Copy Hotmail email folders to the computer
Posted on March 27, 2010 under Hotmail, Internet Tips | Leave a comment
How do I copy folders from my Hotmail email account to my desktop computer? I have folders that I do not want deleted, just want to store email folders.
Donna
With free POP access enabled on all Hotmail email accounts, one can quickly copy and store email on the local computer. This involves setting up the Hotmail account on a email client like Outlook Express. Messages once downloaded to your computer, would be available even without an active internet connection – read advantages of email programs for details.
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Windows Live email account verification
Posted on March 20, 2010 under Hotmail | 25 Comments
I’ve learnt that some Widnows Live email (Hotmail) account users are repeatedly asked for account verification. This generally happens when one is about to send an email. A simple message – “We need to ask you to verify your account. After you do that, please come back and click Send again. This helps us fight spammers.” – is displayed at the top and the system waits for your actions; refer image below.
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Cannot delete email in Hotmail
There was a significant number of emails I received today from users who complained that they cannot delete email stored in their Hotmail account. This seems to be the latest issue plaguing the web based email service. Obviously, if an important function such as email deletion breaks down, people are bound to be quite irritated. So is there a solution? Can you get in touch with the Hotmail support staff who would then look into look into this problem?
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Cannot open Hotmail email account?
Posted on March 17, 2010 under Hotmail | 9 Comments
I’ve been having a horrendous time lately. I cannot open my Hotmail email and have tried all what I know. The password is correct and but the page doesn’t show up with my emails.
Jesse Campbell
No success with Hotmail sign up. I am told that the password is incorrect and I have to type it again. This is very frustrating because I need to open some really important emails on this Hotmail account.
Ditrapani Franco
Ever since my son was here on holidays, I cannot open my Hotmail because I see only his emails. Earlier, I used to click on the icon and my emails would come up. What is going on? Where have my emails gone? I hope they haven’t vanished because I had some really important stuff there.
Paul Acquah
These are just some of the feedback I’ve received from Hotmail subscribers. As you may have gathered, there can be any number of reasons why you cannot cannot open a Hotmail email account. The first step, therefore, is to identify the problem correctly. Is the sign up page not loading? Are you getting a password incorrect error message? Or as the last of the feedbacks shows, another person’s email account loads instead of yours?
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Enter Hotmail password each time
Posted on January 15, 2010 under Hotmail | Leave a comment
I originally checked the box “Remember my password”. I now want to sign in with my password each time for security/privacy reasons. I cannot find out how to un-check this feature. Can you advise me how to do this? Thank you,
John Moss
The Hotmail “Remember my password” feature offers the convenience of not having to enter your password each time you want to check email on this service. However, I have always believed this to be a double-edged sword. Though it saves time and the trouble of recalling and typing in the password, you might just forget the login information in a few days!
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Hotmail asks to verify account each time
Posted on December 25, 2009 under Hotmail | 7 Comments
From time to time, Hotmail may ask subscribers to verify their accounts. Typically, users are made to solve a Human Interaction Proof (HIP) puzzle whenever they send an email. The challenge entails deciphering characters that only a real person could interpret and this helps in protecting the Hotmail service from spammers armed with automated programs that abuse the system by sending tons of unsolicited email. For more information, please what is CAPTCHA and why is it so important.
Unfortunately, you cannot turn off the Hotmail verification but its frequency may decrease when the system realizes that you are an actual human user and not an automated program. As far as I know, such a verification issue hasn’t been reported from the two other popular email services – Gmail and Yahoo – but I may be wrong.
I am a new user – why does Hotmail ask me to verify account each time?
Only the Hotmail staff know why certain accounts get the HIP challenge. However, based on the feedback I’ve received, it’s generally the new users who are asked to verify their Hotmail accounts but this doesn’t mean that old accounts are spared! Here are a few theories (mine, of course):
- Your Hotmail ID (Windows Live ID) looks like one made by a spammer (eg: kwgyrnssa@hotmail.com)
- New Hotmail users can send only a limited number of emails per day. This number is gradually increased to 300 messages in a 24-hour period. So if you have been hitting this value every day, the system may be forced to show the HIP puzzle again and again and ask you to verify your identity as a real human.
- Most of the messages you send trigger the spam detectors. The email could contain certain words or may be blank with only attachments.
Hotmail urges its users to solve these HIP puzzles as they help the fight against spammers. For detailed help with screenshots on how to do this quickly, please read Windows Live email account verification. However, if you are a genuine user and are plagued with this issue, contact the Hotmail staff or post your concerns on the windowslivehelp.com web site – maybe you can get the verification challenge removed manually.
By the way, don’t get conned by a phishing email that threatens you to verify your Hotmail accounts – read that for more info.
Turn on email filter – Windows Live Mail
Posted on November 24, 2009 under Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail | Leave a comment
I get a message that my email filter is not turned on. What does this mean? And how do I turn on the email filter in Windows Live Mail?
Annette Hoch
Microsoft introduced the automated junk email filter in Windows Mail, the default email client of the Vista operating system. It was then ported to Windows Live Mail, which, as you would know, comes built-in with Windows 7. The job of this email filter (when turned on) is to identify garbage messages you get and send them automatically to the corresponding default junk email folders. Junk email can include spam, phishing attacks and messages sent out by automated programs. FYI, each email account that you set up in Windows Live Mail gets it’s own set of five default folders.
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Hotmail auto saves email to Drafts folder issue
Posted on November 16, 2009 under Hotmail | 23 Comments
When I am composing an email my screen updates and puts the email in the Drafts folder … I send my email and it is removed from Drafts folder. I have no need for my mail to go into drafts would like to find out how to correct it.
Sandra McNulty
On the 31st of August 2009, Microsoft implemented some changed and upgrades to their free email service – Hotmail, or more correctly, Windows Live Hotmail. One of these included the Auto save Drafts folder; this feature will automatically saves the email you are composing in the Drafts folder every three minutes. The same functionality can be found in Hotmail competitors – Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. However, subscribers cannot turn this feature off – they cannot even change the time interval.
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Hotmail account not receiving email
Posted on October 30, 2009 under Email, Hotmail | 26 Comments
I am not able to successfully send emails to my son’s Hotmail email address from my embarqmail email address. I have been sending emails for years but recently he has not received my emails. I do not receive an error message nor do the emails I send come back……I don’t know where they are going. I have contacted Emabarqmail and they tell me the emails are going to the Hotmail address. I can receive emails from my son’s Hotmail address…..but he does not receive my emails. And, all my other emails are being delivered. Could you please advise as to what I need to do.
Linda Zeik
This is indeed a weird issue. The problem appears to be with one specific Hotmail account which is not receiving email. It would be impossible to provide a clear-cut solution and I can only offer general troubleshooting tips.
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Use two (2) Hotmail email accounts
My wife and I both have Hotmail email accounts. I am unable to access mine. When I try to sign in, Hotmail goes directly to her inbox, i.e., the sign in page never comes up on the monitor, HELP! How can we use two Hotmail emails accounts on one computer?
Mel Gould
The solution to Mel’s problem is actually quite simple. But before we delve into that let me explain how this issue came about. And by the way, there is nothing stopping you from using two or more email accounts (whether from Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail) on the same computer and even the same web browser.
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