How to add and manage aliases in Hotmail.com / Outlook.com

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How to add and manage aliases in Hotmail.com / Outlook.com Submitted by Jess on Fri, 06/21/2013-01:47 When your email account ends with @Hotmail.com, @Live.com, or @MSN.com, it works on Outlook.com. Thus, there's no need to change your address or get a new one.

1 How to add and manage aliases in Hotmail.com / Outlook.com Submitted by Jess on Fri, 06/21/ :47 When your account it works on Outlook.com. Thus, there's no need to change your address or get a new one. However, if you want to use an address that ends the best way is to add an alias to your existing account instead of creating a separate address. Basically, an "alias" is an additional address that uses the same inbox, contact list, and account settings as the primary alias, or the primary account. Also, you can sign in to your account with any alias they all use the same password. Additionally, you can send "from" an alias whether you re using Outlook.com, a mail application or software like MS Outlook (or a Android app like Outlook) or any devices such as a smartphone. With your Hotmail/Live/MSN/Outlook account, you can create up to ten (10) new aliases per year, for an overall maximum of ten. Deleting an alias removes it from the overall count, but not the yearly limit. Here are the steps to create your aliases with your Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts: Step 1: Using your favorite web browser, go to [1] to get the Hotmail / Live / MSN login page. (This is a centralized login portal for a so-called Microsoft password account so accounts from Hotmail, Live and MSN converge to this login page) Step 2: Enter your username and password to sign in. Page 1 of 6

2 Step 3: When signed in, locate the small gear icon at the upper right hand corner of the page and click on it. In the pull down menu that shows up, click on More mail settings. Page 2 of 6

3 Step 4: Then you shall get a new page called Options. In the group called "Managing your account", click "Create an Outlook alias". Page 3 of 6

4 Step 5: "Microsoft account" page shall show up where you can create your alias. Remember, you can only have ten (10) aliases per year. Depending on your geographic location, the domains available for Regional domains are also available based on the country you are in. Enter your desired alias, then select the desired domain for the alias. When done, click the Create an Alias button. Page 4 of 6

5 Step 6: Your alias is now ready! Congratulations! Managing your Aliases When you have several aliases in your account, you can manage them and pick the one to be the default mailer, or the so called "From address". Here are the steps: Step 1: When signed in to your account, click on the small gear icon then click on More Mail Settings. Then under Managing your account, click on Your accounts. Step 2: All your aliases shall be listed there including your original which is referred to as "Primary alias" and is listed under Microsoft account. Step 3: Scroll down to the bottom part to see the group called "Default FROM Address". Using the combobox there, select the account to be the default FROM address. This FROM address will then be the default address in the FROM field when you create a new message. NOTE: When you create a NEW message, Hotmail will automatically set your address in the Page 5 of 6

6 FROM field. In cases when you have several accounts added to your Hotmail/Live/MSN account, the default FROM address is the original account. Using the steps above will override this default. However, in the NEW page, you can also pick which account will be used in the FROM field to override the default address. Provider: Hotmail [2] Source URL: Links [1] [2] Page 6 of 6

How to add another account (not an alias account) to your Hotmail

How to add another account (not an alias account) to your Hotmail How to add another email account (not an alias email account) to your Hotmail Submitted by Jess on Sat, 07/13/2013-23:49 If you are using your Hotmail account for a very long time already, and as you are