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Hotmail was rebranded to Microsoft Outlook.com
Hotmail (renamed as Windows Live Hotmail) is one of the most popular online service, which is provided by Microsoft. Hotmail is known as Webmail, and the users can access from a computer browser in any places all over the World.
What happened with Hotmail?
In 2012, Microsoft released Outlook.com and then replaced Windows Live Hotmail in 2013. Nowadays, the link URL www.hotmal.com directs the user to log in all accounts of Microsoft (included Sore, OneDrive, MSN, Skype, Outlook.com and other services).
The history of Hotmail
Hotmail was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 and launched as MSN Hotmail, later rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail. In August 2012, Microsoft revamped Hotmail and renamed the service at Outlook.com. Now it is part of the Windows Live service group.
By 2016, Hotmail is available in 107 different languages, including English, Spanish, French and Chinese. Live.com has about 3 billion visits per month, in which 17% come from the United States.
15 features of Hotmail/Outlook.com.
- Security
Finally, the class-A security function (A-level) has been established in Windows Live Hotmail. After the security feature has been extended, HTTPS will be brought to Hotmail throughout the use, which means even when logging and browsing (reading/sending) email. Outlook.com has promised to keep the users’ privacy. Outlook also does not scan email or attachments to take any advertising information or private conversations. - Able to view, edit & share Office Docs
Now you can access free Microsoft Office application to view, edit and share office documents without downloading it to your computer. All you need to do is sending any document or PowerPoint presentation to your email address. Therefore, you can open those documents at any time, that are because your documents are now available on Hotmail Cloud, then you do not need to use a computer to access it.
You also can view and amend presentations on Office Web application. After you have saved changes, it will automatically be stored on Skydrive. You can run the presentation slides without installing Office on your computer.
- Real-time Documents cooperate
If your friends or colleagues and you want to work on the same document at the same time, so you can do it easier by using new updated Hotmail version.
Click on the file which currently appears on Skydrive of the sender to view it online. While editing, you can see the number of the editor doing editing the file on the bottom left-hand side. You also can check all changes immediately made by other team members.
- OneClick Filter.
A selective One Click Filter of emails has been introduced in the new Hotmail version, which allows you to filter email with social networking updates, emails from regular contacts and group easily.
- Active views
When someone is giving you video links, Flickr photos….in email, in order o view them, you need to open the link to a new window of your browser. However, new Hotmail automatically recognizes the link, additional description, and thumbnail pictures and allows you are viewing videos directly on email interface. Similarly, you also can view Flickr picture and even can view a slideshow from your inbox. It recognizes tracking numbers, postal services and shows all related information. Besides that, you can accept the Linkedin invitations without accessing its website.
- Quick views
If you only want to check the emails which have images, you can quickly filter those emails by clicking “Photos” on the left side. Similarly, you can click on “Documents” to view all messages and attachments.
- Sending large files
The combination of Hotmail and Skydrive makes it is possible to send large files up to 10GB in one email. The files saved on Skydrive service can be stored at 25GB-free storage space. When sending large files (documents or images, file zip,…) via email, the recipients only receive an URL (a link) of the files. The recipients do not necessary to have an account on Skydrive to download them; click in the link is all they need to do.
- Sending and view images
You can attach the number of image files in your mail. All the uploaded images into Skydrive and recipients will be received a link, which allows you to watch a slideshow of interactive images, download them (no Windows Live ID required) as well as able to leave comments (Windows Live ID needed).
- Edit & Reply
If you or your colleagues send a document that needs some amendments and re-send it. Normally you have to download that document to a computer then making amendments, attach and then resend it.
All those steps are time-consuming, new Hotmail feature allows you to edit a document online. Before editing, it will automatically copy documents into your Windows Live Skydrive account. The online Word version looks like Microsoft Word and it will not affect the edited document format. - View the conversations
If you have conversations with your friends in some topics by email, which eventually sent to various persons. Now you want to view all of those conversations in one place; this is possible in Hotmail with a new option “conversation”
Click “Arrange By” on the right side (under the searching box) and choose “Conversation” from the drop-down list, allow you to view all conversations. Moreover, when you read those messages, it presents the whole history of date and time of the conversations.
Autocomplete search
To search for a mail effectively, Hotmail has been added Search Autocomplete. Type the needed keywords and it automatically suggests the useful results.
- View the conversations
If you have conversations with your friends in a number of the topic by email, which eventually sent to various persons. Now you want to view all of those conversations in one place; this is possible in Hotmail with a new option “conversation”
Click “Arrange By” on the right side (under the searching box) and choose “Conversation” from the drop-down list, allow you to view all conversations. Moreover, when you read those messages, it presents the whole history of date and time of the conversations.
- Remove Spam
Hotmail divides spam into 2 types: “Spam” and “Graymail” (newsletters and other marketing programs and promotions). The filter system goes through new spam of Hotmail based on IP Address filter, which works very efficiently.
It works rely on the interaction of the users with their emails. If the users always place an email into “Trash” folder without reading afterward, then Hotmail will consider it as “Greymail” and block it in the future.
- Sweep
You can manage a messy inbox by using this feature. If you receive a daily message that you do not need, all you have to do is selecting that email, click “Sweep” then “Move all from…” or “Delete all from…”. You can opt to “Also move future emails” to confirm that mail will not be sent to your inbox in the future.
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)
If using a phone to surfing emails, you can use the advantage of Hotmail ActiveSync. It helps to synchronize emails, calendar, and contacts between mobile and web. That means any changes to your email (read/delete the email) will automatically appear on the web. It is similar to IMAP function.
What is "two-step verification"? Two-step verification, also known as two-factor authentication (2FA) or multifactor authentication, is widely used to add one more layer of security to your Hotmail account. With the support from 2FA, if anyone has intention of accessing your Hotmail account, they have to steal both your password and phone.