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1292170 2012-08-01 11:41:00 Sign up for free and get your SkyDrive as well, go here:

http://www.outlook.com/

I've been trying it out and I'm impressed so far, nothing like Hotmail.
zqwerty (97)
1292171 2012-08-01 18:11:00 It's just Hotmail with a new look and a new name. Reminds me of yahoo mail. wmoore (6009)
1292172 2012-08-01 19:38:00 It's just Hotmail with a new look and a new name. Reminds me of yahoo mail.

just Hotmail with a new look and name is kind of under selling it

Its a complete rewrite of the web email experience, have you really tried using it? :)
nmercer (3899)
1292173 2012-08-01 21:41:00 Gmail is getting too cluttered for my liking, this Outlook is clean and elegant at the moment. zqwerty (97)
1292174 2012-08-01 22:32:00 gaarh

I signed into outlook.com with my hotmail a/c, now Im permanently stuck with that interface. I cannot get back to the old
hotmail/winlive, it sends me straight to that outlook.com
Strangely, my hotmail a/c (via outlook.com) is now completely empty of email , all old emails are gone !!

- I hardly used hotmail so no biggie, just a bit strange.
1101 (13337)
1292175 2012-08-01 23:22:00 go into the settings and you can optout of the new interface nmercer (3899)
1292176 2012-08-01 23:48:00 I've done a heap of googling over this new Outlook.com and so far I am not particularly impressed insofar as I doubt yet I even want to setup a trial account. I abandoned hotmail years ago ...or did they dump me ? cant recall, anyway MS hotmail was hardly the webmail service that gave me any confidence. So whats changed, everyones raving about a nice clean uncluttered interface but beyond that I fear this new service is designed for the YouTwitFace generation and is too interwoven with social stuff that I have 0 intererest in. As to the real practical stuff -
How large an attachment (s) can I send with each email?
Are there any limits to the mailbox size?
What are the activity rules (if not accessed regularly)?
Looking forward to reviews on the basic fundamental stuff compared to existing webmail options.
PeteS (12500)
1292177 2012-08-02 00:14:00 go into the settings and you can optout of the new interface

hmmn, I dont have that option at all, I tried IE & firefox
Also tried these instructions , but the option is not there
answers.microsoft.com

looks like hotmail emails have gone missing for a few users, been deleted somehow . Not a good look .
MS should really clean up the hotmail operation in general, rather than just change the interface

lipstick on a pig (as they say) :2cents:
1101 (13337)
1292178 2012-08-02 00:24:00 Kinda seems all disjointed between the calendar, contacts, email, havent seen anywhere that you can sync with it all aswell (apart from skydrive). All a bit confusing really att his stage. Iantech (16386)
1292179 2012-08-02 00:32:00 hmmn, I dont have that option at all, I tried IE & firefox
Also tried these instructions , but the option is not there
answers.microsoft.com

looks like hotmail emails have gone missing for a few users, been deleted somehow . Not a good look .
MS should really clean up the hotmail operation in general, rather than just change the interface

lipstick on a pig (as they say) :2cents: Just tried it on both IE and FF and both browsers showed the options.

Also tried it on windows 8 (IE10) and that's works nice as well.
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Tried it on the Metro App Mail- works good and non cluttered. No surprise it works OK on W8 - think about it - Its designed for it ;)
wainuitech (129)
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