No more making new Hotmail and Live addresses now?

mike1977 · 2 May 2014, 07:22 AM

The drop down is gone to make Hotmail and Live email addresses when you go to make a new alias.

randian · 2 May 2014, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mike1977

The drop down is gone to make Hotmail and Live email addresses when you go to make a new alias.

I'm seeing this too. Lame!

Berenburger · 2 May 2014, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mike1977

The drop down is gone to make Hotmail and Live email addresses when you go to make a new alias.

Yes, just @outlook.com here.

Just Bill · 2 May 2014, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mike1977

The drop down is gone to make Hotmail and Live email addresses when you go to make a new alias.

I recall Microsoft saying when they implemented Outlook.com that the Hotmail name would be phased out eventually.

ccl1 · 4 May 2014, 01:04 AM

did they kill off the ability to make @msn.com email addresses too?

mike1977 · 4 May 2014, 06:49 AM

Yeah they did

randian · 4 May 2014, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mike1977

Yeah they did

Which must have been done a while ago, because when I first created my account I couldn't create msn.com aliases.

ccl1 · 4 May 2014, 11:46 AM

there used to be a back door so to speak where you could still make a msn one. i think i made one about a year, or maybe a year and a half ago. it was not through the regular signup method.
edit: i see another topic about it http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=68103

mike1977 · 9 May 2014, 09:40 AM

The option for a new Hotmail address is back! (@live.com was not brought back though).

randian · 9 May 2014, 09:53 AM

I'm not certain, but I think they've merged the live, hotmail, and outlook namespaces. I want to add hotmail or outlook aliases for my primary (live) alias, and I always get "This email address is already taken". Let's just say that's unlikely.

Tsunami · 15 May 2014, 10:55 PM

MSN.com was never really intended to be used for webmail but they had it as temporary option, bit of a gesture towards the users. There used to be back doors indeed to keep creating @msn.com addresses, but only not so long ago they also disabled that loophole. I think they will just go for Outlook.com 100% from now on ; and let's be honest that it sounds more mature than "Hotmail" + there is the fact that almost the entire planet knows what Outlook stands for. It's a very powerful brand and thus easy for mouth-to-mouth exchange of email addresses.

2 May 2014, 07:22 AM	#1
mike1977 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Auburn Posts: 153	No more making new Hotmail and Live addresses now? The drop down is gone to make Hotmail and Live email addresses when you go to make a new alias.

4 May 2014, 01:04 AM	#5
ccl1 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 238	did they kill off the ability to make @msn.com email addresses too?

4 May 2014, 06:49 AM	#6
mike1977 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Auburn Posts: 153	Yeah they did

4 May 2014, 11:46 AM	#8
ccl1 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 238	there used to be a back door so to speak where you could still make a msn one. i think i made one about a year, or maybe a year and a half ago. it was not through the regular signup method. edit: i see another topic about it http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=68103

9 May 2014, 09:40 AM	#9
mike1977 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Auburn Posts: 153	The option for a new Hotmail address is back! (@live.com was not brought back though).

9 May 2014, 09:53 AM	#10
randian Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 561	I'm not certain, but I think they've merged the live, hotmail, and outlook namespaces. I want to add hotmail or outlook aliases for my primary (live) alias, and I always get "This email address is already taken". Let's just say that's unlikely.

15 May 2014, 10:55 PM	#11
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,532	MSN.com was never really intended to be used for webmail but they had it as temporary option, bit of a gesture towards the users. There used to be back doors indeed to keep creating @msn.com addresses, but only not so long ago they also disabled that loophole. I think they will just go for Outlook.com 100% from now on ; and let's be honest that it sounds more mature than "Hotmail" + there is the fact that almost the entire planet knows what Outlook stands for. It's a very powerful brand and thus easy for mouth-to-mouth exchange of email addresses.