# Dear Hotmail: have you decided on an outfit yet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hotmail-have-you-decided-on-an-outfit-yet/128072>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 12, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hotmail-have-you-decided-on-an-outfit-yet/128072 "2002-09-12T03:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hotmail-have-you-decided-on-an-outfit-yet/128072/21 "2002-09-12T12:54:14Z")

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My hotmail account was getting twice as much spam as real mail, so I put it on highest security (only email from those listed in my address book can get through) and opened another hotmail account that I give when ordering anything on the web. So far so good- no spam in either account for about 6 months. I also have an email account at [email.com](http://email.com) (which was recently bought by cingular, ironically enough, and is now [mail.com](http://www.mail.com/) ). I have had this account for about 4 years and have _never gotten any spam!!!_ I have been recommending this service to all my friends that are sick of hotmail’s crap, and no one has had any problem. I hope Cingular doesn’t mess up what seems to be a superior service. I’m looking at _you_, you little bulbous orange freak!

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**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hotmail-have-you-decided-on-an-outfit-yet/128072/22 "2002-09-12T14:00:26Z")

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How can I access my current hotmail address from outlook express? I thought i could access hotmail only if I created a new address.

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**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hotmail-have-you-decided-on-an-outfit-yet/128072/23 "2002-09-13T05:45:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Estilicon \*  
> \*\*How can I access my current hotmail address from outlook express? I thought i could access hotmail only if I created a new address. \*\*

**Estilicon** open your Outlook, Go to **Tools** , then click on **E-Mail Accounts** , then just follow the directions.

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