Hotmail service was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, and was one of the first webmail services on the Internet … See more

Similar to other major webmail services, Outlook.com uses Ajax programming techniques and supports later versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. Some of its features include keyboard controls … See more

Mail is the webmail component of Outlook.com. The default view is a three column view with folders and groups on the left, a list of email messages in the middle, and the selected message on the right.
Mail's Activ… See more

Outlook.com supports email clients connecting through the following protocols, listed in chronological order:
• WebDAV was used by Outlook Express but was discontinued on September 1, 2009.
• Microsoft O… See more

Outlook competes with numerous other free public email services such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Proton Mail, Tutanota or GMX Mail. See more

Like many free webmail services, Hotmail was often used by spammers for illicit purposes such as junk or chain mailing and unwanted marketing, due to wide availability, service popularity, and ease of registratio… See more

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