Microsoft to provide unique email ID

Mumbai, May 23: In its first step towards customising email for a group of like-minded consumers in India, IT major Microsoft today announced its initiative to provide unique email ID for every Hotmail, user.

Now users in India can have any email ID they want, through a feature called custom domains.

This initiative was flagged off by unveiling an email ID for the residents of Lokhandwala located in suburban Andheri.

The residents of Lokhandwala will now have their own email IDS through www.lokhandwalarocks.com. Users can have IDS such as [email protected] and enjoy all the added features of Windows Live Hotmail.

Jaspreet Bindra, Country Manager, Microsoft India, said, ''Our research shows that email is actually a part of one's own identity.

People use email as the primary mode of contact and hence it is important to have an email ID which is unique. This is our way of offering our users a more relevant email ID in every sense.'' Going forward, Microsoft plans to offer a wide range of innovative, cool and funky email IDS using domains like www.mumbairocks.in, www.goarocks.com, etc, which will give every user a unique personality online. With these IDS, users can also sign on Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Spaces and connect with friends and family in a personal way.

''We are really excited to empower consumers to make Windows Live Hotmail their own by providing the ability to choose a meaningful email address that has a deeper connection with their own identity and interests,'' said Abhisht Arora, Director Product Management, Microsoft Online Services Group.

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