Windows Live/MSN Messenger.

[spike1972]

This is probably a stupid question (aren't all my questions stupid? Don't answer that..), but do you have to have a hotmail email addy to create an MSN/Windows Live Messenger a/c?

A friend of mine was trying to create one, and couldn't see a way around having a Hotmail addy. He has a Yapoo addy atm.

Comments

[novemberbug]

I've always used a Yahoo email address for mine but maybe they don't let you do that now. I registered for mine about 5 years ago and I've used the same one ever since!

[spike1972]

I got mine years ago too, when I first had a puter. At the time I only had my NThell addy, so at the time I was quite chuffed to be getting a second addy ;op

[lupeacecraft]

well thats odd because I have an acquaintence over in the UK who uses a virgin.net email address for msn messenger and it works just fine for him so I'm not sure. I would think windows live messenger would do a form of addy without hotmail but who knows. Is windows live the same thing as MSN?

I have a hotmail account but then again I've had it for a long-ass time.

[weebly_one]

And the anonymous one is me!!

I keep looking at my friends list and forgetting to log in before leaving comments!

[spike1972]

Heh - that's normally me that is ;op

[myopicmeringue]

I think once you create an MSN account, you are automatically given an email address. That's why all MSN accounts are a screen name followed by @hotmail.com. You don't have to use the email address though. It's just like a freebie thing they give you, I guess!

[spike1972]

So do we think he has to get one of those Passport.net thingies?

[myopicmeringue]

I don't know what that is, to be honest. I got an MSN account recently, and it gave me an email address, but I wasn't aware of having been given a passport.net - but I may have been without realising it! :-)