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

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Leo, I just opened a free msn email because to use the new(?) WINDOWS LIVE MAIL (which replaces outlook)as my default mail service on my new computer they won't accept hotmail addresses but will with msn ones. Before I had to copy and paste every email address into my hotmail account to send email while surfing the net. Now I can link all the hotmail emails and the msn on windows live mail. Hope that helps. I do agree that an msn address looks more professional than a hotmail one. I do hope it all works as planned.

Leo,

There are some differences between hotmail and MSN email accounts that people take into account. With Hotmail, every email you send out puts an add at the bottom of the email that the recipient sees. This can be somewhat of an issue of the email is for matters such as applying for a job. Also, there are other feature that differs between the two. With MSN you can forward you email to your Blackberry for free where as you have to pay for the upgraded service on Hotmail to eventually have it forwarded to your phone. Additionally, there are a lot of professionals that see MSN as being "better" then the hotmail account.

Hopefully that helps.

ok well the reason why i was looking for an option to use the msn email is simply because it's shorter, easier and quicker to type. sometimes i just dont like typing @hotmail.com when i can simply type @msn.com. makes sense now? guess i'll just try aol.com since msn isn't free.

thanks, it works... i wanted this because i like to use msn messenger, but everybody uses 'hotmail.com', so i use my yahoo account signed in passport.com, but i don't recieve notifications of new mail and other stuff.. that's why i wanted it

As for the msn designation - I have msn thru quest. They won't let me have an msn account anymore, they give me one with "@q.com". When I open my email I can see and open ALL(4)msn email addresses at once. The new "q.com" mail I have to log into separately, so I don't use that new account now-it's too much trouble.
SOooo - Would like to have a new address with msn.com (By the way,I DO have MSN Premium service.)

hey man im looking for a way to make an @msn.com and i found your site and u say u see no reason in having a @MSN.com account instead of a @HOTMAIL.com u even make abit of fun about it. Well u got it now. its smaller 3 letters compared to 7 !!!!!!!!. easier to type it. might not be a BIG reason but u shouldnt be so in question about it

I like msn because it is shorter and it leaves off the .au bit on the end making it shorter again. Also I feel @msn accounts looks more professional when dealing with people/organisations outside of my circle of friends (at least in comparison with the well known @hotmail address).

Well, i am not able to make my windoes live account on @msn.com - I clicked on your link above in order to make @msn.com account but after when i finsihed up all the requirments it says "Windows live is having technical problem try again later" and its the 5th time i am fillinf the form and it still says the same thing. I wanted to have an account on @msn. com because i can easily have my own name account there, because i guess, not much population is using msn as campared to hotmail. As it was the answer of your question which u mentioned in the beggining of the site :D

Regards

I have an msn.com email account because it came with MSN Premium when I signed up for Verizon DSL. Unfortunately, when I am on the road and not using my home Verizon DSL hookup, my email account is useless as it will not accept incoming or outgoing email. This is a big problem for me.

I got one years ago by setting up msn explorer
http://explorer.msn.com/install.htm
and i was able to create a msn account, and then uninstalled the program.. Sounds like a lot of work, but I wanted a "disposable" address other than hotmail.com
Good Luck, Doug

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