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How to make your passwords secure

With the recent news of email accounts being hacked there seems to be plenty of advice floating around for avoiding falling victim to scams and other attacks. One of the pieces of advice is to use a strong password .Even though there’s no evidence that Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:44 PM by ianm | 7 Comments
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Searching your Hotmail inbox

I didn’t realise until recently that you could search your hotmail inbox using keywords to narrow the search. I’m talking about the web version of Hotmail, not when you’re accessing it via a client application like Outlook. For example, let’s say you Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:58 PM by ianm | 0 Comments
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10,000 Unread Hotmail Emails

I’m approaching 10,000 unread emails in my hotmail inbox. And amazingly there is not much spam in that (hotmail seems pretty efficient at removing my spam), it’s just the result of having the same email address for 10 years and not bothering to delete Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:02 AM by ianm | 0 Comments
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Hotmail problems solved

Do you have questions on any of these topics: Account Problems Hotmail Sending Limits How can I stop receiving spam? I can't send attachments I forgot my password Mail and Settings Mail Clients WebIM These any many more questions answered on the Hotmail Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:14 PM by ianm | 3 Comments
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Should I use SkyDrive or Office Live Workspace to store files online?

It's a question I've come across a few times recently: We provide a number of ways for you to store documents online: Windows Live SkyDrive gives you 5GB of storage for free Office Live Workspace gives you a further 500MB of free storage Live Mesh gives Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:14 AM by ianm | 4 Comments

7 years of Hotmail

According to my account summary page I'm at my 7 year anniversary as a user of Hotmail - I first registered way back in December 2000. So I feel like I'm an old hand but I bet there are plenty of people who have been with Hotmail longer. Who can beat Read More...
Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 3:19 PM by ianm | 44 Comments
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Want to learn more about Windows Live?

For a developer, Windows Live offers a huge amount of potential, particularly for taking advantage of the success we've had with Hotmail and Messenger contacts (billions of records), and Windows Live Spaces. Plus the terrific service from Silverlight Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:53 PM by ianm | 1 Comments
 
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