Can I sell a hotmail address?

[200bhp]

I have a hotmail address that I set up before hotmail was even owned by Microsoft, must have been around 1996 as I did it in the high school library. I don't use it at all these days so was wondering are email addresses like personal number plates? Would a hotmail address consisting of a simple/common Christian name followed by @hotmail.com be worth anything?

[LordGrover]

Like number plates I suspect, it's worth what someone's willing to pay for it.
If it's Ian or Grover I'll give you a tenner.

[PurpleMoonlight]

Can you still access it?

I think Hotmail used to delete accounts that were dormant for some time.

[anothernameitist]

In the name of Ronnie Pickering

WHO?

[Pixel Pusher]

LordGrover said:

If it's Ian or Grover I'll give you a tenner.

Which one are you?

[LordGrover]

Actually, it may not be possible if you advertise it: click.
I suspect doing the deed and giving the buyer the password would not be noticed though.

[LordGrover]

Pixel Pusher said:

Which one are you?

I'm even older than the first one and less blue than the second.

[anonymous-user]

200bhp said:

I have a hotmail address that I set up before hotmail was even owned by Microsoft, must have been around 1996 as I did it in the high school library. I don't use it at all these days so was wondering are email addresses like personal number plates? Would a hotmail address consisting of a simple/common Christian name followed by @hotmail.com be worth anything?

Is it still even a hotmail.com address?

I have a hotmail account that I use for Spam (i.e. whenever I have to input my email somewhere and I dont want to be bombarded they get that address) it was recently ported to an Outlook.com address

[supertouring]

I have an old Hotmail account and it is still @Hotmail.com even though the website to access it has changed names several times.

[red_slr]

My hotmail e-mail is still .com

Set up in 1997.

[All that jazz]

You can still choose the hotmail.com domain if you set up a new one today. I did it myself only recently.