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Who the hell still uses hotmail?

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    I use Hotmail. Since ever I started using email I signed up to everything with it, so it’s my default for business transactions. I use gmail sometimes, and have a protonmail account.

    I use the Outlook client to organise my Hotmail & Gmail accounts. I find that it is particularly easy to organise folders in Hotmail.

    I’m old enough to recall the history of various email providers. Hotmail was the one demonstrated at my workplace as staff were being introduced to the burgeoning internet, and I in turn was required to show others how to sign up and use it. Initially there was quite the limit in how many emails you have have in your Hotmail and other accounts. Then a colleague told me about this new service called Gmail that could handle pretty much unlimited email, and I thought “wow”. He had it, but informed me “it’s strictly by invitation”, and I asked how could I be invited. Do t know what he answered but I know I didn’t bother him again. Gmail was in beta mode, of course, so being trialled to see how this limitless capacity could be accommodated by the growing tech giant.



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    #33
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,718 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    I have my Hotmail account since 1998. No issue with it.



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    #34
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,164 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    I've had my hotmail account since before it was bought by microsoft. It is my full name without needing any numbers to make it unique.



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    #35
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    The UN uses it for their workers, I just sent my bank account details to a lovely chap who said there is millions of dollars from Iraqi gold due to me.



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    #36
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 8,648 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    I still use my hotmail account. Old school.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #37
    [Deleted User]
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    The head of IT in the HSE uses it.



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    #38
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,255 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119415430#Comment_119415430

    Is that supposed to be a positive endorsment?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58413448


    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #39
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,970 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Who the hell watches Kevin Hart movies



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    #40
    [Deleted User]
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    Terry Prone swears by it.



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    #41
    Cushtie
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭Cushtie


    Still have one as my main personal account. Sometime late 90,s

    Get the odd comment alright when giving it out.

    Post edited by Cushtie on


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    #42
    Gaspode
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    Still have my old hotmail accounts, havent used them in ages though.



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    #43
    [Deleted User]
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    Sabina Higgins uses it to send letters to the Irish Times all the time.



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    #44
    kingtiger
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    Anybody care about your privacy using these horrible mail providers?



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    #45
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,758 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    I'm of an age where I did a couple of night classes on how to use Pegasus email. Awfully complicated stuff back then. 😀 I think it was around 1992 or 1993. No hotmail back then.



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    #46
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119417210#Comment_119417210

    I have never used it beyond probably some Demo ware CD in the 90s but they are still coming out with new versions if you want to have a go off it again



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    #47
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119416794#Comment_119416794

    Surely that is done by a man on horseback carrying a flintlock and leather satchel with the wax sealed envelope inside



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    #48
    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    You get an email adress you use it no reason to change it, 10 years ago Gmail was in beta, they did not invent email, they made it secure and easy to use. If I see someone using AOL mail I presume they are over 50. And of course if you have an email like Joe bloggs @hotmail you might want to hold on to it. I trust Gmail is not selling your info to random company's .



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    #49
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Have used hotmail as my main email address for the last 18 years or so… though never log into the hotmail website as have it on both my iPhone & Mac in the mail apps…



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    #50
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    I still use mine as my primary since the late 1990s. On occasion I note semi-automated (not spam, but automatically generated) emails go missing, but not enough to worry about.



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    #51
    [Deleted User]
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    Using hotmail since 1997 and have a 6 letter word before the @. It was really cool to have free quality webmail back then, when most people were using their dial up ISP's email service which required a desktop client and faffing about with mail servers and SMTP ports.

    It was my daily driver until I got my gmail invite (back when you had to be invited to get an account). Then hotmail/outlook became my online shopping/litter tray.



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    #52
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119415195#Comment_119415195

    Mine is also my full name, as is my gmail. My name, though not a bit “peculiar” or strange, just happens to be a unique combination and there appears to be nobody else in the world with my first name & surname combination.



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    #53
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119417639#Comment_119417639

    Like anything online or otherwise, gmail is not guaranteed to be secure. I have in interest in all things tech, internet, coding etc, and have retrieved lots of stray gmail address lists & password's from dorking. These are strays from previous hackings, hanging around around in the ether, often from Russian domains.



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    #54
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,502 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


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    (I don't actually)



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    #55
    timmyntc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,815 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119417639#Comment_119417639

    I trust Gmail is not selling your info to random company's .

    Why do you trust them not to?

    There's no such thing as a free lunch



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    #56
    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,401 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119417639#Comment_119417639

    Gmail has been around since 2004 and absolutely revolutionised free email. Hotmail and the like had very few bells and whistles at the time in comparison. Granted they have all uped their game as a result of Gmail.

    I used Hotmail from 98 or 99 then eircom for a while between 02 and 04 and primarily Gmail since.

    Yeah I know it's Google and privacy Yadda Yadda Yadda but its a great platform in general and not just for the email.



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    #57
    CreadanLady
    Registered Users Posts: 791 ✭✭✭CreadanLady


    Does anyone still have a *@tinet.ie email address? Or a 8@iol.ie, or *@esatclear.ie ? or @oceanfree.ie. Or @indigo.ie

    There were a plethora of obscure ISP email services that have since melted into tech history, but i believe some are still functional and are hosted by whatever ISP succeeded them.

    The MFV Creadan Lady is a mussel dredger from Dunmore East.



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    #58
    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    It's not easy to make an email service thats free and is effecient at blocking spam and also secure , that serves millions of users. I understand Google sells user data based on user search, and what videos you watch on YouTube



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    #59
    xxxxxxl
    Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    Hotmales.com is where it's at now.



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    #60
    Glaceon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,009 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    I had one until the Outlook.com changeover. I thought it was unprofessional and a bit stupid so I changed it to an outlook.com address when they became available. Got my first initial and surname so was happy enough. I never liked Gmail, was never comfortable with Google tbh.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119418649#Comment_119418649

    IOL and Esatclear addresses were migrated to Blacknight paid accounts a while back. If you didn’t opt in to the migration, the mailbox was deleted.



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    #61
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,959 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I never had an actual Hotmail address, but I jumped on the platform as soon as I heard Microsoft was offering live.ie addresses. I got a nice short one which is still my main address today. I find the service to be “Vanilla” in a good way when used with a Mail client like Outlook i.e. it just works and also plays nice with non-Microsoft clients like Apple Mail on iOS. I use the Snooze facility a lot, it makes mail go away but come back at the right time.

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