Post-planning tip: If you are the executor for a deceased loved one, handling their unfinished business like closing accounts can be overwhelming without a way to organize your process.
We have a post-loss checklist that will help you ensure that your loved one's family, estate, and other affairs are taken care of. Everyone seems to have email accounts that were set up years ago, long since forgotten. You may have had the email from that account redirected, but trying to conjure up your old password can become next to impossible.
You can delete your Hotmail account without a password — with a catch. The option available is to reset your password. For this to occur, however, you need to have access to the contact email that you used to set up your Hotmail account. The password reset will send an email to the email address on file. If you can access it, then you can reset your password, log back in, and successfully shut it down.
Ready to delete your Hotmail account? Any accounts you have that use the Hotmail email address must be updated and given a new email address for contact and subscription purposes. If you use Microsoft applications, your Hotmail account probably links to your Microsoft account, since the company owns it. To close the account, you need to sign in. You should do this on a computer or a mobile browser, not on a mobile app. From the home page, click on the security page.
Once you land on the closure page, Microsoft will have you read and check off numerous closure statements. Upon further examination, I realized that the logos were not in the usual places, and that the font itself was a little bit different.
It appeared something was up. Further research on google revealed that this was indeed a phishing letter, a scam, intended to obtain my information for their personal use. I wrote hotmail at their specific phishing email address, which is abuse hotmail. Fast forward a day or so later — hotmail responded stating that they would absolutely never ask for any information from their customers, and, further, that they have absolutely no intentions whatsoever in closing my email account or that of anyone else.
They also stated that the information I sent them was actually incomplete — they needed me to resend the letter with the header, which is the information that reveals the source of the email. There were specific directions how to obtain the header and send to them without opening the email itself — a caveat if there were any future phishing letters sent to me.
I must have been on a phishing list, because indeed, I received dozens of phishing emails over the next months and year. It is possible that when I opened the email it signaled the hacks that I was a possible mark. They were from different sources. Some of the emails were extremely intricate and creative, with moving banners and hotmail information otherwise correct. Usually, though, they were easily and instantly recognizable because of their spelling, grammatical and printing errors and appearance.
Each provider has specific email addresses to contact. It felt good to be a part of the cure instead of feeling victimized. Click on "manage linked accounts. Q: Users are being allowed to keep their Hotmail addresses if they want. A: "The simple fact is that many people are attached to their email address. We do expect a certain number to want a new Outlook. Either is fine since they will all get to use the new service," a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed. Q: When will Microsoft update the calendar in Outlook.
A : Microsoft officials aren't saying anything other than what they've said since summer , which is "soon. A: You can. Here's how to do this for Windows 8 and Windows Phone.
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