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20 January 2013, 02:58 PM | #1 |
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I'm Beginning to Hate my Hotmail!
Actually, I've made the switch from Hotmail to Outlook.com, but the issue is the same.
Recently, since a big hack against MS and Yahoo, it's getting to be too big a pain in the ass to get into my email. I type with my keyboard on my lap. I like it that way, but sometimes I'm not as accurate as I could be. Now, when I try to log into my Outlook.com account, I have to jump through all kinds of hoops because I hit a wrong key and all of this is done, MS claims, to protect me. If I hit a wrong key, not only do I have to re-type the password, but I have to do one of those "Capcha" things, or whatever it's called. And not only that, but this stays like this for a period of time and so when I log back in, even if I get it right, I've screwed enough times that they make me type the password, read a scolding notice, re-enter the pasword and the "Capcha" thing. So, I decided to change my password to something simple. It wouldn't let me, because it has to be a complicated password. So, I made the password complicated, but less complicated than before and guess what! I can't change my password because I've screwed up too many times. I only need email so that I can do business on the internet and sadly, so that a bunch of knuckleheads I gave my email address to can send the most inane BS that fills up their inboxes--oh yeah, and spam. I'm getting pretty fed up with this situation.
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20 January 2013, 03:38 PM | #2 |
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20 January 2013, 03:40 PM | #3 |
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Never had a hotmail account, but I agree outlook is a major pain, so I only use it to work my Comcast address, which I only give to people I don't care about and never bother replying to.
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Grady, when I first got email back in the day (earthlink) I used it for everything. It didn't take long before all the spam was hitting it with hotel offers etc. that I had to wade through 40 emails just to get to the one business email that mattered.
So I opened a separate account just for business and people I know personally and opened a hotmail account for everything else (registering on websites, booking hotels, etc.). Works like a charm. Years later and my important email account still gets essentially no spam in the inbox.
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20 January 2013, 04:02 PM | #6 |
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I also have a spam trap and I guess that maybe it's time for me to kill off my current Hotmail account and transfer all my business email, as in online shopping, to a new Comcast account.
At least, it's easy to get into my Comcast account. I don't see how this new model is going to help MS at all, as I can't be the only one who mistypes a password from time to time.
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Ever try gmail?
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20 January 2013, 05:43 PM | #8 |
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Actually I do have a gmail account. I had to open one when I set up Google+ on my phone.
However, every time I try to access it from my computer, they want me to open a new account and I just can't seem to get past that page. I don't know. Maybe I'm just losing it.
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Yes, I think so.
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Gmail is the way.
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20 January 2013, 07:09 PM | #11 |
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I certainly agree that hoop jumping is an extremely frustrating pastime.
The only possible thing I could suggest would be to try typing with your keyboard on a desk. I could never master the ergonomics of typing with a keyboard on my lap! |
20 January 2013, 07:11 PM | #12 |
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My email addresses are both from small independent ISP's. Works like a charm. Both have webmail if I need to, but very seldom do I need the webmail. Use the mail app in OS X, and mail app in iOS.
Another added bonus is that my primary one is andreas@.... Which I like. Not andreas232@.... If you get my point.
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20 January 2013, 07:28 PM | #13 |
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Have you tried 1Password Pro? I use it. Works really well.
it keeps all your passwords, even generates new ones if required, double clicking on the address of your e mail in Password Pro will take you there and log you in. There are also apps for iPhone/Pad and Android that work really well and sync when you change a password on any of your devices. https://agilebits.com/onepassword Have a look, see what you think.
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20 January 2013, 07:33 PM | #14 |
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Gmail is far better but, and don't take this the wrong way, repeated entry of incorrect passwords is always going to trigger a response from a credible security system. Imagine if you presented someone else's password at passport control....
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20 January 2013, 08:13 PM | #15 |
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I switched to Gmail and have never had one spam email hit me. I love Gmail and highly recommend it!! Cheers,
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20 January 2013, 08:39 PM | #16 |
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Either Gmail or Mac@mail for me.
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21 January 2013, 12:15 AM | #17 |
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I have hotmail, but since I use outlook (the application) to log in and grab my mail I don't have these problems. The application remembers the credentials and signs in upon launching it and it grabs most of the spam in a junk mail folder. The Outlook application cost money, but I've always used Microsoft Office anyway.
So there are a number of different ways to go about this.
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21 January 2013, 12:34 AM | #18 |
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Hotmail and especially yahoo flood me with so many ads that my old and slow computer grinds almost to a dead stop .... Seems like the ad space is everywhere now and the ads are much more complicated now. Gmail is pretty good.
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21 January 2013, 12:40 AM | #19 |
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Another vote for Gmail
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