Microsoft announced Thursday that it had accomplished the herculean task of moving hundreds of millions of users from venerable webmail service Hotmail to the sleek new Outlook.com. Some 300 million ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--After an hour-long discussion at a status meeting last month, the Hotmail redesign really boiled down to one key decision: one big ad, or two? After months of reworking the ...

The free email service Hotmail, now known as Outlook.com, includes built-in tools to forward suspicious messages to a junk folder to protect your security and keep your inbox cleaner. If you discover ...

Hotmail, a mainstay of email and internet communication, is no more. As of today, every single Hotmail account has been migrated to Outlook.com, Microsoft's newer and redesigned email experience. Your ...

First things first: Yes, you can keep your @hotmail email address, if you want. Microsoft, however, will be leaving the Hotmail brand behind. The new Outlook.com inbox. (Click to expand image.) Credit ...

Hotmail is used by around half a billion people globally, second only to Google’s Gmail. But what is the difference between Hotmail and Outlook? Let’s find out… Microsoft bought Hotmail way back when ...

Millions of Hotmail users globally face disruption. The outage started early on July 10, 2025. Users in the United Kingdom, United States, India, and other countries report login failures. Many are ...

Namedropping “Microsoft Hotmail” is enough to evoke shudders from many a webmail aficionado. The homepage is riddled with a deluge of options for sweeping, marking, moving, and categorizing each ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. If you thought Microsoft was done with its summer announcements then think again.

When sending email to your customers in large quantities, you may find that not every customer receives your message. Often, this is because the customer's email provider has decided to flag your ...