Windows 10: Feeling dumb, regarding microsoft accounts handling of emails?

Ok, im having a heck of a time sorting an email fiasco. I created a L: username@outlook.com email address way back when.

I ended up joining my ideally "lifelong" isp and my email has been with them ever since. As such, I made a new microsoft account using that email and have been using it for years.

Well now i tried to merge them. Apparently they cancelled that function. I like the novelty of having an extra email persay and im trying to ascertain whether or not keeping the outlook.com one seperate and open is my only option?

So a microsoft account grants you access to onedrive, outlook/email, all the other mumbo jumbo right? How would one send me an email with my ISP email address but have it go to an outlook mailbox? If someone sent me an email to my ISP email it would go to my ISP inbox. How would i even get functionality out of an outlook/microsoft email at that point?

I hope that makes sense. I like having the outlook.com email but not requiring a seperate microsoft account. Does that make sense? what are my options? lol

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Unauthorized Emails from my account?

It is more than likely that your email account was hacked, either by a virus sniffing your password, or just simply hacked.

Either way, change your password on your email account. Unfortunately the damage by already be done. They already have your contact list and your email address associated with that contact list. There is nothing stopping them from sending out emails using their own SMTP servers to everyone on your contact list and claiming the emails are from your email address. They don't actually have to have access to your yahoo account or even any yahoo server to send emails to people that come from your address.

 

Microsoft Account not syncing WP8.1

Hi Michael,

We suggest that you manually sync your Microsoft account by following these steps:

• Go to Settings.
• Tap email + accounts.
• Tap and hold your Microsoft account.
• Tap sync.

Check also if you have the correct date and time set on your phone.

Let us know the results.

Regards.

 

email account hacked. please help

Also may I suggest you change email accounts to one of the following.....

Gmail
Outlook

The reason is they both use "Step two verification". This style of verification means even if a hacker gets your password they cannot log in to your account. You see every time someone try's to log in that hasn't been verified you will get a text or a phone call giving you a final code to log in. Its very easy and simple to setup also. The great thing is once you setup your Email application with a specific "application password" from that account you never have to log in again AND your account is protected from being logged in from foreign entities.

I like the new outlook personally however Gmail is also damn good. Gmail also has an IP tracker that allows you to see WHERE the account has been logged in from. Anyway let us know if you wanna change over and have any questions. We will be happy to help and welcome to TPU!