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.