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Hotmail query

Fortyfoot
Fortyfoot Posts: 1,961 Forumite
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If an email is sent to [EMAIL="me@hotmail.com"]me@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] and the real address is [EMAIL="me@hotmail.co.uk"]me@hotmail.co.uk[/EMAIL] will it get through to the second account.

Fortyfoot

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  • phlogeston
    phlogeston Posts: 228 Forumite
    Fortyfoot wrote: »
    If an email is sent to [EMAIL="me@hotmail.com"]me@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] and the real address is [EMAIL="me@hotmail.co.uk"]me@hotmail.co.uk[/EMAIL] will it get through to the second account.
    Fortyfoot

    [EMAIL="me@hotmail.com"]me@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] and [EMAIL="me@hotmail.co.uk"]me@hotmail.co.uk[/EMAIL] are seperate mail accounts.

    Mail will go to the account to which it is addressed! Unfortunately the interweb doesn't do magic and route emails to similar named accounts.
  • MX5huggy
    MX5huggy Posts: 7,170 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    No because someone else can have the .com address.
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