Actually, there is more to the story now. I tried to verify the account
that had the sbcglobal address as verification. Naively, I figured I
could go into settings, change the back email address then verify.
Wrong. Everywhere I went, I couldn't change any of my settings without
going through the verification. So I stepped through verification,
giving them another email address to verify with. Surprise! Since I
didn't give them the one in settings, they tell me that I have to wait
30 days for them to 'recover' my security settings. But wait, it says
here that while I'm waiting, I can still access my emails. Whew! I use
this hotmail account for just about everything (I've had this account
since 1994). So I push forward, let them 'recover' my settings. Then
another Surprise! I log in and now I can't access my email, despite
what they said. I'm presented with a page that asks me if I 'remember'
my security settings now and then I can cancel the 30 days. Well, it's
not enough that I can remember the email address (which they ask for),
they want to send an email to that address and nowhere is there a way to
tell them that that address no longer exists. Well, I've held onto
hotmail for 20 years, no longer, changing everybody over to gmail now.
The one bright spot is that tbird can still download my email from that
account. However, if anything goes to spam by mistake, I'm screwed, at
least for the next 30 days.
On 4/26/2014 7:03 PM, DSinc wrote:
Steve,
What you share is what I am seeing also. I sort of consider the email
addy I use here with the Collective to be my
true/real email addy. As a general rulle I never use this addy with
commercial/industrial links. That is what Hotmail is/was
for.
Back in March I started to try and take down another 'old' email
account at Lycos.com (mailcity.com). Those folks are
driving me crazy with 'supporting information' hoops to jump through.
I never knew canceling an old free email account
was this difficult. Old dogs can learn new tricks, I suppose.
Thanks for the reply,
Duncan
On 04/26/2014 15:58, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I have two hotmail accounts. I rarely ever go to the hotmail (or
microsoft or live or outlook or whatever it is this week), but have
tbird pick up my mail. With this thread, I went to www.hotmail.com
for both accounts, both of them required a 'verification'. Microsoft
insisted that they send a code to my alternate (non-hotmail) email
address. On my main account, the alternate email was extinct (an
sbcglobal address, that's how long since I looked at my settings) so
I delayed the verification by 7 days (M$ said it was REQUIRED in 7
days) but the other has been verified and back to normal.
Steve
On 4/26/2014 3:45 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
I use hotmail. Nothing has changed for me, Duncan.
On Apr 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, DSinc <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote:
Brian,
Great question. I will dig around and correct any bad links. I have
been using the same 'Hotmail' link
for the past 15 years!
http://www.hotmail.com. Hmm.
Thanks,
Duncan
On 04/26/2014 13:02, Brian Weeden wrote:
Duncan, are you 100% certain you are going to https://outlook.com?
Because
there is no way the real Microsoft is going to send you to
nunyabizness.com
---------
Brian
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:54 PM, DSinc <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote:
Brian,
Thanks for the share. More inline below..........
On 04/26/2014 12:10, Brian Weeden wrote:
Duncan, it sounds like some sort of 2-factor authentication has
been
enabled on your account. It might be part of some new security
procedures
Microsoft is putting in place, as are many others.
Yes, this did occur to me; however, M$ usually announces pending
changes
well in
advance of turning it on. I am aware that 'Hotmail' is now called
Outlook.com, but I have
been told to use my old Hotmail creds which no longer work.
When you log in with a normal username and password, you are using
"something you know" (ie your password) to prove your identity.
A 2-factor
system adds another type of verification, usually "something you
have"
(like a dongle that generates random keys) or "something you
are" (like a
fingerprint). For example, I have 2-factor enabled on my Gmail
account and
when I go to log in it requires both a password and a one-time code
generated by an app on my phone. I can set it so I don't need to
re-enter
the code on the same computer for 30 days. The advantage is that if
someone
gets my password, they still can't access my account without
also having
the second factor (in my case my phone).
I understand your share. Perhaps true. They keep asking me for a
'Security
Code.'
But I do not know what it is! They do give me 3 ways to share
this code:
1. A valid un...@nunyabizness.com (clueless!)
2. The last 4 digits of my phone number (no good)
3. A text file to something or other (I read a 'smartphone')
In any case, the confusing additional logic they give gives me
pause and
does not work per my
comprehension. I am 66.
The other thing that may be happening is that you are locked out
of your
account, and Microsoft is trying to send you a code to verify
that you are
you by another means, like a second email account or a text to
your phone.
Maybe you had one of those set up on your account and forgot
about it, or
changed emails/phones?
Tes, perhaps, but, per above, M$ is making this interchange damn
neat
impossible.
In either case, I think maybe calling Microsoft might help. They
should be
able to rest your account, provided you can prove that you are
you to
them.
Fine. Do you have a working phone number I can try next Monday
afternoon?
Thanks,
Duncan
On Saturday, April 26, 2014, DSinc <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote:
Brian,
Thanks for the share. I was too pissed yesterdy to reply.
Now post a sleep, wakeup, and a cold beer, I've come just
give up and let M$ just erase my old mid-1990's account and all
the stored email. I suppose I am just disappointed that yet
another
block in the M$ 'wall of shame' is dorked up to me.
I will speak to my ISP about a 2d email address for
business/commercial
use.
Thanks,
Duncan
On 04/26/2014 01:53, Bryan Seitz wrote:
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 09:23:37PM -0400, DSinc wrote:
What is up with Microsoft Hotmail/Outlook.com?
My long old uname/pw creds no longer work; and I get sent to
some page
that requests a 'security code.' I am clueless how to
proceed, but it
appears that
something will happen on 5/14/14 if I don't do something. Has
M$ been
hacked?
I don't know but i'd honestly not use that ;)
