FMH Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 My geeky gift to them! :D 6 in total. As far as I know, 3 is the minimum. No 2 lettered IDs were available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edrick Smith Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Cool story AWilliams87, .Neo, ahhell and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 get your own <firstname>@<lastname>.com ... even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 3 letter account names?? Prepare for the onslaught of spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I just got my first name @outlook.com - don't plan on using it but I like having it :p Good thing there aren't many people called Ambroos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charisma Veteran Posted August 1, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 1, 2012 I registered one with my name just to reserve it, but I doubt I'll use it any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 why would you want that. and as said before. custom last name domain is the real deal. my work e-mail actually has a 3 letter alias as well though(initials) and with the company using a three letter domain it is handy at work where i sometimes need to give the email over phone. but in general i prefer the more professional full length e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I registered the one I normally use but not sure how much I will use it...at least not right now anyway. I never use my full name in my email addresses so I dont care about registering my name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I mean that's cool and all.. but I'd rather have like.. firey@outlook.com over fir@ or fry@ dve@ but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 are they random letters? if so doesnt make much sense. I got wuss@outlook ha Nope, their initials. 3 letter account names?? Prepare for the onslaught of spam. I hope not! :laugh: It's a brand new service, so it probably has much better spam protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoken Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I registered one for me.. just because I could.. Anyone know how to get it to work in the Android mail client though ? I don't want to download the specific Hotmail app.. Haven't seen any info anywhere on pop3/imap settings for it yet :/ Not that I'll actually use it, but if I do, I wanna get the email sooner rather than later lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted August 1, 2012 MVC Share Posted August 1, 2012 3 letter account names just guarantees lots of spam. like bob@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I bet they're thanking you for your well thought out gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hoffman Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I got donotreply@outlook.com :) Charisma 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted August 2, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2012 I got donotreply@outlook.com :) :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I registered one with my name just to reserve it, but I doubt I'll use it any time soon. This. However, It's been registered 2 days and I already have 4 spam emails, I haven't given it out to anyone or registered anything with it. I won't be using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheza Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 why would you want that. and as said before. custom last name domain is the real deal. my work e-mail actually has a 3 letter alias as well though(initials) and with the company using a three letter domain it is handy at work where i sometimes need to give the email over phone. but in general i prefer the more professional full length e-mail. Sadly I think smith.com is taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted August 2, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2012 get your own <firstname>@<lastname>.com ... even better Or do what I did and have the entire email address (including the @ sign and TDL) read as your full name :p I won't publicly write what my email address is (at the moment), but it begins with "c@lum" and the ccTDL I've used (the bit after the dot) is the ending of my surname :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Knight Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Shaun N. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafin0 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 This. However, It's been registered 2 days and I already have 4 spam emails, I haven't given it out to anyone or registered anything with it. I won't be using it. the hellspam emails in your normal inbox or did they go to junk mail i keep hearing people say how they get so much spam with hotmail/outlook but i get none at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 They did go to junk mail i guess, my last hotmail which I had for over 10 years was plagued by spam so moved to Gmail. I'm probably a bit weary of using it too much so it doesn't go the way the last one went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted August 2, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2012 I remember when I got damien@live.co.uk the first time around, the spam I got was horrendous so much so I just left the account to expire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafin0 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 They did go to junk mail i guess, my last hotmail which I had for over 10 years was plagued by spam so moved to Gmail. I'm probably a bit weary of using it too much so it doesn't go the way the last one went. still a bit weird to get any spam so early but i guess its good that it was picked up as junk so i dont really see it as much of a problem. but yeah iv got two hotmail accounts, one that i use for random crap and one i use for more important things, with that said nether get any junk that i didnt sign up for FMH 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted August 2, 2012 MVC Share Posted August 2, 2012 I would recommend not putting your actual email address in this thread. A rogue member could take that address and sign you up for porn or any other email promotion. Be careful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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