Forwarding from Hotmail/Live.com ?

Merovingian · 22 Nov 2007, 07:53 PM

I am trying to forward from my hotmail or live.com account. In their Options screen, it states:
"You can forward your mail to one other e-mail address that ends in hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com, or custom domains. You'll receive an e-mail at that address asking you to verify your account."

Well, I tried to enter my "custom domain" that I have hosted with my Fastmail account, and it won't let me. Am I not interpreting something correctly?

thanks for any help......

nbarr · 22 Nov 2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Merovingian

... or custom domains ....

I think that means Custom Domains hosted with them.

Merovingian · 22 Nov 2007, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by nbarr

I think that means Custom Domains hosted with them.

Rats! That's what I figured, but hoped I was just doing something wrong.

I would liked to have the forwarding feature, but don't want to pay for their upgraded service.

earlzsta · 22 Nov 2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Merovingian

Rats! That's what I figured, but hoped I was just doing something wrong.

I would liked to have the forwarding feature, but don't want to pay for their upgraded service.

As far as I can tell they dont have Hotmail Premium anymore, there is no option I'm aware of where you can just signup for the service.

zhak · 24 Nov 2007, 08:55 AM

Hmm, are you using classic? Logging in for my non-premium (free) Hotmail and Live addresses at http://login.live.com, going to Options - More Options - Forward mail to another email account, I was able to enter my Fastmail account address. It required a verification email, but otherwise, no problem.

Merovingian · 24 Nov 2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by zhak

Hmm, are you using classic? Logging in for my non-premium (free) Hotmail and Live addresses at http://login.live.com, going to Options - More Options - Forward mail to another email account, I was able to enter my Fastmail account address. It required a verification email, but otherwise, no problem.

Yup. That's exactly what I have tried. Both classic and full versions. Both get this response:
"You're only able to forward mail to a custom domain or an e-mail address that ends in hotmail.com, msn.com, or live.com. Please try again."

Have you had your account for awhile, or did you just create it?

zhak · 24 Nov 2007, 09:34 AM

One hotmail address I've had for about 5 years, the other three (one hotmail and two live) are recent, within the last few weeks, once I saw a thread here about forwarding now being an option.

Merovingian · 24 Nov 2007, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by zhak

once I saw a thread here about forwarding now being an option.

I found this thread, that speculated free forwarding would be rolled out to it's free accounts soon. Maybe you just got yours first.

zhak · 28 Nov 2007, 09:39 AM

An update...

Ok, I went back and checked, and my accounts do say:

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You can forward your mail to one other e-mail address that ends in hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com, or custom domains. You'll receive an e-mail at that address asking you to verify your account.

and I really hadn't noticed.

Although if Microsoft finds out, my forwarding will probably stop...

This was entirely unintentional, I usually forward mail to a Fastmail alias specifically for that account, so I can filter and file messages into specific folders. I have lots of accounts forwarding to Fastmail. So I created an alias of (.tld shown instead of .com):

[email protected]

and I have four hotmail/live addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

and forwarded them to a Fastmail subdomain address:

[email protected] => [email protected]
[email protected] => [email protected]
[email protected] => [email protected]
[email protected] => [email protected]

and because the receiving address includes @hotmail, the forwarding works!

-Jim

Merovingian · 28 Nov 2007, 09:54 AM

yup. works here, too!
Jim, that's ingenious. This is why I come here!

zhak · 28 Nov 2007, 09:58 AM

I really didn't need any more addresses, but this was a fluke. I set it up and it worked, I never considered that it only worked because of the structure of my forwarding address.

Enjoy it while it lasts...

Merovingian · 28 Nov 2007, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by zhak

Enjoy it while it lasts...

no doubt! "nothing gold can stay"

rabarberski · 28 Nov 2007, 06:01 PM

Well found!

But am I correct that this only works if you have your own domain ?

Because if I use "myfastmailname AT hotmail.fastmail.fm" this doesn't work...
(Seems logic if I read the Subdomain faq, which says that to use subdomains the format is: "[email protected]")

Can you confirm this ?

Edit: I thought I had found a way around this by using two levels of subdomain addressing (i.e. blabla AT hotmail.myusername.fastmail.fm). But, alas, it doesn't work on the fastmail side (it gets accepted by hotmail though). The FAQ states:

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Note that only one level of subdomain addressing is supported. ie., if your username is [email protected], then [email protected] will work, but [email protected] will not work.

rabarberski · 28 Nov 2007, 06:33 PM

Hehe, I DID get it working by being the lucky first one to register an "appropriate" Fastmail alias ("hotmail" was already taken, so I had to use an other one).

No more popping for me (as long as it last, keeping fingers crossed)...

Edit: I made a complete idiot out of myself. I misread/misunderstoord Zhak's post and then figured his solution out myself, thinking I had a new solution. This sounds familiar

BTW: the "live" alias also works... (which is the one I registered)

zhak · 29 Nov 2007, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by rabarberski

This sounds familiar

As before, 'great minds think alike'.

22 Nov 2007, 07:53 PM	#1
Merovingian Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 1,583	Forwarding from Hotmail/Live.com ? I am trying to forward from my hotmail or live.com account. In their Options screen, it states: "You can forward your mail to one other e-mail address that ends in hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com, or custom domains. You'll receive an e-mail at that address asking you to verify your account." Well, I tried to enter my "custom domain" that I have hosted with my Fastmail account, and it won't let me. Am I not interpreting something correctly? thanks for any help......

28 Nov 2007, 06:33 PM	#14
rabarberski Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ghent, Belgium Posts: 1,025	Hehe, I DID get it working by being the lucky first one to register an "appropriate" Fastmail alias ("hotmail" was already taken, so I had to use an other one). No more popping for me (as long as it last, keeping fingers crossed)... Edit: I made a complete idiot out of myself. I misread/misunderstoord Zhak's post and then figured his solution out myself, thinking I had a new solution. This sounds familiar BTW: the "live" alias also works... (which is the one I registered) Last edited by rabarberski : 28 Nov 2007 at 11:02 PM.

24 Nov 2007, 08:55 AM	#5
zhak Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,861	Hmm, are you using classic? Logging in for my non-premium (free) Hotmail and Live addresses at http://login.live.com, going to Options - More Options - Forward mail to another email account, I was able to enter my Fastmail account address. It required a verification email, but otherwise, no problem.

24 Nov 2007, 09:34 AM	#7
zhak Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,861	One hotmail address I've had for about 5 years, the other three (one hotmail and two live) are recent, within the last few weeks, once I saw a thread here about forwarding now being an option.

28 Nov 2007, 09:54 AM	#10
Merovingian Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 1,583	yup. works here, too! Jim, that's ingenious. This is why I come here!

28 Nov 2007, 09:58 AM	#11
zhak Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,861	I really didn't need any more addresses, but this was a fluke. I set it up and it worked, I never considered that it only worked because of the structure of my forwarding address. Enjoy it while it lasts...