Hotmail - Multiple Addresses
 

Is anyone a computer geek out there? I used to have a second hotmail address linked to my main one. In the last week or so it has disappeared when I try to add it again it says my POP isn´t correct or something like that. Tried googling but nothing is working. Very frustrating.

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Can't help, but if you don't get answered here, try The Lab. All geeks there! (nice, helpful ones....;))

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I'm not quite sure what you mean, at least, I didn't know that you could 'link' multiple hotmail addresses.

I have multiple hotmail addresses (but under the live banner - @live.com, @live.co.uk etc). I then use MicroSoft Outlook as my mail client and have all my emails arrive in the one email inbox.

The only downside to this approach is that when I am away from my PC (internet cafe or the likes), I have to browse my email boxes separately.

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This is the same except it is hotmail.com rather than live.com. I also tried a system restore and now I have lost Firefox!

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Any possibility of a virus?

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Got Firefox back by re-downloading. But lost my hotmail shortcut on the tool bar - any idea how to restore?

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With gmail you can link multiple addresses to a final address (I have many) the big problem with this is that spam messages are not sent through and occasionally you have to go back and check the spam from the different addresses ;) there are some times that gmail classifies genuine mail as spam.

Hotmail is (IMO) terrible for spam.

You may already have an answer from the lab but I can verify that since Firefox 6 was installed I have had nothing but problems and now use Chrome. Not sure what browser you have. Hope you find an answer. :)

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What is the web address for the "lab" couldn´t find anything.

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http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=99

If you scroll down (on the forum page) past the different country boards you will come to the various topics, one is the lab ;)

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Go back to BE main page, it's down the bottom after Lounge, Take it outside, etc. (ie it's part of BE) :)

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Click on Discussion Forum (top of page) and browse to the Lab

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OH reckons that if you have hotmail addresses and dont use 1 or more of them for a while then they are deleted.

Probably to keep unused accounts to a minimum.

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My gmail account is supposed to forward my mail from several places ...it did for a while then stopped. I have more spam on my yahoo than hotmail. Hotmail has not deleted an old address I have even though it was not used for nigh on a year. I logged into it, clicked re activate and went straight in. I am sure after 30 days no use they de activate it. They may have changed now it was some years ago.

I am finding hotmail has many blips just now as does yahoo.

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It's a great system when it works but it does depend on the orther ISP allowing you to do it and that permission might change and you then no longer get the mail forwarded.

I use Gmail a lot and have multiple accounts. The best thing about Gmail is their Spam filters which are 99.9% efficient.

If you want to ensure that the filter doesn't zap your real contacts just make sure that all your contacts are in Gmail - particularly important if you use Gmail through a POP server to Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail rather than using it online.

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I have 4 hotmail accounts - all linked

one of them I have only used once since I set it up in april

I just checked - thay are all working & still all linked

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I've not used my hotmail for anything for over four years now, I just receive my notifications from this site on there...
In all that time it's never stopped working and I don't get any spam! :cool:

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When I set up my very 1st e mail address it was inundated with all sorts even though the filter was set at highest possible. I was new to the www and surfing all sorts. 200/300 spam mails a day was the norm. Now it would take weeks or months to get that much. Using your email generates spam.

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Can I ask what you mean by 'linked'?

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there are 2 options - you can link them so that you can switch easily between them without logging out & in again when you switch between them - or you can just have e-mails to all accounts diverted to just one

I use the first option, preferring to keep work & personal stuff separate, and also have access to one of my OH's accounts & have one I use for cr@p

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lynxxa this is exactly what I had and which has disappeared. The ridiculous thing is that they are both hotmail accounts one .com and one co.uk.

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OK - I have just checked my two hotmail accounts and for some reason they are already linked - I don't remember doing that in fact I didn't even know you could do it:confused: Now how do I switch easily between the two?

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click on your name at top right - you'll get a dropdown - you should see both accounts there

you can just click between the two

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Brilliant - cheers!!:thumbsup:

I've wasted so much time logging in and out of those damned accounts.....:frown:

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Ha Ha. I've found that it's in the nature of geeks to be helpful. Someone once said to me "Geeks make the best Husbands" So I married one. Never regretted it!:D

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Nope, this doesn´t work for me. Have now posted on the Lab and hope for a reply.

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have you tried just re-linking them?

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Been trying for days and haven´t been able to hence the thread.

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I thought you probably had.............have you cleared cookies/cache?

that sometimes helps in all sorts of circumstances

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I didn't even know that one could link email accounts - just done it!

However, the only advantage that I can see is that I can now switch between them effortlessly.

Are their any other benefits?

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well if you can get your kid's e-mail accounts linked you can get into theirs too;)


only joking - ish............

no, I can't think of any other advantages - it does save time though

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This is the big advantage - can I have it back please!