@ firefaile You still have to access your account at least once within 120 day time frame. This is needed to let our system know that the account is still active and a valid password is still used to access the account via the Hotmail website. Thanks! More

THIS IS URGENT. I WAS COMPOSING AN EMAIL FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, IT WAS SAVED IN THE "DRAFTS" FOLDER OF THE ONLINE BROWSER BASED HOTMAIL AS USUAL. APART FROM TEXT, IT CONTAINED SOME ATTACHEMENTS/ATTACHED FILES. I MOVE THE EMAIL FROM THE DRAFTS FOLDER TO ANOTHER... More

@incompetent: The contents of your Hotmail inbox were deleted by an automated service which flags accounts which have not been signed into for 60 or more days. Once the inbox contents have been deleted, they cannot be recovered. Additionally, if you do not sign in for... More

@ marmac123 It depends... if you have a Hotmail Plus account, then your account should not be tagged as inactive. But for free accounts, you have to sign-in to Windows Live Hotmail using your account once every 120 days. This is to prevent your account from being tagged... More

[quote]Ok, where do I need to sign in in the future so I can make sure this doesn't happen again, and are you able to get my contacts and messages back? [/quote] You have to sign in to your account directly at the www.hotmail.com or http://mail.live.com web sites... More

[quote user="honxywonxy"] iv done that and i have recieved the email welcoming me to hotmail. could it be that i had all the mail going that came to that account forwarded to my other account and would only accsess it from my other account. being that i had... More

I have received a email say my account has been inactive and will be closed. I use this account everyday. I have pasted the email below. Before I answered the questions in the email I wanted to make sure it was from you and not someone else. Turning a new leaf... Welcome... More

SmokersTees, I’ve checked your @msn.com e-mail address and found out that the e-mails were deleted due to inactivity. Hotmail accounts are put into inactive state if they are not accessed at least once every 270 days. When an account is made inactive, all the... More