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Think you know everything there is to know about Windows Live Hotmail? You'd be surprised. Hotmail is packed with features, from huge (and ever expanding) storage* to advanced security features and the latest spam protection technology. And Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger are perfect partners, working together to keep you connected. Take a look...
*Assumes reasonable monthly growth rate

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Privacy

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Ditch the junk

Busy day? Last thing you need is a lot of spam getting in the way of your important email. Don't worry, Hotmail helps catch and ditch the junk. It has super security features too.

Your personal mail man

Use Yahoo! Mail Plus, AOL or Gmail as well? No problem. Hotmail saves you time and hassle by letting you manage multiple email accounts from your Hotmail inbox.

Space to grow

Hotmail gives you a whopping five gigabytes of storage - just for starters. Then your storage grows as you need it. In a nutshell, you can save those important emails without worrying about storage space.

Go faster

Your email is precious, just like your time. Hotmail is now super-fast and ultra efficient - up to 70% faster than previous versions of Hotmail, in fact**. Perfect if there are never enough hours in the day.
**Based on Microsoft tests in July 2008, Hotmail showed up to 70% greater speed for the following over broadband connections: sign in, view e-mail, open e-mail. On narrowband connections, tests showed up to 56% greater speed for the same transactions

Keep connected

Love Messenger? It's likely that most of your Messenger friends are on Hotmail, too, meaning you can keep all your contacts together, easily see who's online and chat straight from your inbox.

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Hotmail makes Messenger better

Keeping in touch has never been so easy. Just log into Windows Live Messenger from Hotmail, see who's online, and chat away. Using Hotmail with Messenger means one contact book, email alerts, and a cool What's New feed.

Email on the move

What do Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile phones have in common? You can get Hotmail on all of them. Sending and receiving emails and attachments on the move saves time and means that you can stay up to date. Just type mobile.live.com/hm into your phone's browser, then log in using your Windows Live ID. (Standard network rates apply)