Hotmail Sign in

Sign in to a hotmail account using an MSN or hotmail email address or a personal email address that is connected with an MSN or hotmail email address. Hotmail users also have immediate access to the Microsoft Passport Network via a Windows Live ID. Persons with Windows Live ID accounts also have the abilities to sign in to their hotmail accounts with their Windows Live ID passwords.Persons who .

Windows Live Hotmail, previously known as MSN Hotmail, and commonly called Hotmail is a free Internet-based email service available in 36 different languages. It is operated by Microsoft as part of the Windows Live group. In 2010, comScore rated Hotmail as the largest Internet-based email service with over 3.5 million users worldwide.Hotmail supports major browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Google Chrome. It is a feature-rich email application with unique benefits not always offered by other webmail services. Features include keyboard controls, structured search capabilities, conversation threading, spam filtering and virus scanning. Another feature of note is Active View whereby users can interact directly with photo attachments and content from YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn. The service also offers seamless integration with smartphones, Microsoft Office Web Apps including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and also with Microsoft Messenger.A basic Hotmail email address is free to obtain and users can create up to 5 aliases every year (15 maximum) and link those accounts enabling a single login to access all accounts. Users must login in at least every 270 days to keep an account active. There is also a paid version of Hotmail that offers no account expiration, no graphical ads and more storage. Both versions of Hotmail offer POP3 functionality enabling the email account to be integrated with Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.In order to login to Hotmail, users should visit http://www.hotmail.com to be taken directly to the Hotmail login page. Alternatively, the hotmail email service can also be accessed via the Hotmail link on the MSN home page found at http://www.msn.com. Both of these access points include the option to register for a new Hotmail account as well as to access an existing account. Logging in to Hotmail is a simple process with users required to enter their email address and password to gain access. During the set up process, users will generally provide a secret answer to a given question that can be used to access an account should login details be forgotten.