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Q297127: Users With Web-based E-mail Accounts Can Receive At Both @msn.co

Article: Q297127
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): 6.0,6.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network versions 6.0, 6.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you use a free msn.com e-mail address, you may discover (possibly through
replies to your e-mail messages) that you can receive e-mail from both msn.com
and hotmail.msn.com addresses (userid@msn.com and userid@hotmail.msn.com).

CAUSE
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MSN uses certain conventions to differentiate between users with Post Office
Protocol 3 (POP3) e-mail accounts and those with Web-based email accounts. Users
with POP3 e-mail accounts will be routed to userid@email.msn.com and users with
Web-based accounts will be routed to userid@hotmail.msn.com.

RESOLUTION
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The "@hotmail.msn.com" e-mail suffix is a convention that MSN uses to
differentiate between POP3 and Web-based e-mail accounts, but it is not
necessary for you to use an address such as userid@hotmail.msn.com. You can
still receive e-mail using only the "@msn.com" (userid@msn.com).

MORE INFORMATION
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Additional query words: kbimu; MSN Explorer

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbMSN600 kbMSN610
Version           : :6.0,6.1
Issue type        : kbprb

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