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Hotmail, now called Windows Live Hotmail is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It is currently the second largest web-based email service, after its competitor Yahoo Mail.

Hotmail is not built by Microsoft, and it was one of the first web-based e-mail services, and was launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL", its name and capitalization referring to HTML, the encoding language used by the World Wide Web. In 1997, Microsoft acquired it with nearly $400 million, shortly after it was rebranded as "MSN Hotmail". The current version, "Windows Live Hotmail", was officially announced in 2005 and released worldwide in 2007. Similar to other major webmail services, Hotmail uses Ajax programming techniques and supports popular internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Safari, and Mozilla Firefox). Some of its features include keyboard controls giving the ability to navigate around the page without using the mouse.

Keyfeatures of Windows Hotmail

  • Playing Audio - An integrated audio player which plays voicemails or MP3 sound
  • Security - Security features built into Hotmail include Windows Live OneCare virus scanning, SenderID, SMTP Authentication, phishing heuristic detection, Bonded Sender, mailing list detection, and forwarding detection.
  • Integration - Hotmail integrates with other Windows Live services. Users can see if their Windows Live Messenger contacts are online and start instant messaging conversations from Hotmail.
  • Spell checker - Similar with Microsoft Office Word, Hotmail includes the ability to check the spelling of words as they are typed. Misspelled words are underlined in red and a right-click displays a list of suggestions.
If you have registered an Hotmail account, you can also log in Windows Live Messenger directly with your Hotmail account, and from which you can also check e-mail inbox and sending e-mails.

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