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href="#Competition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2</span> <span>Competition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Competition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Windows_Live_Hotmail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Windows_Live_Hotmail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Windows Live Hotmail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Windows_Live_Hotmail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transition_to_Outlook.com" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transition_to_Outlook.com"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Transition to Outlook.com</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transition_to_Outlook.com-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Transition_to_new_infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Skype integration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Skype_integration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aliases" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aliases"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Aliases</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aliases-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Keyboard_shortcuts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Keyboard_shortcuts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Keyboard shortcuts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Keyboard_shortcuts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Components" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Components"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Components</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Components-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Components subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Components-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Mail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Mail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Calendar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Calendar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Calendar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Calendar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-People" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#People"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>People</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-People-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-To_Do" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#To_Do"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>To Do</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-To_Do-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mail_client_access" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mail_client_access"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Mail client access</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mail_client_access-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Competitors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Competitors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Competitors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Competitors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Controversy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Controversy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Controversy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Controversy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Popularity_with_spammers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Popularity_with_spammers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Popularity with spammers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Popularity_with_spammers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Requests_for_contact_details" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Requests_for_contact_details"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Requests for contact details</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Requests_for_contact_details-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-US_government_surveillance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#US_government_surveillance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>US government surveillance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-US_government_surveillance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95.%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE" title="আউটলুক.কম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আউটলুক.কম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook_(correo_electr%C3%B3nico)" title="Outlook (correo electrónico) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Outlook (correo electrónico)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook" title="Outlook – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Outlook" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9" title="اوت‌لوک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اوت‌لوک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95_(%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B2)" title="आउटलुक (जालस्थल) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आउटलुक (जालस्थल)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook" title="Outlook – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Outlook" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%94%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D.%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%82" title="ഔട്ട്‌ലുക്ക്.കോം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഔട്ട്‌ലുക്ക്.കോം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95.%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AE" title="आउटलुक.कॉम – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आउटलुक.कॉम" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook" title="Outlook – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Outlook" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Outlook.com" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" 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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Microsoft webmail service</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the web consumer software. For other platforms, see <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Microsoft Outlook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Outlook_on_the_web" title="Outlook on the web">Outlook on the web</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Outlook.com</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Office_Outlook_(2018%E2%80%93present).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Microsoft_Office_Outlook_%282018%E2%80%93present%29.svg/100px-Microsoft_Office_Outlook_%282018%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Microsoft_Office_Outlook_%282018%E2%80%93present%29.svg/150px-Microsoft_Office_Outlook_%282018%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Microsoft_Office_Outlook_%282018%E2%80%93present%29.svg/200px-Microsoft_Office_Outlook_%282018%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="476" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Outlook_inbox_features.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Outlook_inbox_features.png/300px-Outlook_inbox_features.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Outlook_inbox_features.png 1.5x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="228" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Outlook.com inbox with open Skype windows</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Webmail" title="Webmail">Webmail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calendaring_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Calendaring software">calendaring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Address_book" title="Address book">contacts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Task_management" title="Task management">tasks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">106 languages</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://outlook.com/">outlook<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Required</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Registered_user" title="Registered user">Users</a></th><td class="infobox-data">500 million<sup id="cite_ref-Outlook.com_Launch_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outlook.com_Launch-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">July 4, 1996<span class="noprint">; 28 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1996-07-04</span>)</span> (as Hotmail)<br />July 31, 2012<span class="noprint">; 12 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2012-07-31</span>)</span> (as Outlook.com)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Content license</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Outlook.com</a></b>, formerly <b>Hotmail</b>, is a free personal <a href="/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a> service offered by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>. This includes a <a href="/wiki/Webmail" title="Webmail">webmail</a> interface featuring mail, <a href="/wiki/Calendaring_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Calendaring software">calendaring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Address_book" title="Address book">contacts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Task_management" title="Task management">tasks</a> services. Outlook can also be accessed via <a href="/wiki/Email_client" title="Email client">email clients</a> using the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol" title="Internet Message Access Protocol">IMAP</a> or <a href="/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol" title="Post Office Protocol">POP</a> protocols. </p><p>Founded in 1996 by <a href="/wiki/Sabeer_Bhatia" title="Sabeer Bhatia">Sabeer Bhatia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Smith_(Hotmail)" title="Jack Smith (Hotmail)">Jack Smith</a> as Hotmail, it was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million<i>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-Outlook.com_Launch_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outlook.com_Launch-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with it becoming part of the <a href="/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a> family of online services, branded as MSN Hotmail.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2007, the service was rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live" title="Windows Live">Windows Live</a> suite of products.<sup id="cite_ref-itnewsonline.com_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itnewsonline.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was changed back to Hotmail in October 2011<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was fully replaced by Outlook in May 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-Upgrade_completion_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Upgrade_completion-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sharing the same brand as the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Microsoft Outlook</a> software which is offered via a <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_365" title="Microsoft 365">Microsoft 365</a> (formerly Microsoft Office) subscription.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outlook is offered with any <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_account" title="Microsoft account">Microsoft account</a>, using @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @msn.com,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as @live.com and @passport.com domains. The @live.com and @passport.com domains, as well as various other domains are no longer offered.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch_of_Hotmail">Launch of Hotmail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Launch of Hotmail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1062633282">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .content .thumb>div:not(.thumbinner){display:flex;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap;align-content:flex-start;flex-direction:column}}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output div.thumb>div:not(.thumbinner){font-size:94%;text-align:center;overflow:hidden;min-width:100px}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.thumb>div:not(.thumbinner){margin:0 auto;max-width:100%!important}</style> <div class="thumb tright"> <div style="display:table;"> <span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hotmail_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hotmail logo used from 1996 to 1998"><img alt="Hotmail logo used from 1996 to 1998" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Hotmail_logo.svg/150px-Hotmail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Hotmail_logo.svg/225px-Hotmail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Hotmail_logo.svg/300px-Hotmail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div class="thumbcaption" style="display:table-caption;caption-side:bottom;box-sizing:border-box;">Hotmail logo used from 1996 to 1998 </div> </div> </div> <p>Hotmail service was founded by <a href="/wiki/Sabeer_Bhatia" title="Sabeer Bhatia">Sabeer Bhatia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Smith_(Hotmail)" title="Jack Smith (Hotmail)">Jack Smith</a>, and was one of the first webmail services on the Internet along with <a href="/wiki/RocketMail" title="RocketMail">Four11's RocketMail</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Mail" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Mail">Yahoo! Mail</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was commercially launched on July 4, 1996, symbolizing "freedom" from <a href="/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">ISP</a>-based email<sup id="cite_ref-freedom_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freedom-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the ability to access a user's inbox from anywhere in the world. The name "Hotmail" was chosen out of many possibilities ending in "-mail" as it included the letters <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a>, the markup language used to create web pages (to emphasize this, the original type casing was "HoTMaiL"). The limit for free storage was 2 <a href="/wiki/Megabyte" title="Megabyte">MB</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ShortHistory_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShortHistory-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hotmail was initially backed by <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> firm <a href="/wiki/Draper_Fisher_Jurvetson" title="Draper Fisher Jurvetson">Draper Fisher Jurvetson</a>. By December 1997, it reported more than 8.5 million subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-users97_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-users97-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hotmail initially ran under <a href="/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solaris (operating system)">Solaris</a> for mail services and <a href="/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server" title="Apache HTTP Server">Apache</a> on <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a> for web services, before being partly converted to Microsoft products,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using <a href="/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX" title="Windows Services for UNIX">Windows Services for UNIX</a> in the migration path.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MSN_Hotmail">MSN Hotmail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: MSN Hotmail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg/220px-Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg/330px-Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg/440px-Hotmail_old_screenshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption>A 2001 Hotmail inbox layout embedded in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Microsoft Outlook</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MSNHotmailInbox.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/MSNHotmailInbox.png/220px-MSNHotmailInbox.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/MSNHotmailInbox.png/330px-MSNHotmailInbox.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/MSNHotmailInbox.png 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="241" /></a><figcaption>The old MSN Hotmail inbox from 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Hotmail was sold to Microsoft in December 1997 for a reported $400 million (~$705 million in 2023), and it joined the <a href="/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a> group of services.<sup id="cite_ref-400mil_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400mil-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale had been preceded by a major incident in 1997 where all email was lost for 25% of mailboxes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hotmail quickly gained in popularity as it was <a href="/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization" title="Internationalization and localization">localized</a> for different <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://globallinkhub.online/great-market-research-of-usa-is-its-best/">markets</a> around the globe, and became the world's largest webmail service with more than 30 million active members reported by February 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-users99_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-users99-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hotmail originally ran on a mixture of <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solaris (operating system)">Solaris</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A project was started to move Hotmail to Windows 2000. In June 2001, Microsoft claimed this had been completed; a few days later they retracted the statement and admitted that the DNS functions of the Hotmail system were still reliant on FreeBSD. In 2002 Hotmail still ran its infrastructure on UNIX servers, with only the front-end converted to Windows 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later development saw the service tied with Microsoft's web authentication scheme, Microsoft Passport (now <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_account" title="Microsoft account">Microsoft account</a>), and integration with Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> and social networking programs, MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces (later <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Messenger">Windows Live Messenger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Spaces" title="Windows Live Spaces">Windows Live Spaces</a>, respectively). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Security_issues">Security issues</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Security issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log in to any Hotmail account using the password 'eh'. At the time, it was called "the most widespread security incident in the history of the Web".<sup id="cite_ref-eh_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, the Hotmail service was compromised again by computer hackers who discovered that anyone could log in to their Hotmail account and then pull messages from any other Hotmail account by crafting a URL with the second account's username and a valid message number. It was such a simple attack that by the time the patch was made, dozens of newspapers and hundreds of web sites published exact descriptions allowing tens of thousands of hackers to run rampant across Hotmail. The exploitable vulnerability exposed millions of accounts to tampering between August 7 and 31, 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Competition">Competition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> announced its own mail service, <a href="/wiki/Gmail" title="Gmail">Gmail</a>. Featuring greater storage space, speed, and interface flexibility, this new competitor spurred a wave of innovation in webmail.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main industry heavyweights – Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail – introduced upgraded versions of their email services with greater speed, security, and advanced features.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_Live_Hotmail">Windows Live Hotmail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Windows Live Hotmail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft's new email system was announced on November 1, 2005, under the codename "Kahuna", and a <a href="/wiki/Beta_version" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta version">beta version</a> was released to a few thousand testers. Other webmail enthusiasts also wanting to try the beta version could request an invitation granting access. The new service was built from scratch and emphasized three main concepts of being "faster, simpler, and safer". New versions of the beta service were rolled out over the development period, and by the end of 2006 the number of beta testers had reached the millions.<sup id="cite_ref-betamillions_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-betamillions-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hotmail brand was planned to be phased out when Microsoft announced that the new mail system would be called Windows Live Mail, but the developers soon backtracked after beta testers were confused with the name change and preferred the already well-known Hotmail name, and decided on Windows Live Hotmail. After a period of <a href="/wiki/Beta_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta testing">beta testing</a>, it was officially released to new and existing users in the Netherlands on November 9, 2006, as a pilot market. Development of the beta was finished in April 2007, and Windows Live Hotmail was released to new registrations on May 7, 2007, as the 260 million MSN Hotmail accounts worldwide gained access to the new system. The old MSN Hotmail interface was accessible only by users who registered before the Windows Live Hotmail release date and had not chosen to update to the new service. The rollout to all existing users was completed in October 2007. </p><p>Windows Live Hotmail was awarded <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Magazine">PC Magazine</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Editor's Choice Award in February 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-editorschoice1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editorschoice1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> March 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-editorschoice2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editorschoice2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-editorschoice3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editorschoice3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008 it was announced that the service would be updated with focus on improving the speed, increasing the storage space, better user experience and usability features, and that sign-in and email access speeds would be up to 70 percent faster.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The classic and full versions of Windows Live Hotmail were combined in the new release. As a result of user feedback, Hotmail was updated so that scrolling works for users who have the reading pane turned off. It was also expected that Hotmail team would be moving the advertisement from the top of page to the side, adding more themes, increasing the number of messages on each page and adding the ability to send instant messages from the user's inbox in future releases.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Support for Firefox in the upgraded Windows Live Hotmail took a few months to complete. By 2009, support for Google Chrome was still incomplete, prompting the Chrome developers to temporarily ship a browser that employed <a href="/wiki/User_agent#User_agent_spoofing" title="User agent">user agent spoofing</a> when making requests to the Windows Live site.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the update, Microsoft also added integrated capability for instant messaging with contacts on the Windows Live Messenger service. The feature was the realization of a project that began as "Windows Live Web Messenger" in 2007, a replacement for the outdated "MSN Web Messenger" service that was first introduced in August 2004. It was noted that the original "Windows Live Web Messenger" featured <a href="/wiki/Tabbed_document_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabbed document interface">tabbed conversations</a> in a "conversation workspace", however since its integration with Hotmail this has been removed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Microsoft's search engine <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Bing</a> was integrated into Hotmail in 2009 through the introduction of a "Quick Add" feature, allowing users to add search results from Bing into emails. These include images, maps and business listings.<sup id="cite_ref-MichaelArrington_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MichaelArrington-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_Live_Hotmail_screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Windows_Live_Hotmail_screenshot.png/220px-Windows_Live_Hotmail_screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Windows_Live_Hotmail_screenshot.png/330px-Windows_Live_Hotmail_screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Windows_Live_Hotmail_screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="238" /></a><figcaption>"Wave 4" version of Windows Live Hotmail</figcaption></figure> <p>On May 18, 2010, Microsoft unveiled the "Wave 4" update of Hotmail, which offered features such as 1-click filters, active views, inbox sweeping, and 10 GB space for photos, Microsoft Office documents, and attachments.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also included integration with <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_SkyDrive" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live SkyDrive">Windows Live SkyDrive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Office">Windows Live Office</a>, a free version of Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Office_Web_Apps" class="mw-redirect" title="Office Web Apps">Office Web Apps</a> suite. The new version began its gradual release to all Hotmail users on June 15, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was completely rolled out on August 3, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Exchange_ActiveSync" title="Exchange ActiveSync">Exchange ActiveSync</a> support was enabled to all Hotmail users on August 30, 2010, allowing users to sync their mail, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Contacts" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Contacts">contacts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Hotmail_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Hotmail Calendar">calendar and tasks</a> to their mobile devices that supports the protocol.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Addition of full-session <a href="/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security" title="Transport Layer Security">SSL</a> was released on November 9, 2010. </p><p>Throughout 2011, Microsoft added several new features to Hotmail, such as aliases<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and speed improvements.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2011, Microsoft unveiled a "re-invented Hotmail", and added many new features such as Instant Actions, scheduled Sweep, and Categories<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this update began fully rolling out on November 9, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This update also made SSL enabled by default on all accounts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transition_to_Outlook.com">Transition to Outlook.com</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transition to Outlook.com"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outlook_Preview_message_add-ins.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Outlook_Preview_message_add-ins.png/220px-Outlook_Preview_message_add-ins.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Outlook_Preview_message_add-ins.png/330px-Outlook_Preview_message_add-ins.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Outlook_Preview_message_add-ins.png 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="261" /></a><figcaption>Outlook.com, with third-party add-ins within a new message preview</figcaption></figure> <p>Outlook.com was first introduced on July 31, 2012, when its <a href="/wiki/Beta_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta software">beta version</a> was made available to the general public. Existing Hotmail customers could freely upgrade to the preview version of Outlook.com and downgrade back.<sup id="cite_ref-IntroductionBlog_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IntroductionBlog-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outlook.com graduated preview stage on February 18, 2013. According to Microsoft, the upgrade was deployed on April 3, 2013;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> users kept their existing Hotmail accounts and received the option of having an @outlook.com email address. By May 2013, the upgrade was completed and Outlook.com had 400 million active users.<sup id="cite_ref-Upgrade_completion_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Upgrade_completion-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By May 2014, Outlook.com continued to have 400 million active users.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transition_to_new_infrastructure">Transition to new infrastructure</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transition to new infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2015, Microsoft announced it would move the service over to what it described as an <a href="/wiki/Office_365" class="mw-redirect" title="Office 365">Office 365</a>-based infrastructure.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This was followed in June 2015 by the introduction through an opt-in preview of new features, including new calendar layout options, a filtering service called "Clutter" and new theme designs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Microsoft also introduced the ability for third-party providers such as <a href="/wiki/PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evernote" title="Evernote">Evernote</a> to include add-ins into the service.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Additionally, contact suggestions and updates from emails such as flight reservations are due to be introduced to Office 365 subscribers' accounts and Outlook.com users' from January and March 2016 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the upgrade, users were no longer able to use the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Mail" title="Windows Live Mail">Windows Live Mail</a> 2012 client to synchronize their email, contacts and calendar event using the official settings; they were encouraged to view Outlook.com through a web browser, through the <a href="/wiki/Mail_(Windows)" title="Mail (Windows)">Mail</a> app, or through the Microsoft Outlook client.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Windows Live Mail could be configured to use the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol" title="Internet Message Access Protocol">IMAP</a> protocol (or the less effective <a href="/wiki/POP3" class="mw-redirect" title="POP3">POP3</a>) to fetch mail only.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft concluded this preview stage in February 2016, when it began to roll out the new version to users' accounts, beginning with North America.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017_redesign">2017 redesign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2017 redesign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outlook.com_2017.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Outlook.com 2017 beta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Outlook.com_2017.png/225px-Outlook.com_2017.png" decoding="async" width="225" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Outlook.com_2017.png/338px-Outlook.com_2017.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Outlook.com_2017.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="243" /></a><figcaption>Outlook.com 2017 beta</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 8, 2017, Microsoft launched a new opt-in beta toggle allowing users to test upcoming changes to the Outlook.com Mail, including a faster inbox, a responsive design, and the ability to search for emojis.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also an introduction of the Photos Hub, the fifth component of Outlook.com.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (October 2017)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On October 30, 2017, Microsoft announced that it would phase out its "Outlook.com Premium" subscription service, which offered features such as expanded storage and removal of ads from the user interface. These benefits were subsequently made available to Office 365 subscribers, and Microsoft will no longer accept new subscriptions to Outlook.com Premium. Existing Outlook.com Premium subscribers may continue to renew their existing subscription.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The old interface, which dated from 2016, was phased out in 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg/220px-Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg/330px-Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg/440px-Outlook_hundreds_bus_W49_%26_11_Av_jeh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3300" data-file-height="2876" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement for Outlook.com on the side of a bus</figcaption></figure> <p>Similar to other major webmail services, Outlook.com uses <a href="/wiki/Ajax_(programming)" title="Ajax (programming)">Ajax</a> programming techniques and supports later versions of <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a>. Some of its features include <a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">keyboard</a> controls giving the ability to navigate around the page without using the <a href="/wiki/Mouse_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouse (computing)">mouse</a>, the ability to <a href="/wiki/Web_search_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Web search engine">search</a> the user's messages including structured query syntax such as "from:<a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">ebay</a>", message filters, folder-based organization of messages, auto-completion of contact addresses when composing, contact grouping, importing and exporting of contacts as <a href="/wiki/Comma-separated_values" title="Comma-separated values">CSV</a> files, <a href="/wiki/Rich_text_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich text format">rich text formatting</a>, rich text signatures, <a href="/wiki/Email_spam" title="Email spam">spam</a> filtering and <a href="/wiki/Computer_virus" title="Computer virus">virus</a> scanning, support for multiple addresses, and different language versions. </p><p>One example of a feature no longer present is the ability to create custom domain names.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Security_and_privacy">Security and privacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Security and privacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outlook.com has promised to respect users' privacy, specifically targeting Gmail's <a href="/wiki/Scroogled" title="Scroogled">privacy practices</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outlook.com does not scan emails or attachments for advertising information and personal conversations are entirely ad-free.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2014, when former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo was arrested for his involvement in the 2012 leaking of Microsoft's trade secrets, Microsoft came under criticism for having accessed the email inbox of his French accomplice.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics claim these actions violate privacy laws<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as Microsoft's own promises with regards to users' personal information,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others have pointed out that such access is permitted under Microsoft's privacy policies in order to "protect the rights or property of Microsoft",<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that it was necessary in order to prevent a crime intended to have inflicted billions of dollars of damage, and that such action on Microsoft's part is unprecedented in 18 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Bott,_Ed_(2014)_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bott,_Ed_(2014)-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the criticism, Microsoft has announced that it would no longer access private account information themselves in such cases, but would instead hand the investigation over to law enforcement agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outlook.com uses <a href="/wiki/DMARC" title="DMARC">DMARC</a> specifications to provide better security for message transmission and <a href="/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate" title="Extended Validation Certificate">Extended Validation Certificate</a> to secure the user's connection with Outlook.com.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 17, 2013, Microsoft added two step verification to Microsoft accounts, thereby by extension to Outlook.com.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outlook also allows for a single-use code to be used instead of a user's password when signing into a Microsoft account. Each code can only be used once, but one can be requested whenever needed. If a user is signing in on a public computer—such as at the library or school—using a single-use code helps keep account information secure. The single-use code is sent to the user when requested during login.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office_for_the_web_integration">Office for the web integration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Office for the web integration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outlook_apps_shortcuts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Outlook_apps_shortcuts.png/220px-Outlook_apps_shortcuts.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Outlook_apps_shortcuts.png 1.5x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="309" /></a><figcaption>The shortcut panel, which links various Microsoft online services, including Outlook.com</figcaption></figure> <p>Outlook.com integrates with <a href="/wiki/Office_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Office Online">Office for the web</a> to allow viewing and editing of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Word" title="Microsoft Word">Microsoft Word</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Excel" title="Microsoft Excel">Excel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint" title="Microsoft PowerPoint">PowerPoint</a> documents that are attached to the email messages. Users can directly open attached Office documents in the <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>, and save them into their <a href="/wiki/OneDrive" title="OneDrive">OneDrive</a>. Users can also perform edits to any received Office documents, and directly reply to the sender with the edited version of the document. In addition, users may also send up to 25 GB of Office documents (up to 50 MB each) using Outlook.com by uploading these documents onto OneDrive, and share these documents with other users for viewing or collaboration. Users can also save emails to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_OneNote" title="Microsoft OneNote">OneNote</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skype_integration">Skype integration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Skype integration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A preview version of <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> for Outlook.com started rolling out in the UK on April 30, 2013. This feature allows users to make a Skype video call within Outlook.com without using the Skype desktop client.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aliases">Aliases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aliases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Users can create additional, unique email addresses, called <i>aliases</i>, for their Microsoft account. As of April 17, 2013, users can sign in with any alias and create up to 10 aliases per year for a total of up to 10 addresses. For a given account, all aliases use the same inbox, <a href="/wiki/Contact_list" title="Contact list">contact list</a>, and account settings—including password—as the primary address. Once an alias is set up, users can choose to have all email sent to that address go to the inbox, or to a different folder.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emails sent from an alias do not reveal to recipients that they come from an account with other addresses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keyboard_shortcuts">Keyboard shortcuts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Keyboard shortcuts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The freeware version of hotmail.com provides a list of almost 50 <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_shortcut" title="Keyboard shortcut">keyboard shortcuts</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for web users with <a href="/wiki/Visual_impairment" title="Visual impairment">visual impairment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blindness" class="mw-redirect" title="Blindness">blindness</a> or other disabilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mail">Mail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Mail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mail is the webmail component of Outlook.com. The default view is a three column view with folders and groups on the left, a list of email messages in the middle, and the selected message on the right. </p><p>Mail's Active View allows users to interact directly with contents and functionality within their email message. For example, any photo attachments can be previewed directly using Active View. In addition, Mail provides a partner platform which allows contents and functionality from various websites and services such as <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flickr" title="Flickr">Flickr</a>, <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> to be viewed directly within the email message. For example, users may view the YouTube video within Mail when a user receives an email which contains a link to the video. Other Active View features include tracking of real time shipping status from United States Postal Service and performing social networking actions on LinkedIn or other social networking sites directly from within the email message. </p><p>Mail offers a "virtual broom" which allow users to delete or move large numbers of emails into specified folders based on the sender's information. Once a "sweep" is performed, the user may choose to configure Mail to remember the sweep settings and perform the same move or delete actions for any future emails. Users may also set up custom message rules based on the sender's or recipient's information, the subject of the email, or <a href="/wiki/Email_attachment" title="Email attachment">attachments to the email</a>. There is also an option to delete/move messages that are older than a specified number of days, or only keep the latest message from a sender. </p><p>Quick views allow users to filter all emails (in all folders) by document attachments, photo attachments, flagged messages, or shipping updates. One-click filters allow users to filter the inbox (or specific folder) based on whether or not the email message is unread, from the People service list, group mailing lists, or from a social networking website (à la <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>). Categories appear under quick views for ease of access. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Calendar">Calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png/220px-Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png/330px-Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png/440px-Outlook_Calendar_screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="219" /></a><figcaption>Calendar, as seen in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Outlook's time-management <a href="/wiki/Web_application" title="Web application">web application</a> was first released on January 14, 2008, as Windows Live Calendar, and was updated to the "Wave 4" release on June 7, 2010. It was updated with Microsoft's Metro design in a phased roll-out to users from April 2, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Calendar features a similar interface to desktop calendar applications such as <a href="/wiki/Calendar_(Windows)" title="Calendar (Windows)">Windows Calendar</a>, and supports <a href="/wiki/ICalendar" title="ICalendar">iCalendar</a> files for users to import calendar entries into their calendars. It uses Ajax technology which enables users to view, add and <a href="/wiki/Drag-and-drop" class="mw-redirect" title="Drag-and-drop">drag-and-drop</a> calendar events from one date to another without reloading the page, and features daily, weekly, monthly and agenda view modes. It also features a to-do list function for users to keep track of their tasks to be completed. </p><p>Calendar events are stored online and can be viewed from any location. Multiple calendars can be created and shared, allowing different levels of permissions for each user. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People"><a href="/wiki/People_(Windows)" title="People (Windows)">People</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outlook's contacts management service was originally known as Windows Live Contacts and before that, Windows Live People. It provides users with access to their contacts' profiles and information, allowing them to share different information with different groups of people. Besides an address book, People also provides integrated services with social media, such as <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service was rebranded to its current name in 2012, introducing a new interface based on the Metro design language that had already been introduced with Outlook.com. </p><p>Contacts are automatically updated in real-time, and the service allows for the removal of duplicated contact entries when imported with <a href="/wiki/Profile_(Microsoft_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Profile (Microsoft service)">Profile</a>. Users can also set limits on what parts of their contact details can be seen by others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Do">To Do</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: To Do"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_To_Do" title="Microsoft To Do">Microsoft To Do</a></div> <p>To Do is task management component of Outlook.com introduced during the transition to the Office 365-based infrastructure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mail_client_access">Mail client access</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Mail client access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outlook.com supports <a href="/wiki/Email_client" title="Email client">email clients</a> connecting through the following protocols, listed in chronological order: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WebDAV" title="WebDAV">WebDAV</a> was used by <a href="/wiki/Outlook_Express" title="Outlook Express">Outlook Express</a> but was discontinued on September 1, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Outlook 2002, introduced in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XP" title="Microsoft Office XP">Microsoft Office XP</a>, included integrated support for Outlook.com accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-Outlook2002Review_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outlook2002Review-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeltaSync" title="DeltaSync">DeltaSync</a> was used by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook_Hotmail_Connector" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector">Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector</a>, a free plug-in for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Microsoft Outlook</a> 2003, 2007 or 2010. Using the Outlook connector, users can freely access email messages, contacts, and calendars in any Outlook.com account, though access to tasks and notes requires a premium subscription. Another alternative for users is to use the Windows Live Mail desktop client, which had built-in support for Hotmail.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol" title="Post Office Protocol">Post Office Protocol</a> version 3 (POP3) access was made available for all Hotmail accounts as part of the "Wave 3" release, adding support to access Hotmail from any email client that supported this protocol.<sup id="cite_ref-POP3_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POP3-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support was added as part of the Hotmail "Wave 4" release, allowing users to synchronise not just their email, but also their contacts and calendar on any device that supports EAS.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On September 12, 2013, Microsoft added support for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and <a href="/wiki/OAuth" title="OAuth">OAuth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In November 2019, Microsoft added a feature for users to have their emails read aloud in the Outlook app, named "Play My Emails".<sup id="cite_ref-Sevilla_2019_u211_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sevilla_2019_u211-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Burrage_2023_a260_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burrage_2023_a260-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitors">Competitors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Competitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outlook competes with numerous other free public email services such as <a href="/wiki/Gmail" title="Gmail">Gmail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Mail" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Mail">Yahoo! Mail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Proton_Mail" title="Proton Mail">Proton Mail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tutanota" class="mw-redirect" title="Tutanota">Tutanota</a> or <a href="/wiki/GMX_Mail" title="GMX Mail">GMX Mail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popularity_with_spammers">Popularity with spammers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Popularity with spammers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like many free webmail services, Hotmail was often used by spammers for illicit purposes such as <a href="/wiki/Spam_(electronic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spam (electronic)">junk</a> or <a href="/wiki/Chain_letter" title="Chain letter">chain mailing</a> and unwanted marketing, due to wide availability, service popularity, and ease of registration of new accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Outlook does not tolerate this practice; its service agreement states that any account engaging in these activities will be terminated without further warning.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requests_for_contact_details">Requests for contact details</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Requests for contact details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ability to associate Outlook.com accounts with mobile phones or other email addresses was initially advertised as an optional feature.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, an update in 2013 required many users to associate their accounts before the website would allow them to log in – a refusal which could be sidestepped by using an app, such as Windows Live Mail 2011 or 2012, to access the account instead of a web browser (and it remains possible to "associate" an account with a one-use, or otherwise 'disposable', e-mail address).<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some users also saw messages that their accounts would expire if they continued to use them anonymously. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_government_surveillance">US government surveillance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: US government surveillance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/PRISM" title="PRISM">PRISM</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010s_global_surveillance_disclosures" title="2010s global surveillance disclosures">2010s global surveillance disclosures</a></div> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/TheGuardian.com" class="mw-redirect" title="TheGuardian.com">TheGuardian.com</a></i>, several top-secret internal <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (NSA) newsletters indicate that Microsoft has allowed NSA to access chats and emails on Outlook.com, and implemented a bypass of its advertised encryption in order to facilitate government access.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian130711_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian130711-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>One newsletter entry dated December 26, 2012, shows that Microsoft had "developed a surveillance capability to deal" with the interception of encrypted chats on Outlook.com, within five months after the service went into public testing.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian130711_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian130711-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Another entry states that "for Prism collection against Hotmail, Live, and Outlook.com emails will be unaffected because Prism collects this data prior to encryption".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian130711_97-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian130711-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In response to the report, Microsoft stated, among other things, that "when we upgrade or update products we aren't absolved from the need to comply with existing or future lawful demands" and that "there are aspects of this debate that we wish we were able to discuss more freely".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian130711_97-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian130711-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outlook.com&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_webmail_providers" title="Comparison of webmail providers">Comparison of webmail providers</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output 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title="Portal:Companies">Companies</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg/19px-Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg/29px-Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg/38px-Crystal_Clear_app_linneighborhood.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="407" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Internet" title="Portal:Internet">Internet</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Board of directors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> (Chairman and CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reid_Hoffman" title="Reid Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandi_Peterson" title="Sandi Peterson">Sandi Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Pritzker" 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Smith</a> (CLO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Shum" title="Harry Shum">Harry Shum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Spencer_(business_executive)" title="Phil Spencer (business executive)">Phil Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hogan" title="Kathleen Hogan">Kathleen Hogan</a> (CPO)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corporate VPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Belfiore" title="Joe Belfiore">Joe Belfiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rashid" title="Richard Rashid">Richard Rashid</a> (SVP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cernuda" title="César Cernuda">César Cernuda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Employee groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Azure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Copilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Learn" title="Microsoft Learn">Learn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_9_(Microsoft)" title="Channel 9 (Microsoft)">Channel 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network" title="Microsoft Developer Network">Developer Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_TechNet" title="Microsoft TechNet">TechNet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LinkedIn_Learning" title="LinkedIn Learning">LinkedIn Learning</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Outlook.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Translator" title="Microsoft Translator">Translator</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Company</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conferences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Build" title="Microsoft Build">Build</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Ignite" title="Microsoft Ignite">Ignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Inspire" title="Microsoft Inspire">Inspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIX_(Microsoft)" title="MIX (Microsoft)">MIX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Developers_Conference" title="Professional Developers 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class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Egypt">Microsoft Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_India" title="Microsoft India">Microsoft India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Japan" title="Microsoft Japan">Microsoft Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Campaigns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_do_you_want_to_go_today%3F" title="Where do you want to go today?">Where do you want to go today?</a>" (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Champagne_(advertisement)" title="Champagne (advertisement)">Champagne</a>" (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mojave_Experiment" title="Mojave Experiment">Mojave Experiment</a>" (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_PC" title="I'm a PC">I'm a PC</a>" (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scroogled" title="Scroogled">Scroogled</a>" (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft" title="Criticism of Microsoft">Criticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows" title="Bundling of Microsoft Windows">Bundling of Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_Assistant" title="Office Assistant">Clippy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ILoo#Reaction" title="ILoo">iLoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Security_vulnerabilities" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSAKEY" title="NSAKEY">_NSAKEY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft_Windows" title="Criticism of Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_XP" title="Criticism of Windows XP">XP</a></li> 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Microsoft Corp.">Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp." title="Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.">Apple v. Microsoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Commission" title="Microsoft Corp. v. Commission">Microsoft v. Commission</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FTC_v._Microsoft" title="FTC v. Microsoft">FTC v. Microsoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com,_Inc." title="Microsoft Corp. v. Lindows.com, Inc.">Microsoft v. Lindows</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft" title="Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft">Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Shah" title="Microsoft Corp. v. Shah">Microsoft v. Shah</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp." title="United States v. Microsoft Corp.">United States v. 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