secure your old msn username, at Outlook com. So: whatever@msn dot com, can be registered as: whatever@outlook dot com - your old username (at msn) will not be lost and you can use it as well.

4 Aug 2012, 09:00 PM	#37
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	Thanks David I really appreciate your help.

5 Aug 2012, 04:30 AM	#39
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	Has anybody seen any time schedule for when they will roll out this change? Do they take USA first and then Canada and then Europe and then? Weeks or months or just a few days ahead? I want to warn my relatives they are not that good at computers.

5 Aug 2012, 02:30 PM	#40
William9 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,281	I really like the minimalist Outlook.com interface. Pro's: clean; very fast; you can easily switch to another Outlook.com account without loggin in again. Con's: advertising is more intrusive than Gmail; message headers still show that they are sent from hotmail servers, yuck!

6 Aug 2012, 03:48 AM	#41
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,326	no advertising here? has anyone got it to work as an exchange account on ics 4.0.3?

6 Aug 2012, 04:21 AM	#42
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	I signed up for an account I didnt send anything out or in This morning i checked and had 22 spam messages

6 Aug 2012, 04:42 AM	#44
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	I used a new username

6 Aug 2012, 04:56 AM	#45
guillaume Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Paris, FRANCE Posts: 486	Sounds pretty weird. I created a new username. but did not get anything since I did not hand it over yet or published on the web. Mail I received were sent to my forwarded Google Apps account.