I’m not sure if you should be getting your hopes up quite yet, but rumors have started to circulate around the Internet that Microsoft will be opening up the @live.com email addresses tomorrow for public registration. There is no official word from Microsoft that this will be happening, but the timing sounds about right. Back in June the Windows Live Product Manager said that the addresses will be available this fall, and we are indeed midway through the fall.
If you’ve been reading our site over the last year you probably already have an @live.com email address from one of the many loopholes that were found (here, here, here, and here). Microsoft had pondered shutting down all of the accounts that were created from those tricks, but they realized that doing so would anger their most hardcore users.
Remember, this can be your chance to get an email address people can easily remember. I managed to sneak in on one of the loopholes last year and snatched up my name, but I still only use Gmail. It is nice to have my name, however, in case I ever decide to switch over in the future.
If Microsoft does launch the @live.com email addresses tomorrow we’ll be sure to keep you informed.
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Why? I’m fine with GMail and I’m sure other are happy with Yahoo and Gmail, too….so what’s the point?
gmail is a terrible mail provider…go hotmail/live!!!!!!!
Uhh, I’ve had an @live.com address since November 2006…
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ok so i have heard the rumor somewhere too anyone know which GMT timing are we talking about
To “Anonymous”. The point is that Windows Live Hotmail is much better than GMail and Yahoo in user interface (espeically), spam filtering, features and consistency with other Windows Live services. That’s the point!
To “Ehsan”: It will be 10pm GMT (England), but I don’t know what that is in other countrys.
Looks like the email addresses are available: [get.live.com]
I’m not saying you have to register an account, but if you do ever decide to switch it might be nice to have your first choice for a name available.
Wow is all I have to say! It’s about time these addresses launched.
to: cJr.
The point may be that live is better with other live services, however, if one is not using other live services, than it can’t compare with gmail. Perhaps, yahoo.