Re: Change Address

You can export your buddy list from messenger (contacts->save contacts) and
import it as your new user. While passport does support rename, messenger
does not currently, so this is your best bet.

<> wrote in message
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> Hiya,
>
> Back in 1996 I registered a hotmail account () and
> ever since I have been using this as my MSN messenger login ID.
>
> I would very very much like to change this but do not wish to loose my
> contacts that I have collected over the many years, there must be a way to
> change the ID somehow and have it propigate over the network....
>
> I know you can do it with passport addresses so there must be someone at
> hotmail who can do this.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Shaun
>
> --
> -
> Shaun Okeefe
> Undernet User-Committee
> Webmasters / Promotions
>
>
>
>

Hi,

Actually Messenger has supported rename for quite some time now (as in years)... It was gone
for awhile for non-MSN registered accounts due to the live.com screw-up. It's back now,
although the primary link on account.live.com only allows to switch to a hotmail.com address,
there is a hidden link that allows you to change it to anything you want AND your contacts
get propagated.

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"John Holmes [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
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> You can export your buddy list from messenger (contacts->save contacts) and import it as
> your new user. While passport does support rename, messenger does not currently, so this is
> your best bet.
>
> <> wrote in message news:WdKGg.6677$...
>> Hiya,
>>
>> Back in 1996 I registered a hotmail account () and ever since I have
>> been using this as my MSN messenger login ID.
>>
>> I would very very much like to change this but do not wish to loose my contacts that I
>> have collected over the many years, there must be a way to change the ID somehow and have
>> it propigate over the network....
>>
>> I know you can do it with passport addresses so there must be someone at hotmail who can
>> do this.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Shaun
>>
>> --
>> -
>> Shaun Okeefe
>> Undernet User-Committee
>> Webmasters / Promotions
>>
>>
>>
>>