How to Add Someone to Your Hotmail Contact List

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Adding people to your contact list on Hotmail is an easy way to keep their information on hand. Once they have been added as a contact, they will also appear on MSN Messenger so you can see when they're online and chat with them. Here are the steps for adding people to your Hotmail contacts.

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Go to Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com .
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A window will appear asking you to confirm the connection. Click on "okay" or "connect".
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Once you've approved the connection, you should have no problem adding your Facebook friends or Google contacts to your Hotmail account.

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Go to Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com .
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There is a down arrow next to that. Click on the down arrow.
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Click the red box that says "People".
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At the top of this page there's a plus sign in a circle, and the word "New". Click on this.
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When done, click "Save" at the bottom.

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Will the other contact know if I add them?

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No, they will not be notified that they've been added to your contact list.

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How can I stop all the messages coming to me from different companies?

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Set up a "white" list. All of your primary contacts, such as family and friends, will be in this list. All the rest can be sent to trash automatically, if necessary, or marked as read without actually having read them.

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How do I add a contact to a group list in Hotmail?

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Open your web browser and log in to Hotmail. Click on the 'Contacts' tab. Click the pull-down menu beside the 'New' button (circled). Click on 'Group'. In the modified window, enter the Group name.

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