Keep your account active
Remember, if you do not Sign In to your MSN Hotmail account for any 30 day period, or if you do not Sign In within the first 10 days, your account will be marked 'inactive'. Stored email will be deleted, and inbound mail will be refused. In order to avoid this, remember to Sign In regularly. If your MSN Hotmail account has been marked inactive, your Microsoft® .NET Passport will still function and your MSN Hotmail email name will still be reserved. If you want to re-activate your account, simply go to www.hotmail.com, and enter your Sign In name and password. You will then be able to send and receive email using MSN Hotmail once again. If your account stays inactive for 90 days, your MSN Hotmail email name and account may be permanently deleted.