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Windows Live Hotmail Tips, Tricks and Secrets

Do you want to get the most out of your Windows Live Hotmail account? Here are tips that help you find one or the other feature you didn't know of, or maybe do something you do know a tad faster.
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Your Weekly Windows Live Hotmail Tip
Too many tips to digest? Get the most from your Windows Live Hotmail account with these hints delivered right to your email (Windows Live Hotmail?) inbox. They come in small weekly doses, designed to nurture and amuse without being too heavy on stomach, eyes or mind.

Most Popular Windows Live Hotmail Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
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Forward a Message Excluding its Attachments with Windows Live Hotmail
Forward an email message, but not its attached files with Windows Live Hotmail.

How Many Emails You Can Send from Windows Live Hotmail per Day
If you want (or have to) mail a lot of people from Windows Live Hotmail, be aware that there is a limit to the number of messages you can send per day.

How to Access a Windows Live Hotmail Account with IncrediMail
That's where IncrediMail gets really hot: receive and send Windows Live Hotmail from within IncrediMail.

How to Access a Windows Live Hotmail Account with Outlook Express
Use Windows Live Hotmail with the power and comfort of Outlook Express. Here's how to access your Windows Live Hotmail account from Outlook Express to send, receive and archive mail in your Hotmail account.

How to Access AOL Mail and AIM Mail in Windows Live Hotmail
You don't have to go to AOL to get your AOL Mail. You can get all new messages in Windows Live Hotmail, too. Of course, this works beautifully with AIM Mail as well.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in IncrediMail
Download mail from a free Windows Live Hotmail account to IncrediMail comfortably.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in iPhone Mail
Set up access to a free Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail account in iPhone Mail. Working transparently, you can even use your custom folders in addition to fetching and sending mail.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Mozilla Thunderbird
Do you want to download mail from your Windows Live Hotmail account into Mozilla Thunderbird? Here's how easy this is to set up with a smart tool that translates between the two.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook Express
Using FreePOPs, you can download the messages in your free Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook Express. Here's how to set this up.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Windows Mail
Do you want to download mail from your Windows Live Hotmail account into Windows Mail? Here's how to set that up.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail via POP in Any Email Program
Here are the details you need to set up a free Windows Live Hotmail account in any email program using POP.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail via POP or IMAP with IzyMail
IzyMail brings fully access to any Windows Live Hotmail account to any email program or mobile device. You can even play with all your custom folders using IMAP access.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail via POP with FreePOPs
Use FreePOPs and these settings to download mail from a free Windows Live Hotmail account to just about any email program.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail with Mac OS X Mail
You want to access all your email accounts — including a free Windows Live Hotmail account — in Mac OS X Mail? Here's how to set that up with MacFreePOPs, a smart little webmail tool.

How to Access Windows Live Hotmail in Postbox
As a backup or for convenience, here's how to set up a Windows Live Hotmail account in Postbox.

How to Access Windows Live Hotmail in Windows Live Mail desktop
Since Windows Live Mail desktop and Windows Live Hotmail know each other so well, adding a new Windows Live Hotmail account for sending and receiving emails is particularly easy.

How to Access Windows Live Hotmail with Mac OS X Mail
Fetch and read and reply to Windows Live Hotmail messages from within Mac OS X Mail.

How to Access Windows Live Hotmail More Securely via HTTPS
Make sure the emails you send and receive cannot be intercepted on the way from Windows Live Hotmail to your browser by using (or even enforcing) a secure HTTPS connection.

How to Access Yahoo! Mail in Windows Live Hotmail
Set up a Yahoo! Mail Plus account in Windows Live Hotmail, and new messages will arrive automatically in your Windows Live Hotmail Inbox — or a dedicated folder if you want.

How to Access Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook
Use Microsoft Outlook to fetch and send email messages through your Windows Live Hotmail account comfortably and with all the power and flexibility of a real email client.

How to Add a Sender to Your Windows Live Hotmail Address Book Quickly
If somebody has sent you an email and you want to add them to your Windows Live Hotmail address book, here's an easy way to go about doing it.

How to Add a Bcc: Recipient to a Message in Windows Live Hotmail
Want to add recipients to your emails that other recipients can't see? Here's how to use the Bcc: field in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Address Messages with Nicknames in Windows Live Hotmail
You can call me Berta in Windows Live Hotmail, and address your emails to me quickly using that nickname.

How to Add an Alias Email Address to Windows Live Hotmail
Fancy a dedicated email address for a new project, or one to throw away if it gets spam? Here's how to create a new alias address for your Windows Live Hotmail account.

How to Block a Domain in Windows Live Hotmail
Have Windows Live Hotmail purge all mail from a domain automatically before it enters your inbox.

How to Add an Alternate Address to Your Windows Live Hotmail Account
If you have added an alternate email address to your Windows Live Hotmail account, you can receive a link to a personal password resetting page at it that will allow you to restore access easily should you forget your password.

How to Add an Image to Your Windows Live Hotmail Email Signature
An image says more than 10 signature words: here's how to add a graphic to your Windows Live Hotmail email signature.

How to Add an Image to Your Windows Live Hotmail Email Signature
An image says more than 10 signature words: here's how to add a graphic to your Windows Live Hotmail email signature.

How to Add Free Push Windows Live Hotmail to iPhone Mail
Want new emails in your Windows Live Hotmail account pushed to your iPhone, and folders to sync automatically? Here's how to set up push Windows Live Hotmail in iPhone Mail.

How to Block a Sender by Email Address in Windows Live Hotmail
Here's how to add any email address you like (or don't like, rather) to your black list of blocked senders in Windows Live Hotmail "manually".

How to Close Your Windows Live Hotmail Account
Say "Good-bye" to Windows Live Hotmail and delete your account. (You can say "Hello again" later and reactivate it.)

How to Continue Editing a Message Draft in Windows Live Hotmail
Finishing unfinished messages from drafts is easy in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Bookmark Mailing Someone in Windows Live Hotmail
Open the Windows Live Hotmail message composition page with the recipient's address already filled in via a bookmark or favorite in your browser.

How to Change the Default Font in Windows Live Hotmail
Yearning for a bigger font and different color in your emails but weary of changing the formatting for each new message you compose? Here's how to change the default font face, color and size for writing mail in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Change the Font Size in Windows Live Hotmail Messages
Use bigger fonts to make your Windows Live Hotmail messages easier to read, or smaller fonts to make them look classy, or whatever you desire.

How to Copy, Paste or Cut Text Without a Context Menu
Unfortunately, not every text field has a handy right-click context menu. Fortunately, you can still cut, copy and paste text swiftly or undo your last actions.

How to Download Attachments from Windows Live Hotmail
When you receive files attached to emails in Windows Live Hotmail, you can downoad them easily one by one — or all in one go zipped up and compressed.

How to Download Mail from a Specific Windows Live Hotmail Folder Using FreePOPs
Fetch mail not only from your Inbox but from any Windows Live Hotmail folder with FreePOPs (and you can download existing mail, too).

How to Edit Your List of Favorite Contacts in Windows Live Hotmail
Make sure addressing your Windows Live Hotmail classic messages is easiest and fastest for those you send mail to most often.

How to Exchange Instant Messages in Windows Live Hotmail
Want to reply to an email instantly and get an answer just as quickly, too? Here's how to chat using Live Messenger right in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Check the Windows Live Hotmail Status for Issues
Windows Live Hotmail is not working? Find out whether the issue is widely spread and when the Windows Live Hotmail team is expecting a fix, or whether checking your local setup and browser might be worth the time.

How to Create a Mailing List with Windows Live Hotmail
Make sending Windows Live Hotmail messages to groups of people easier by setting up a mailing list.

How to Find a Contact's Mail Fast in Windows Live Hotmail
What did they write? Here's how to see a contact's recent emails in Windows Live Hotmail — without typing their address in a search field.

How to Create Folders to Organize Your Messages in Windows Li…
Tidy up your Windows Live Hotmail by creating folders to file your emails in.

How to Insert an Image Inline in an Email with Windows Live Hotmail
Instead of sending the photo as an attachment, why not insert it right into the email? Here's how to trick Windows Live Hotmail into allowing that.

How to File or Categorize with One Click in Windows Live Hotmail
Want to archive mail faster or categorize it important with one click? Here's how to set up and use instant actions in Windows Live Hotmail that let you move and categorize messages swiftly.

How to Print a Message in Windows Live Hotmail
Send Windows Live Hotmail messages to your printer without ads or visual clutter.

How to Have Windows Live Hotmail Clean Your Inbox Automatically
Tired of deleting old (and often unread) newsletter issues? Want to archive others automatically? Here's how to set up Windows Live Hotmail to do the trashing and filing for you.

How to Send an Email to Undisclosed Recipients in Windows Live Hotmail
Obvious obscurity is fun: send an email to "undisclosed recipients" from Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Send Mail from Any of Your Email Accounts with Windows Live Hotmail
Have you ever wanted to reply — or send a fresh email — using a different account and address, right within Windows Live Hotmail? Here's how to set up Windows Live Hotmail and any of your email addresses for just that.

How to Set Up an Incoming Mail Filter in Windows Live Hotmail
Have Windows Live Hotmail organize incoming mail for you by moving it to the appropriate folder automatically.

How to Move or Delete Mail and Create a Rule for the Future i…
So many emails — and you just know that half are from a few senders barely worth reading just now? Here's how to move or delete all mail from certain senders swiftly and have Windows Live Hotmail set up filters for the future, too.

How to Remove an Address from Your Blocked Senders in Hotmail
Did the emails from a good friend suddenly stop coming? Maybe she has been accidentally blocked in Windows Live Hotmail. Here's how to unblock any sender again.

How to Forward Windows Live Hotmail Email to Another Hotmail or Email Account
Have Windows Live Hotmail redirect all incoming mail from one account to another (or, if you use Windows Live Hotmail Plus, to any email address).

How to Set Up Your Windows Live Hotmail Signature
An email signature can include contact info, witty quotations, or even some self-marketing. Here's how to set up your signature to be automatically included in messages you compose in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Try Windows Live Hotmail in a Different Language
Hotmail, parle-t-il Français? Windows Live Hotmail probably knows more languages than you.

How to Forward Email Messages with Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail makes it easy to share great emails with friends by forwarding them.

How to Forward an Email as an Attachment in Windows Live Hotmail
Want to forward more than one message in one go? The recipient needs the full message — including all header lines — of an email? Here's how to forward emails in their entirety as attachments in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Report a Phishing Email in Windows Live Hotmail
Somebody's trying to trick you into giving away your personal information? Here's how to report such phishing emails in and to Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Have Windows Live Hotmail Auto-Complete Addresses Only for Contacts
Don't like Windows Live Hotmail suggesting obscure names and addresses when you start filling in an email's "To:" line? Here's how to set up Windows Live Hotmail so that it auto-completes only people from your address book, not all people witch whom you've exchanged emails in the past.

How to Import Your Windows Live Hotmail Messages and Contacts Into Gmail
Want to migrate all the mail and email addresses you have accumulated from Windows Live Hotmail to Gmail? Here's how.

How to Use Fancy Fonts in Windows Live Hotmail Emails
Windows Live Hotmail says good-bye Courier, hello Franklin Gothic, and Garamond, and Comic Sans, and… Here's how to use custom fonts in emails you compose in Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Use the Windows Live Hotmail Spell Checker
Let Hotmail correct your spelling mistakes (and make fun of its silly suggestions in return).

How to Send a File Attachment with Windows Live Hotmail
Send documents, pictures, programs, and any other file around the world in seconds easily with Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Make Windows Live Hotmail Your Default Email Program
Say good-bye to superfluous email programs and make Windows use Windows Live Hotmail for your email tasks (reading and sending mail) automatically.

How to Make Windows Live Hotmail Accept Mail Only From Known Senders
Do you have enough of seeing all the junk in your Windows Live Hotmail inbox and know all the people who will contact you? Here's how to make Windows Live Hotmail move all messages from other senders straight to the "Junk" folder.

How to Make Sure Windows Live Hotmail Doesn't Ban Important Mail as Junk
Use the "Safe List" in Windows Live Hotmail to make sure mail from people you know or newsletters you have signed up for don't end up in the "Junk" folder.

How to Insert Images, Local Maps, Movie Times and More Quickly in Hotm
Sending maps, images, restaurants, movie times and other useful information is easy in Windows Live Hotmail: you can search and insert with easy clicks right while composing a message.

How to Search Mail in Windows Live Hotmail
Don't play hide and seek with email messages. Here's how to find any message in Windows Live Hotmail.

There's a Size Limit When Sending Attachments with Windows Li…
You can send anything with Windows Live Hotmail by attaching it to a message — unless it's too big.

Why You Should Change Your Windows Live Hotmail Password Periodically
Make sure your Windows Live Hotmail messages are accessible only to you.

How to Set Up One-Click Actions for Emails in Windows Live Hotmail
Waste neither click nor space. Instant actions in Windows Live Hotmail act on emails with a single click without your ever opening them, and they move out of the way when they're not needed.

How to Review and Empty the Windows Live Hotmail Junk Mail Folder Now and Then
No need to keep all that spam in your Windows Live Hotmail account. Get rid of it by reviewing and deleting the unwanted, unnecessary messages in the Junk Mail folder.

How to Remove an Address from Your Windows Live Hotmail Safe List
Has a spammer abused the address of the newsletter you whitelisted in Windows Live Hotmail? Has another sender fallen from grace with you? Here's how to delete addresses and domains from your Windows Live Hotmail "Safe List".

How to Recover a Lost Windows Live Hotmail Password
If you cannot remember the password to your Windows Live Hotmail account, here are ways to create a new one — and get to your mail, too.

Set the Windows Live Hotmail Junk Mail Filter to "Standard"
Get rid of a good deal of the spam in your Windows Live Hotmail Inbox by making the Windows Live Hotmail spam filters be more (but not too) aggressive.

How to Save Drafts of Longer Messages in Windows Live Hotmail
Be safe and save your Windows Live Hotmail message as a draft so you can continue editing it later.

How to Select All Messages in a Windows Live Hotmail Folder
Want to move or delete all messages in a folder and don't care to go through 300 pages of emails in Windows Live Hotmail? Here's how to select everything at once in any Windows Live Hotmail folder.

How to Send a Message to a Group of Recipients with Windows Live Hotmail
Have your message delivered to a group of people with Windows Live Hotmail and with ease.

How to Save an Email from Windows Live Hotmail to Your Hard Disk as an EML File
Want to save an email to your local disk for archiving, to forward it or to put it in a project's file folder, for instance? Here's how to download a message as an EML email file to your hard disk from Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Send a File Attachment with Windows Live Hotmail
Send documents, pictures, programs, and any other file around the world in seconds easily with Windows Live Hotmail.

How to Use Windows Live Hotmail Keyboard Shortcuts
Deleting mail, marking it as spam or starting a reply: all these actions and more can be commanded fast in Windows Live Hotmail using keyboard shortcuts.

How to Send a Message to Someone in Your Live Hotmail Address Book
Select the desired email recipients comfortably from the Windows Live Hotmail address book, and start composing a message to them quickly.

How to Set up a Vacation Reply in Windows Live Hotmail
Let Windows Live Hotmail reply to incoming emails while you are unable to.

How to View an Email's Source in Windows Live Hotmail
In Windows Live Hotmail, you can inspect a message's source (which contains routing information, all attachments in crude form and even HTML parts in their plain text code) without opening the message itself.

How to View an Email's Source in Windows Live Hotmail
In Windows Live Hotmail, you can inspect a message's source (which contains routing information, all attachments in crude form and even HTML parts in their plain text code) without opening the message itself.

How to Suggest a Feature or Improvement for Windows Live Hotmail
Know how to make Windows Live Hotmail better? Here's how and where to let the Windows Live Hotmail team know about your feature suggestion or improvement idea.

How to Set Up Push Windows Live Hotmail on a Nokia Phone in Mail for Exchange
Want to get new emails in your Windows Live Hotmail account to appear on your Nokia phone instantly while contacts and calendar are kept in sync, too? Here's how to set up Windows Live Hotmail as an ActiveSync account using Mail for Exchange on many Nokia phones.

How to Use Rich Formatting in Your Windows Live Hotmail Signature
In Windows Live Hotmail, you can beef up your signature with custom fonts, with bold face and italics, with graphical smileys even.

How to Set Up Push Windows Live Hotmail on a Windows Mobile Phone
Active and sync: with ActiveSync, you can have new messages in your Windows Live Hotmail account appear on your Windows Mobile phone automatically and access all your folders, too.

How to Forward Windows Live Hotmail to Gmail
Want to use Gmail but keep your Windows Live Hotmail address? Here's how to forward all incoming mail from Windows Live Hotmail to Gmail automatically.

How to Undelete in Windows Live Hotmail, Recover Mail Lost Even from the Trash
If a message is deleted, and gone from the "Deleted" folder even, you may still be able to recover it. Windows Live Hotmail keeps backups of a few days' worth of purged mail; here's how to restore them.

How to Unsubscribe from Newsletters Right in Windows Live Hotmail
Why go to a newsletter management page in a new tab or compose an unsubscription email by hand when Windows Live Hotmail can do that for you — with but a few clicks and no guessing.

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