# Hotmail Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-question/240978>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-question/240978 "2004-04-20T04:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-question/240978/1 "2004-04-20T04:57:50Z")

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I just set up a Hotmail account for the first time about an hour ago. I have sent email that people have received, but not been able to receive mail as yet. Is that normal? Is there some delay when you first set things up? Is Hotmail just slow? I can’t complain about the price.