How do I make an msn.com email address instead of hotmail.com?

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Are you a Yahoo? Do you prefer the equally unpleasantly named 'Hotmail'? Of course you are not a yahoo nor and very few want to send hotmail; it sounds like making a booking in a brothel.

An important reason for me is that I don't like to be nudged, baffled or bored into a change that would cost me money, time & lost contacts. A very dignified & elderly clergyman sent me an email from a Yahoo address. Quod erat demstrandum?

I read your terms carefully and do not send this in rancour or to appear any wiser than I am. I admire what you do but would like to point out there is status and prestige involved. Some older people believe Yahoo & Hotmail are juvenile, unsuitable - even rather vulgar. They may be mistaken but are entitled to their point of view.

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Thanks for the info on getting an msn email. To answer your question about why people want that extension instead of hotmail, is that there are some online places that will not accept an email account from hotmail or yahoo type places as valid. MSN is accepted.

ohh and with @msn you get 1000 megabytes insted of 25 for 30 days then 250

THE ANSWER......THE FREE ANSWER! ! ! I have an @msn.com email, for free. With my computer came MSN Explorer, i made my email through it's startup guide, im certain it can be downloaded for free, and you can then set up your own '@msn.com' email through the set up screen, hopefully this helps! :D

I can answer the question about why people want an msn address. I need to get a new email address for my new business. My first thought was that I wanted an msn address because msn sounds much more professional and credible.

I would like to thank you for helping me get the Holy Grail of all email addresses
The reason quite simply for wanting a @msn is exactly what (Karen at February 2, 2007 06:32 PM) said...
Hotmail just isn't credible in business, hotmail suggests to me private addresses for the normal sector of society, and dare I say children using Windows Messenger, messaging each other all day using Emoticons and the silly going's on I see my 14 year old son doing all the time...

Its mind and eye boggling to say the least.

Thanks again.

Leo,

Professional people/buisness want @msn.com because its perceived as less childish then @hotmail.com or @yahoo.com. I agree with the comments people are writing. I was also looking for @msn.com for my buisness as well. MSN already knows this or they would not have started charging for this e-mail@msn.com. Why does MSN not listen to its customers and their comments?

another reason is because msn accounts get a small fraction of the spam that regular hotmail accounts receive. I've had my msn account for years and I never paid a dime for it (but can't remember how I got it either). I get maybe one spam email every other day with it. On the other hand, my hotmail account is bombarded by spam all day long. I hate that email account.

Dear Leo,

An address like I wanted with hotmail.com was not available anymore. There are a lot of guys with my name in the Netherlands. But luckely we had the msn.com.
So dear Leo, that is the reason I obtained an msn.com email address and not because I am a snub.

PS
Now if your last name is also "Haan" you can obtain a free email address with me, please visit my website, go to the contact page and respond somehow from there.

http://www.haan.net

I remember reading I think in an old Dvorak column something about "hotmail" seeming like an odd name. I felt that way too but didnt know why, then it finally dawned on me, it sounds like "hot male". ummmmmm..... that makes sense. so esthetically .msn sounds much better. hot male sounds too much akin to some kid-gig you'd find on "myspace" or wherever.....

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