Multiple e-mail inboxes are a fact of life for most of us. At last count I had six mail accounts I access regularly and another six addresses I use occasionally. That didn’t prevent me from signing up ...

So you’ve decided you like the cut of Outlook.com’s jib, so much so that you’re ready to ditch Gmail and move your mail into Microsoft’s camp. Easier said than done, right? Actually, it’s less ...

Even as almost everything else in technology changes at breakneck speeds, e-mail continues to stay relatively constant. Sure, Google changed the game when it introduced Gmail in 2004, but most of the ...

Hotmail users and newbies are flocking in droves to Outlook.com, Microsoft’s latest Webmail overhaul that will eventually replace Hotmail. Less than 24 hours after Microsoft rolled out Outlook.com, ...

Microsoft’s online Outlook.com email service has gone through a lot of names over the years. The service began life as an online app that let users send and receive messages, and not much else. By the ...

Hotmail, the world’s first webmail service is no more. Technically, it isn’t dead yet, but Microsoft is rebranding Hotmail.com as Outlook.com and will soon phase it out of the interwebs. As you’d ...

Back in June, there were leaks about an alleged new Microsoft mail client -- "Newmail"-- something LiveSide.net described as a Metro-style Hotmail." On July 31, Microsoft took the wraps off a preview ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. If you thought Microsoft was done with its summer announcements then think ...

[Effective April 10, 2014, Microsoft ended the Custom Domains service described here. Existing customers can continue to use addresses that are already set up, but you can no longer attach your own ...

There’s little question that Web-based email has captured a major portion of the user base. The conveniences of webmail — all your messages in one place, few or no practical limits on storage, access ...