What happened to Hotmail? Microsoft's once-ubiquitous email platform still exists, but not in the form you remember

Hotmail was once one of the most popular email platforms. You can still get a Hotmail address, but only through Microsoft Outlook.

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• Hotmail is a Microsoft-owned email platform that surged to popularity over two decades ago.
• Microsoft ultimately folded Hotmail into its broader software suite known as Microsoft Outlook.
• You can still create a Hotmail.com email address, but through Outlook.

A generation ago, AOL, Ask Jeeves, GeoCities, and Hotmail were all the rage.