If you’re like many people, you may have retired your old Hotmail account long ago in favor of a newer, more user-friendly service. But if you need to access an old email message or document from your Hotmail account, there’s a way to do it. First, sign in to your account on the web or through the app. If you can’t remember your password, click the “Forgot Your Password?” link on the login screen and enter your email address and password. Once you’re logged in, click the “Your Account” link at the top of the page. Under “My Account,” select “Mail.” You’ll see all of your active mailboxes (including any that have been deleted) listed under “Inbox.” Select the mailbox that contains the email or document you want to access and click the “Open In New Window” button. ..
Hotmail accounts are now migrated to Outlook.com. This web application has already new features and services that helps users manage emails through the web. To recover it, you can refer to our guide here: Recover your Microsoft account, for more information about the process of account recovery
If you’re having trouble locating the old email account or old messages, try using the provider’s recovery tool – all of the major providers have one available. However, if your email address is from a less popular provider (e.g. Yahoo) there might be no way to access those accounts again in this lifetime.
Hotmail is now aligned with Microsoft Outlook, so to access your Hotmail account you would log in using the “@hotmail.com” email address and be prompted to either stay on Hotmail or open the new Outlook.com website.
Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday that it will deactivate any Hotmail accounts that are not accessed at least once every 30 days
Microsoft deleted the account after 90 days and any traces of your two former Hotmail accounts has been erased. I’m sure that Microsoft has also recycled the internet protocol, or IP address, for these old accounts. … (We still have a lot of older email addresses from before web-based mail became mainstream.)
