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Hotmail didn't support the name format FirstInitial-dot-MiddleInitial-dot-Lastname-at-Hotmail-dot-com. Will Outlook.com support that name format so *** is a valid e-mail address?
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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Hi,
To help you with your concern, please provide additional details by answering the following:
As far as I know, @hotmail, @Live and @outlook.com support the user name format that you said. I have an email address with that format and i don't have any issues using it.
Thanks!
Thanks for the info. In the near future, I plan to set up a new account using Outlook.com and adding an address in Hotmail using the format with two dots to the left of the @ to replace my current address, which gets too much spam. If it matters, Verizon (my primary ISP) didn't allow that format of First.M.Last-at-Verizon-dot-net (you supply the @ and .) a few years ago.