You are, of course, still using a Hotmail address. Technically, is newer than Gmail, though both services are updated all too frequently. Microsoft closed that service years ago, and all Hotmail users are using its current service at. Today, I can at least guarantee that you are not using Hotmail.

Unfortunately, neither Hotmail nor Gmail provides that feature free, though to some extent you can fake it with an alias. Ideally, you should use your own domain name for your main address. I now think you should have both services, with one acting as a backup, though you could also back up to Yahoo. I almost switched back in 2013, but both services have changed a lot since then. I was one of Gmail’s first public users in 2004 and spent a decade recommending Hotmail users to switch.

Apart from looking like I’ve finally entered the 21st century, what are the benefits of switching from Hotmail to Gmail? And, given everyone I’ve ever known has my Hotmail address, and I have so many old emails in my Hotmail inbox, how on earth could I switch? T All my friends and family use Gmail and I feel like a dinosaur with clunky old Hotmail.

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