Question posted by ramiadv on February 27th, 2011

Old Account That Was Closed

dear support. my problem is as follows- around the years 2003-2005 i had an account which got closed by your administrator due to lack of use. my address was [email protected]. in this account i had a letter sent to me by [email protected], and to this letter a file was attached which is very importent to me and i'm unable to restore. how is it possible to restore my old mail address or at least it's contents?

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Answer #1: Posted by DreadPirateRoberts on March 7th, 2011 5:39 AM
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If your Windows Live Hotmail account is inactive for 120 days (about 4 months) it will be completely erased and your Windows Live Hotmail user name can be taken by somebody else. You can reactivate your Hotmail account at any time within those 120 days by signing in.

 

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