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On the Windows Live Hotmail Blog majority of all people are complaining about the upgrade. They are demanding that Microsoft...
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@cleitondj if you go to the main page on hotmail wave 3 and go to View, Source somwhere in the 'frameset' it will...
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Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release

Posted Sep 25 2008, 12:38 PM by Kip Kniskern with 66 comment(s)

Windows Live Hotmail will begin to roll out an update starting today.  The new release does away with the “full” and “classic” versions, and combines the two into a simpler, faster service.  Included in the new release:

  • Enhanced address book, allowing customers to easily see emails they’ve exchanged with contacts and keep contacts in one consolidated place to use across Windows Live services.
  • Ever Increasing Storage - 5 GB to start, with an additional 500 MB per month if customers hit their limit
  • Integrated web-based IM with Windows Live Messenger*
  • Improved spam fighting technologies that significantly reduce spam.
  • Integrated calendar features and Outlook Connector.

*Some features will take several months to reach all users globally

Leave us a note in the comments if you’re seeing a new, improved Hotmail

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jonathanyaniv wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 1:43 PM

Nothing yet....

vdelvecchio wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 1:57 PM

Nothing yet here, either.

cleitondj wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 2:29 PM

same wave old here  LOL

imhassan wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 2:36 PM

ok, I'm still seeing the old Hotmail and it suddenly doesn't look nice in anticipation of the one!

DN2004 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 3:00 PM

Cool, same old thing here too

surilamin wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 3:47 PM

Same old here...

Drazick wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 4:14 PM

Does it include messenger conversation log just like Gtalk?

I wanna be able to keep my logs in my hotmail account.

natenovs wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 4:58 PM

ive got the updated hotmail.

it looks like the new calendar.

integrate messenger, its not quite like gmail's chat, but you can go through you contant list and im people that are online.

you can pop from other email accounts

it is definately faster - and works great with ie7/ie8/ff3

DN2004 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:07 PM

I am curious what bay are you on I know the bay trick no longer works but gives me an idea if its going in bay order or not

DN2004 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:10 PM

Also not that I use chrome, but I noticed I had issues when I tested chrome with hotmail, does it work fine in that?

orionll wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:14 PM

Yay!

Nothing here, though, yet...

What bays are they running on?

BV2312 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:16 PM

Do this, if your change then list the bay location of ur hotmail account which can be obtained from ur url... Nothin on bay131

BV2312 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:21 PM

Nothing on bay117 or Bay115

c0rk wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:22 PM

I haven't seen anything yet, but I agree w/ imhassan ~ the old version just doesn't seem as cool when you know the new look is out there somewhere.

I'm also enrolled in Hotmail Plus (no ads) so I wonder if it will be rolled to that audience differently.

I'll alert you when I see a new look. Thank you for the heads up!

luisfelipe wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:23 PM

natenovs, please, tell us what bay are you using and show us screenshots, please!

thanks!

orionll wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 5:47 PM

Oh, and still old on bay 135.

Windows Live Hotmail Wave3 ???????????????????????? | LiveSino - LiveSide ????????? wrote Windows Live Hotmail Wave3 ???????????????????????? | LiveSino - LiveSide ?????????
on 09-25-2008 5:58 PM

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Hb8 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 6:24 PM

I've got it on my Hotmail, had the WebMessenger control for a day, but it appears to have disappeared.  Guess they're rolling it out only on certain bays or what not

Hb8 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 6:29 PM

Umm, scratch that.  It's back again.  Wasn't there this morning.

luisfelipe wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 6:52 PM

Hi Hb8! Can you show us screenshots?

thanks!

Alber1690 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 6:53 PM

I can easily say never for me...that's how MSN Premium users are treated nowadays...*sigh*.

damaster wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 7:25 PM

nothing on bay128, 117 or 104

vdelvecchio wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 7:39 PM

Nothing yet on bays 111, 117 and 106

Hb8 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 7:58 PM

Actually, as much as I'd like to write about the changes (not just Hotmail has changed, my whole online Live pages have changed as well), According to the email I've received from a Windows Live Community Manager, I'm actually under an embargo until an as yet unspecified time.  I'm sure others who are also participating in the limited beta can attest to this as well.  

tophtucker wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 8:24 PM

Bay 105 is still Wave 2 and proud of it, haha.

Actually, that's a lie. Bay 105 cries itself to sleep at night out of envy of the Wave 3 bays.

Developer Developer Developer » Hotmail wrote Developer Developer Developer » Hotmail
on 09-25-2008 10:21 PM

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Windows Live Hotmail going to roll out Wave 3 « Purple Indigo (PI) Lite wrote Windows Live Hotmail going to roll out Wave 3 « Purple Indigo (PI) Lite
on 09-25-2008 10:27 PM

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BTNH Fan wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-25-2008 11:34 PM

Nothing here, still the same old header.

Khristopher wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 1:16 AM

I like how the entry says to leave a comment if you ARE seeing the new changes, but 98% of the comments are saying they are not seeing the changes yet.

nnbe wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 1:43 AM

Me too, nothing new yet. Hope it's worth waiting.

stijnkoppelmans wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 3:05 AM

Not on the following bays:

114

104

126

blu137

No idea wat blu is, but 137 says blu instead of bay

alsiladka wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 3:53 AM

Nothing on bay 143 either!

sp1der wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 4:26 AM

nothing also on bl110w.blu110.mail.live.com

luisfelipe wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 4:32 AM

no wave 3 in 113, 124 too.

ranpha wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 6:22 AM
stijnkoppelmans wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 6:58 AM

Thought I'd make a list of old bays.

So we have an idea of which bays may have changed to Wave 3

104; 105; 106; 110; 111; 112; 114; 115; 117; 119; 124; 126; 128; 130; 135; 137; 143

nemove15 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 8:06 AM

Nothing on bay 128

vdelvecchio wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 8:22 AM

OK....so.....where's this new, faster release?  Anyone?  Bueler?  Bueler?

DN2004 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 8:34 AM

@vdelvecchio

I am sure it will take days maybe even weeks to roll out to everyone. I very much doubt it will be instant, they will do it bay by bay like last time

nemove15 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 8:50 AM

Nothing on blu115

JSYOUNG571 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 9:39 AM

No change so far. I wonder for Hotmail Plus is our space going to be increase some more since the regular Hotmail is being increased?

damaster wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 10:43 AM

From LiveSino, picturepan2's Hotmail account has been upgraded to the new Wave 3 release. Bay136

livesino.net/.../hotmail_3.png

cleitondj wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 11:19 AM

Ok Today I've got up to date my new WAVE 3

more fast really!!

screenshots of my wave3 mailbox (p.s. portuguese Brazil language)

img517.imageshack.us/.../hotmailwave3nb1.jpg

img300.imageshack.us/.../hotmailwave32es9.jpg

:)

nikhil_jain wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 11:46 AM

@ damaster  & @ cleitondj

Thnx fr these SC. But i cnn't find IM in these SC.

DN2004 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 12:02 PM

IM will only be available in certain counties, Brazil is probably not one of them

teaumaz wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 12:04 PM

Does Hotmail now automatically check for new e-mail or you still have to manually click the "check mail" button?

BV2312 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 12:22 PM

@cleitondj whats the version number of the new hotmail?

thanks

Still nothing on bay117 or Bay115 and 131 (maybe we should do a wiki of all hotmail bays?)

luisfelipe wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 12:35 PM

I read what is written in the announcement that cleitondj posted. It's written that the integration with Messenger and new options of integration with calendar will be available until the beginning 2009

@ Cleiton: Vc é do Brasil?

shrenik wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 1:00 PM

Apparently, the WL Hotmail team blog has come up with a post on the upgrade which again takes us to LiveWire blog...

mailcall.spaces.live.com/.../cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49708.entry

and

windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/.../cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!7426.entry

and it seems manually changing the bays is not working this time...i am on 117, tried changing to 136, but was again sent back to 117!!!

BV2312 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 1:09 PM
DN2004 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 1:20 PM

When it launches I mean and then will be rolled out to more.

WindowsFan wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 2:01 PM

Nothing new yet on bay 139.

I sure hope that signing out will be faster, too. And I hope it will stop taking you to MSN, or at least allow you to change it.

Edgar J. wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 2:48 PM

wow, no update here :'(

BV2312 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 2:51 PM

Plus the weekend is coming up.... NOOOOOOOOOO

cleitondj wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 4:08 PM

@ luisfelipe yes brazilian from Brazil :)

@ BV2312 - I dont know to see version.. sorry, how to?

orionll wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 4:47 PM

Bays 135, 144, 117 aren't on wave 3.

col103 and blu117 aren't on wave 3 wither...

Edgar J. wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-26-2008 7:12 PM

No update here, can anyone send screenshot of the Web Messenger?

zaf wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-27-2008 1:42 AM

bay 131 not working yet.

BV2312 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-27-2008 1:43 AM

@cleitondj if you go to the main page on hotmail wave 3 and go to View, Source somwhere in the 'frameset' it will have the version.. don;t wory about it if you can't do it

Abood wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-28-2008 2:02 AM

Nothing on bay 122

JSYOUNG571 wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-29-2008 7:10 AM

On the Windows Live Hotmail Blog majority of all people are complaining about the upgrade. They are demanding that Microsoft switch them back to the original hotmail. There are complaints that they can't open their emails, see their folders, or send email.

LiveSide - News blog wrote What happened to Hotmail?
on 09-29-2008 2:03 PM

Last week, after receiving a “tip” from Microsoft’s PR firm Waggener Edstrom, we posted on the coming

cleitondj wrote re: Hotmail to begin rollout of new, faster release
on 09-29-2008 2:29 PM

@BV2312

13.2.0230.0925 build version

=]

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 Rollout has started! « Live! Word wrote Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 Rollout has started! « Live! Word
on 09-30-2008 6:57 AM

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LiveSide - News blog wrote Hotmail slow to release, experiencing engineering issues?
on 09-30-2008 9:05 PM

This morning the Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support blog posted the following message, only to take

Hotmail Wave 3 ? Still waiting.. | Redmond Pie wrote Hotmail Wave 3 ? Still waiting.. | Redmond Pie
on 10-02-2008 1:51 PM

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