Hotmail problem - Can't send email messages

Sending emails from your Hotmail account is quite a simple affair. Having said that, a few times each week I get an email from a visitor who complains of not being able to send emails from the service. Can't send emails from Hotmail problem comes second only to log in page and sign in difficulties. On this page I shall help troubleshoot this issue and hope to provide an answer which works for you.

Are you composing the email properly and is the address correct?

First things first - I hope you know how to compose and send emails from Hotmail. Secondly, make sure the address to which you are sending to is correct. You can make assurance doubly sure by contacting the recipient. Messages sent to nonexistent accounts will result in the email bouncing back - returned to sender!

Email file attachments problem

Are you trying to attach a file that's too large? Also, Hotmail may not send emails with files attachments that it thinks can harm its servers or the recipient. Try sending the message without the attachment and see if it goes through.

Browser support

If the email composition window doesn't open, the browser you are working on is probably not supported by Hotmail. In this case, use another web browser - there are tens of these programs available for free - check the browser list. The technology behind Hotmail may not work with newly released browsers (has happened before) and really old ones.

Surpassed the limit set by Hotmail

Hotmail would also not send emails if you have surpassed the limit of outgoing messages set by the service. This problem is typically encountered by prolific Hotmail users. Why is an email sending limit set on Hotmail accounts? So that people (the bad ones) do not abuse the system. All online email services are known to be plagued with spammers - people who send tens of hundreds (millions?) of unsolicited messages. Hotmail has an automatic check and if your account triggers it, you would not be able to send emails.

A new Hotmail email account

Taking the above thread forward, for a new Hotmail account, the number of email messages that can be sent in a day is lower than an established account. This limit is gradually increased (probably automatically) as time passes. So if you have sent a whole bunch of emails the day you created the account, Hotmail will most likely not understand that you've done is out of excitement; it's going to think you are a spammer and abusing the service.

Account closed

An account closed message is displayed for the same reason of sending more emails in a day than the limit. You can always approach the Hotmail tech support or the staff via abuse@hotmail.com email address - which is kind of ironic because if you can't send emails, how can you send one to the support department? And this brings up the important requirement of having multiple email accounts.

By the way, since no real human being is actually monitoring your account - it's all automatic - you may have accidently triggered off the limit check. These false alerts should be taken with a pinch of salt (as long as you know you aren't guilty of misusing the service). Contact a live person through abuse@hotmail.com for assistance.

If everything fails and you still can't send emails from Hotmail - well, your guess is as good as mine. Try sending the email from another account. You can always get a Gmail account for free which works quite like a Hotmail account.