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Use MSN Messenger With Own Email Address

Filed in: Tips n Tricks — June 24th, 2004

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For your information, you DO NOT need a MSN/Hotmail email account to use MSN Messenger. You CAN use your own email address to login MSN Messenger. You just need to register a Passport with your own email address, then you can login MSN Messenger with the email. Cheers! :)

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My friends are surprised that I use own email for MSN Messenger and they purposely register a hotmail account just to login MSN Messenger.

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  • my name is ali i like to use this
  • Waqas
    hi!
    sir you write but ...dat account is not registred from Microsoft.so how can i do it.?and i also want to increase my account space ..would you like to tell me plz
  • LcF
    Sorry, I used wrong URL for the register passport link. The correct link is http://register.passport.net/

    You can use your own email address to register a passport from the link, do not need to use Hotmail email address.

    @Waqas: current hotmail space is 250MB(U.S.). if you want to increase the email space for free, get Gmail.
  • Frank Agri
    I liked your message about using my own (or company) Email address for an MSN Messenger account to use IM however, for a paper I am working on... I am looking for reasons why you would not recommned using a company or personal Email address for Messenger and rather recommend using a hotmail account not used for business Email. Please let me know, I value your opinion.

    Thanks,
    Frank
  • LcF
    Frank Agri: I think IM ID represent yourselves or your company. Would you like your name card printed email as YOUR_NAME@hotmail.com OR YOUR_NAME@YOUR_COMPANY.com? I believe the latter has better image to your customer as it seems more prof.
  • Matt
    It says that I need to verify my account to be able to read mail and change my msn name, but I cannot get to the inbox, how do I get there to ready the verifycation email?
  • LcF
    More details please, Matt. who says? what account? what email address? what is the whole story?
  • Matt
    Ok, I sign up for a MSN Email and then sign into msn messenger, it says I need to verify my email, but when i ask for a verify email i have no way to get into my inbox
  • LcF
    do you mean that you cannot login your MSN Email account? If that's the case, you can use the password help or seek for MSN assistant.
  • i want use gmail in msn messenger how it i do?tell me plz.
  • Nicolas.NET
    Faize Ali,

    Please follow the instructions in the post and you can use MSN messenger with GMail.

    To check emails with MSN messenger, you need to enable POP access with GMail, then MSN messenger simply loads your outlook express or your email client.
  • em
    I already have an msn passport account registered with my old hotmail address that I no longer use. I wish to change my email but this does not seem possible. All I can do is change my "secondary" email which is inutile.

    Do you have any suggestions?
  • Mazin
    i hav a gmail account
    how can i use it to chat with mi frends in the MSN messenger
    is it possible if so how
  • LcF
    Mazin: Just goto http://register.passport.net/ and register a Passport with your Gmail email address.
  • FunKeh
    LcF, is there a way of converting my email in my current passport account. It's currently a hotmail acc, and I wish to use my gmail. (Similar to em's post). The passport account does not seem to allow changes to the email address -_-. My new passport account allows this but I do not want to create a new buddy list etc. in MSN messenger.
  • Thor
    I think this link ( http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_use_w... ) might help those (FunKeh & em) trying to change the email address in the passport account. It is not really a way to change the address but it shows how to open a new one and how to export the contact list from the hotmail account to the new account.
  • my brother downloaded the new msn messenger beta live and he alone can sign in to it.How come i cannot sign in?Is there a way so i can sign in also
  • LcF
  • munkygal
    do you atchely no how to verify addys i need to no . ta pls reply soon cya
  • Scott
    right i can use my email address *****@purelyhiphop.com for msn meggenger but it wont let me log in to hotmail it says:

    How to get to Hotmail
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Hotmail does not support the .NET Passport you are signed in to. Visit the Hotmail Web site for information or to set up a free account.



    and because it wont let me read my emails i cant verify mr address!

    can you help me!
  • LcF
    @Scott: I was referring to using own email address for MSN Messenger, NOT hotmail.
    You can't use your own domain for hotmail.
  • Thanks Liew I was looking for it.. Many Thanks
  • nilo
    How are we to change the password once we do sign up to MSN messenger with, say, our gmail account?
  • nilo
    I just figured out. If anyone is interested:
    Check the http://www.passport.net/memberservices.asp
    There you can manage your account.
  • kenny
    kk, my prob is i already have a msn messenger account with my own e mail and it says that i need to verify it so clicked on the box to verify it and put in my new email (coz that wot it asked for) and it sayed it was fixed but when i went to log on using my new email all my contacts were gone. !!!!!
    How do i verify my email with out changing my msn messenger account ??
  • tiff
    well.... i click on were it says erify e-mail address and then it says it will send you a messange so sign up for hotmail but when i go to sign up i cant type my e-mail address because it say

    type oue e-mail address: @hotmail.co.uk
    and mines : @msn.co.uk !!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sarah
    i registered with my gmail account on the msn website and recieved a verification email as well. but it doesn't have a verification link or a code...and when i try to sign in with my gmail address it says that i don't have the account or the passport correct....what do i do?
  • Sarah
    no wait it says that your account doesn't exist....but it already has sent me an emial saying that your account has been created...i don't know how to verify it...it doesn't show me the link...
  • Joe
    Is there a way to have 2 emails display? SO i have a hotmail address and a work email address but I want both contact lists to display in one msn messenger.

    is this possible?

    thanks,
  • LcF
    @Joe: you can patch msn messenger to run several instances of Messenger simultaneously (each login different id). Download Mess Patch from http://patch.mess.be/
  • the msn ruler
    It iS sAyInG ThAt i nEeD To vErIfY My aCcOuNt AnD I NeEd tO ReCiEvE aNd eMaIl bUt i hAvE NoT ReCiVeD ThE MaIl 4 oVeR aN mOnTh nOw aNd hUnGRY iS A SiLlY NaMe tO Be NOw tHaT Is rEdIcUlOuS DoNt u tHInK SoMe hElP Me

    your sencerly
    help needer
  • bobs bob
    thanks for this :)
  • ashik
    i want to verify my email address in msn but there is no messege in my inbox to verify my email address.How can i get my net service passport
  • LcF
    @ashik: maybe you want to check the Spam/Junk folder of your email account?
  • Hanna
    I have a windows live id which I use to sign in on msn messenger. but it is not a hotmail account. I've had the account for a while now but I cannot change my msn name because my email address is not veryfied. I never recieved a verification email so how do I verify my addres?
    Please help?
  • Lizzie xx
    i dont know how to verify my msn email address either.............. i tried everything!!!!!!xx
  • Matty
    hi mate,

    ive been able to login etc... etc... but im having a problem with verifying. It says you need to verify. So i did and it says thanks your account has been verifyed. But it still says you need to verify your account when i login? And also how can i change my display name?
  • I want to run MSN messenger with my own email address Please help in understanding and resolving the matter

    Wajid
  • bruneian
    hi LcF, can u teach me more & detail ? cause i really dont understand, i try double the url u give, but there's so many stuff :) tnx
  • LcF
    @bruneian: register your Windows Live ID with your OWN email address using this form: http://tinyurl.com/3dshbb
  • AA
    Hi, I have registered my gmail account with MSN messenger and am also able to sign in but for some reason I cannot change my display name. the name is currently set to my email address but i want to change it to my real name and when i go into option in messenger the place where you change your display name is greyed out...how can i change this??
  • Jay
    When you create your own personal e-mail address is there any way possible to read mails in inbox or send/receive?
  • LcF
    @jay: the trick only allows you to use your personal email for messenger. It does not mean that you can check your email account on messenger/hotmail
  • Jointe
    Hi, i have a custom domain called Jointe@h***z.lol ... i simply just cant verify it through hotmail, does anyone know if there is any other way to atleast make me able to change my "nickname" in messenger? kinda annoying when it says ( Jointe@h***z.lol) ( E-mail could not be verified ).
  • Hasan
    Dear LcF, it has been 3 years...

    Can you please atleast change the topic of this thread?

    it says "Use MSN Messenger With Own Email Address"

    but its obvious that, its NO use having an MSN account... where we can't change our nick name nor can we check emails... so its no point !

    But no offense though.. you did a great job... and the best thing... ur still replying to the comments ... THanks
  • AK
    hey man i have problem am tryna use my gmail account on msn massnger bt its not workin for me...and i tryd couple of links u gve to ppl wif the same problem and they didnt work for me..so if u hav any otha ideas on how i can use my gmail accnt on msn massnger that would be nice

    help needed it..big time
  • marko
    I' have been with my isp for several years and have been using thier email address for my msn, as I will be changing isp's shortly this is going to be a bit of a headache, so i recommend using a hotmail one, otherwise if this does not bother you, go for it..
  • carmen
    how do i verify my email address on myspace please write back
  • Anna
    I hava a gmail account did everything I had to do in passport registered and everything... but it doesn't let me change my nick name on the MSN Messenger... How can I change it?!?!?!?
    Many Thanks!
    Anna
  • Chilli
    Same here. I didn't get any link for the 'verifying' ... :( can't change my Nickname.

    : /
  • Cheer
    heh i create a custom domain account using co.cc
    your account is like this yourusername@yourdomain.co.cc
    of couse that co.cc is a free sub domain that can use as google apps
    or msn custom domain
    i do it by following
    http://www.bayuaditya.info/customize-email-addr...
    it a nice turtorial for those who want create a special account for your msn
    the nicest part is other ppl can register as @yourdomain.co.cc
    and you can check email those who register as @yourdomain.co.cc
    you can disable their email or delete them
    if they done something wrong hope you like it
    Greet
    someone from outer space
  • mohamed
    i need to verify my email on msn but i deleted the message that does the job from my email inbox so what do i do ????? :S please right back :)
  • dan
    Hi. I cannot seem to change my msn name from my phone. I have an application called meebo on my phone which allows you to chat via more than 1 I'M programme. E.g yahoo msn etc. I use msn a lot but cannot change my msn name from my phone. I don't know why. And my phone is picking up an msn name I had previously had on my computer before I even had the phone !
  • stacey furmedge
    hi my name is stacey furmedge i need to verify my email address how do i do it?
  • Kayla
    Hey, Thanks for this article. It really helps, especially when I forget where I need to login to it xD, Thanks for your help, Kayla
  • aaronspeeds
    I have my own email address for Windows Live Messenger but it says I need to verify my email address. I have had the email resent multiple times the past 2 days. Is there any way I can truely verify it?
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