Windows 10: Alias email not getting verified

Hello,

I am adding an email into " Manage how you sign in to Microsoft "

under

Account aliases
I verify the email

"Verify this alias


You need to verify that you own this email address. We'll send an email with a link to XXX@X****. Follow the instructions in the mail to continue."


I get the email, I follow the instructions but nothing happens.

It brings me to this:

View basic information about your account

• Birthdate
  October x, xxxx
• Gender
  Not specified
• Country/region
  Canada
• Time zone
  Eastern Time, Montreal, Quebec EST

• Edit

Note: This setting doesn't affect any newsletters or alerts you've requested, or any mandatory communications from Microsoft services.

You're not currently receiving promotional email from Microsoft.

:)

 

Email Alias

I have a primary email alias that i no longer have access to. In following the steps to create a new one, I run into one major issue.

I'm prompted that for security reasons I have to verify my existing email alias, which again I do not have access to, prior to creating a new one.

How can I get past this issue and add a new alias?

The email address i intend to use is already set up to receive security alerts and I can verify the phone number associated with it but so far i've had no luck or leeway in this.

 

Microsoft account email alias problem

i changed the alias and removed the default one, so now i have only the new one in the list...the default one that was their is gone

i did not know that removing the default alias would mean i would lose my original email address, because now my original email adress isnt working.

and on top of that, my new alias or should i say new email address isint recieving emails... over 20 years of usuing the same email address and its gone because i thought a alias was just a display name.

 

Verifying Alias

Trying to update my primary/sign in email add for Xbox and Microsoft in Manage how you sign in to microsoft

Verifying Alias sends me email, but then link takes me to basic info about your account with no verifing button or change.