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Hello Leo

If my email is an everybody@msn.com address and I cancel my MSN dial up account will I still have access to this email account since it's really a hotmail account or do I lose all of my email? Do the same rules apply, as you outline in the responses above for hotmail, if the address is msn.com?

Thanks for your help,
Kathy

Posted by: Kathy at May 7, 2006 1:47 PM

I believe they are separate. I'd make sure to copy/backup all information you want to save before deleting the account.

Posted by: Leo at May 7, 2006 5:17 PM

hello!

hope you can help. i would like to know how i can change my e-mail address from hotmail.com to msn.com

Posted by: joan at June 19, 2006 3:27 PM

Why would you want to do that?

Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at June 19, 2006 3:52 PM

how do i get a new email addreess whats the web site ?

Posted by: stevie at July 13, 2006 3:38 PM

how can i change my e-mail adress without having to get another account but i would like the new e-mail adress to be yung-sweetness@hotmail.co.uk thanks.

Posted by: LARA at August 16, 2006 11:19 AM

As the article you just commented on says: you cannot.

Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at August 16, 2006 11:24 AM

I would like to change my email address to fit my name. I've read your article but I've also been looking for a solution and found this article to. Is it possible that this same association with your name be posible to change your email address without creating a new account. I would not like to create a new account because I've already a lot of info in folders in my account.
I send you a link with the article and maybe you could take a look.
Hope you could answer me soon.
Olivia.

Article link: http://kb.wayne.edu/index.php?article=390

Posted by: Olivia at September 29, 2006 10:24 AM

Olivia: that article only applies to that school's mail system. You cannot do what that article describes with gmail or hotmail (or most email accounts for that matter). Your only option is to create a new account with a new name.

Posted by: Leo Notenboom at October 4, 2006 3:32 PM

is it possible to tranfer all my emails from my old accout into my new account without having to send each one individually? most are very important and i would hate to lose them all.

Posted by: meg at October 10, 2006 10:11 PM
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