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03-25-2004, 07:29 PM
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Hotmail & MSN the same???
Hey guys! 
Just curious, is signing in to your Hotmail account the same as signing in to your MSN account?
For example, if I sign in to martoch@hotmail.com and set up an online profile, would it also be martoch@msn.com? If not, how would I get an msn e-mail extension? Sometimes people send me e-mails that have @msn.com while others have @hotmail.com. Just wondering, I can't seem to find the answer with a quick google search.
Thanks!
Mike
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03-25-2004, 07:32 PM
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no
hotmail is for people who use "hotmail".
msn is for the people who also have msn as an isp
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03-25-2004, 07:36 PM
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Hmm...I understand what you're saying, but the person that is sending me e-mails from an @msn.com e-mail address does not have MSN as an ISP. They use the same cable provider that I use, that's why I was curious as to how they have an @msn.com extension. I would ask them, but they're not responding to e-mails. Could it be that they use MSN as a web browser?  | |
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03-25-2004, 07:40 PM
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Mike:
If you have MSN as an ISP, you can go to hotmail.com and type in martoch@msn.com, but if you don't you'd just have a normal Hotmail account. The @MSN.com is reserved for MSN internet customers. So if you used, say, Comcast, the only one you'd be able to get would be martoch@hotmail.com.
Edit - Sorry I didn't even read your post. I'm not sure how he was able to get an MSN address, as I have four email accounts one of them being Hotmail, so I went to their homepage and when I went to Create Account, the only domain available was @hotmail.com.
Interesting.
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03-25-2004, 07:43 PM
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Could it be that they use MSN as a web browser?
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i think u have to have themas your ISP to have an @msn.com email
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03-25-2004, 07:47 PM
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I wonder the same thing as you do big bro. I have a friend who also has @msn.com as his e-mail, but as far as I know he doesnt use MSN as his ISP. Never really cared that much to know really, but I wondered, and I am still wondering. *Hum* 
dan
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03-25-2004, 07:49 PM
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OK, the only thing I can think of is that he registered an @MSN email at some point in time where you could choose @MSN or @Hotmail for your email address. I believe you could do this before, now it looks like you need their ISP to do it.
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03-25-2004, 07:53 PM
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my thoughts exactly AF. either they registered when you could chose, or they previously had MSN as an ISP
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03-25-2004, 07:55 PM
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Yeah, thats probably it, since my friend having his email endind with @msn.com created that email a long time ago.
dan
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03-25-2004, 08:13 PM
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yes... I have an @msn.com account that i registered a few years back. It used to be that you could sign up for an @msn.com account just like a hotmail account.(and no i've never had them as my isp)
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