My Hotmail Account Is Possessed. Help!
March 25, 2008 3:06 PM Subscribe
I need advice from a good computer exorcist. What is going on with Hotmail? It will not let me send a reply or forward emails.
I just want to be able to send and forward emails like I have always been able to with my Hotmail account. Do you have any suggestions for me? I keep getting emails from people asking things like, "Why did you send me a blank email? Was this supposed to be something?" Another thing too is that sometimes it lets me reply to an email but my reply is underneath the other person's email, rather than above it so they can notice it. Do I have a virus? This is driving me bonkers. If this continues I am seriously considering switching to Gmail or something. Any ideas?
I just want to be able to send and forward emails like I have always been able to with my Hotmail account. Do you have any suggestions for me? I keep getting emails from people asking things like, "Why did you send me a blank email? Was this supposed to be something?" Another thing too is that sometimes it lets me reply to an email but my reply is underneath the other person's email, rather than above it so they can notice it. Do I have a virus? This is driving me bonkers. If this continues I am seriously considering switching to Gmail or something. Any ideas?
Are you using Firefox? Hotmail (and Microsoft in general) has a bad rap sheet on cooperating with browsers that aren't internet explorer.
posted by wireless at 3:34 PM on March 25, 2008
posted by wireless at 3:34 PM on March 25, 2008
If this continues I am seriously considering switching to Gmail or something
I think you answered your own question!
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 3:59 PM on March 25, 2008
I think you answered your own question!
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 3:59 PM on March 25, 2008
Hotmail (Windows Live Mail) is in the process of one of their famous "updates." Supposedly they're adding features and retro-ing others, to make navigation easier and to bring back some things from before the previous update that users screamed about losing. I'm a frustrated Hotmail user too, and mine just recently started acting normal again, so hang in there and hopefully yours will too.
posted by amyms at 4:55 PM on March 25, 2008
posted by amyms at 4:55 PM on March 25, 2008
Response by poster: I do not think I can try answering the first four questions and sound even remotely intelligent here. It has been happening for about two weeks on every computer I've approached. Is a browser like Google? If so, that's what I use. I have very little stuff stored on my temporary internet files thingy. Also, Amyms, you have eased my mind. Thanks everybody!
posted by mamaraks at 5:09 PM on March 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by mamaraks at 5:09 PM on March 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
1. Find your IP.
2. Check your IP on the Composite Black List (CBL).
3. If your IP is not on the blacklist, I've no idea.
4. If your IP is on the blacklist, get rid of the malware and then apply to be removed from the blacklist.
posted by unSane at 5:46 PM on March 25, 2008
2. Check your IP on the Composite Black List (CBL).
3. If your IP is not on the blacklist, I've no idea.
4. If your IP is on the blacklist, get rid of the malware and then apply to be removed from the blacklist.
posted by unSane at 5:46 PM on March 25, 2008
Response by poster: Thanks, UnSane, that was helpful. I am luckily not on the BlackList. I was nervous there for a minute.
posted by mamaraks at 6:23 PM on March 25, 2008
posted by mamaraks at 6:23 PM on March 25, 2008
Gmail is Hotmail for grownups. Sounds like you've grown up.
posted by flabdablet at 7:50 PM on March 25, 2008
posted by flabdablet at 7:50 PM on March 25, 2008
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Does it do it only on one computer, or any computer?
Have you tried using a different browser? ( IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari)
Have you emptied your temporary internet files, ran Disk Defragmenter, or virus scan ?
(Trend Micro makes a good online virus scan)
posted by jmnugent at 3:12 PM on March 25, 2008