Hotmail Adds Email Address Aliases

[Big Dan]

Looks like their finally catching up to Gmail. Only 5 years later.

Hotmail delivers aliases to help you manage and secure your email account

You can read an editorial on it here: Hotmail Brings E-Mail Aliases to the Masses

What are email aliases?

Basically an email alias is a seperate email address that comes to your main address's inbox. This can be really useful for maintaining a professional email address ex: firstnamelastname@hotmail.com and personal address bonjovifan2007@hotmail.com from the same account.

 

[curvefan]

Thanks for the info BD.

Got most of the aliases I wanted.

Now we play with them

 

[Big Dan]

OP Updated.

 

[mike1977]

All someone needs to know is the bit before the "+" to try and pick at an account.

Hotmail aliases cannot be used to log in, but the flaw is that if someone requests friendship to the alias with the messenger, the Windows Live ID is revealed and shows under OFFLINE. I think whatever name is friended is the one that should be shown.

 

[Big Dan]

All someone needs to know is the bit before the "+" to try and pick at an account.

Hotmail aliases cannot be used to log in, but the flaw is that if someone requests friendship to the alias with the messenger, the Windows Live ID is revealed and shows under OFFLINE. I think whatever name is friended is the one that should be shown.

I didn't know that but agree with you, Mike. Unfortunately Microsoft is always slow on the uptake with their instant messenger products.

 

[LisaPiza]

how do you use yahoo mail classic????

 

[EQ Admin]

how do you use yahoo mail classic????

Hi Lisa,

Here are is a discussion on switching back to Yahoo Classic:

http://www.emailquestions.com/yahoo...d-yahoo-email-web-page-interface-version.html

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