Windows Live Hotmail: The full version
Familiar with Microsoft Office Outlook? Have a broadband connection? The full version of Windows Live Hotmail is perfect for you.
• 5 GB of inbox storage
• Hassle-free, one-glance security info on every incoming message
• Works more like Microsoft Office Outlook: customizable reading pane, drag-and-drop organization, and more
Do you want the familiar look and feel of MSN Hotmail, or have a slower Internet connection? Learn more about the classic version of Hotmail.
Quick links
- Award-winning
- The color of safety
- Help protect your children
- Easily manage multiple Hotmail accounts
- Search your inbox, search the Web
- Reading pane
- Drag and drop
- The wonderful world of right-clicking
- Don’t type, click!
- Import contacts and more
- Fly your own colors
- Mobile Mail
- More seamless connections with Windows Live
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Award-winning
In an independent review of next-generation, free e-mail services, PC Magazine awarded Windows Live Hotmail a prestigious Editors' Choice Award in February, 2007.
PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award Logo is a registered trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.
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The color of safety
We want to make security so simple you don’t even have to think about it. The bar at the top of your message comes in two colors which alert you to suspicious e-mails:
- Red: This means the message appears to be a “phishing” or fraudulent e-mail.
- Yellow: The message is from someone who's not on your contacts list. (If the "unrecognized sender" is actually a friend of yours, clicking “Mark as Safe” teaches Windows Live Hotmail to always recognize them as a known contact.)
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Help protect your children
Windows Live Hotmail now works with Windows Live OneCare Family Safety. Family Safety's built-in contact approval helps you know exactly who your kids are talking to on IM, e-mail, or their blogs. You can approve or disapprove each new contact for their Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live Spaces.
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Easily manage multiple Hotmail accounts
Have more that one Hotmail account? Now you can log in once and easily switch between other accounts, just by linking them via your Windows Live account settings.
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Search your inbox, search the Web
One search box at the top of Windows Live Hotmail gives you the power. Find the perfect image, the latest news from the Web, or a particular e-mail message you got last year.
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Reading pane
Get quick previews of your e-mail with the reading pane. Cruise from message to message without reloading the page each time. Double-click to see the full content. You can also change your inbox layout to make the reading pane appear on the right, or at the bottom of the screen.
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Drag and drop
Grab it, drag it, drop it in a folder. You are now officially a power user.
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The wonderful world of right-clicking
Right-click power, activate! Right-click on a message to reply, delete, or almost anything else. It works for folders, too.
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Don’t type, click!
Got a message you want to send to more than one person? Click the “To” button in the message you’re writing to see a list of the people in your address book. Scroll down and click on the people you want to add. Easy!
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Import contacts and more
Want to have your important e-mail and contacts all in one place? TrueSwitch makes transferring your information from your other e-mail accounts to Windows Live Hotmail easy. It will automatically copy your e-mails, folders, and address book, and even notify your contacts of your Hotmail e-mail address if you like. Just click here to get started.
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Mobile Mail
Send e-mail from your Web-enabled cell phone or other mobile device. It's easy: To get started, just click here.
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More seamless connections with Windows Live
See that little Windows flag logo in the upper left corner of Windows Live Hotmail? Click it for more ways to connect and be more secure, including instant messaging, blogs, and all kinds of other stuff that works together seamlessly.