Another geek question

When did Hotmail stop being a web based email???

 

Karen,
Get a (free) Gmail account and wind down the hotmail, people will eventually get used to the new address. Gmail can be accessed via browser or imap, I can pm you the imap setup for your mobile devices if you cant find it.

Never give your mobile number to a website, it is a major identity theft risk. Just google your own number - you may be surprised how much comes up.

Ian

 

What exactly does this have to do with Ferrari?

 

Had me worried there for a minute - never done this before but I googled my mobile number and was astounded how many "results" came up.
But they all turned out to be bollocks - they were almost all fishing sites and none of them had anything which would identify me unless I was prepared to pay for more information. Funny about that.

Then I thought, what's the difference between this and the old white pages anyway?
So what if my number is linked to my name and address?
As long as its not linked to my credit card or banking details?!

Re hotmail, I haven't noticed anything different but I only use that email when overseas.

 

Thanks for giving me extra paranoia!

 

It's about helping people out,buddy.
All the folk on this thread know each other personally and(some)are techno wizards,as has been shown in the answers.

 

Is that where you fit in?

 

'kn hardly,more like you smarta#$

 

what happens if you put in a phoney number?

 

I don't understand the question.

gmail and Hotmail are addresses you can always use forever. you can use both of them in outlook if you like AND they're web based too...what more than that are you looking for?

 

Aren't they all???


Joking aside I've had my bigpond email address for 17+ years. Haven't had a bigpond internet account for 14+ years though. I pay $20 a year (it might be $20/six months... whatever its trivial) for a "just mail" service.

That said your contacts are locally stored unless you get an exchange service type account (which just mail isn't) - but that is easy to manage through outlook on your PC/mobile.

 

Karen,

It's not a scam if you are logging into the hotmail/outlook website.

It's just 2-way verification. GMAIL has been doing this for years. It's an optional feature for security conscious people.

Microsoft Account Gets More Secure - The Official Microsoft Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Microsoft just added this feature this year because they are always behind the times.

I have had my number linked to gmail account for years and never had it compromised.

Someone stealing your snail mail or someone reading your CC details at a store has a better chance at identity theft than linking your mobile to your email account.

 

I've used it all over the world and about 6 years of the 17 were living out of Australia. It has and continues to work perfectly well. I also have a similar UK based email address which I pay a similar amount for (and is handy as the contact email for my UK itunes account etc). It too works everywhere.

Send me a PM if you want any more details.

I suspected that's what you meant