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FlatBroke's avatar
FlatBroke
Explorer II
Jul 18, 2014

Don't mess with MSN email address!

Had the same MSN.com email address since Al invented the internet. Want to set up different alias under the outlook account and had trouble making it do what I thought it should do. Played with the alias primary's, even my MSN.com account. Oops I find out you can't use any address but outlook.com and hotmail.com. For a primary now. Long story short in the mess I lost my MSN.com address and it's is no where to be found. Have any idea how much time and trouble it takes to set up a new account and change your email address in every biller, bank, credit cards, eBay, PayPal ect? Then have to notifie all your contacts? if you have a MSN.com account you are fond of DONT MESS WITH IT!
  • mlts22's avatar
    mlts22
    Explorer
    Jul 18, 2014
    I have had my MSN account since 1995 and Windows 95 Preview Edition, when MSN was accessed like a folder.
  • FlatBroke's avatar
    FlatBroke
    Explorer II
    Jul 18, 2014
    My dad,91, belongs to a computer club and when I told him he said they warned him years ago not to mess with your MSN address cause you'll lose it.
  • GordonThree's avatar
    GordonThree
    Explorer
    Jul 18, 2014
    bummer. there is a certain nostalgia for old email addresses.

    my business email address is twenty years old this year, and my hotmail account not far behind it, 18 years. having signed up for a beta-test before the launch and subsequent buy-out from Microsoft.
  • WyoTraveler's avatar
    WyoTraveler
    Explorer
    Jul 18, 2014
    I find outlooks is easier to set up manually. I google settings for whatever I need to set up. gmail, att, verizon, msn etc. I like to use outlook with my att and gmail account because it seems to use up less data time.

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