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Every MailFixly guide, grouped by provider. Each one covers a single problem properly rather than ten problems briefly, and shows when it was last checked against the live interface.
5 guides
Outlook & Hotmail
Hotmail, Outlook.com, Live and MSN are one system, so a guide for any of them applies to all four. Start at the help centre if you are not sure which problem you have.
Help centre
Outlook & Hotmail help centre
The pillar page. Every problem routed by what is actually on your screen, plus what an independent publisher can and cannot do about your account.
Updated Aug 15, 2026Start here
Sign-in
Outlook will not let you sign in
Sign-in loops, wrong-password errors that are not wrong, locked accounts, and the mobile app. Includes a browser-side checker for spotting a fake sign-in page.
Updated Aug 15, 2026Read guide
Recovery
Forgot your Hotmail or Outlook password
Reset it in minutes, or recover the account when no code can reach you. What the recovery form actually scores, and why requests get rejected.
Updated Aug 15, 2026Read guide
Accounts & setup
Create a free Hotmail account
Why new sign-ups get @outlook.com, what the free tier really includes, and the two-year rule that quietly closes accounts nobody signs in to.
Updated Aug 15, 2026Read guide
Accounts & setup
Second Hotmail account, or an alias?
Two options that look identical and behave completely differently. One shares your inbox, password and recovery; the other is genuine separation.
Updated Aug 28, 2026Read guide4 guides
Gmail & Google
Google accounts behave differently from Microsoft ones in the places that matter most: storage is shared across three services, and verification is decided per sign-up rather than by a fixed rule.
Help centre
Gmail & Google account help
The pillar page. Every Google account problem routed by what is actually happening, plus the three things almost nobody is told up front.
Updated Aug 28, 2026Start here
Accounts & setup
Free Gmail account: what you get
Free permanently, but the 15 GB is shared with Drive and Photos rather than reserved for mail. The sending limits, and what the “account with password” listings are really selling.
Updated Aug 27, 2026Read guide
Accounts & setup
Create a Gmail account without a phone number
Why Google asks some people and not others, which of the popular workarounds do anything at all, and what to do when the prompt will not go away.
Updated Aug 27, 2026Read guide
Recovery
Gmail account recovery
Why the recovery form rejects correct answers, what actually raises your score, what quietly lowers it, and what to do after a rejection.
Updated Aug 28, 2026Read guide3 guides
Any email provider
Some problems are not specific to one company. These guides compare providers directly so you can pick on the facts rather than on habit.
Accounts & setup
Create an email account without a phone number
Which of eight providers genuinely never ask, why Gmail asks some people and not others, why the widely-shared “tricks” are not tricks, and what you give up.
Updated Aug 27, 2026Read guide
Accounts & setup
Free email account: which to choose
They are all free. What differs is storage, privacy and whether you get asked for a phone number, plus the four free-tier limits that catch people out.
Updated Aug 28, 2026Read guide
Setup
Email on Android and iPhone
Adding Gmail or Outlook to any phone, and the choice nobody explains first: provider app or built-in app. It decides whether notifications actually work.
Updated Aug 28, 2026Read guide2 guides
Tools
Browser-side checkers. Nothing you type is sent anywhere; the checks run on your own device.
Tool
Sign-in URL checker
Paste a sign-in address and find out whether it really belongs to Microsoft, Google or Yahoo. Catches the subdomain trick, lookalike characters and raw IP addresses.
Updated Aug 16, 2026Open the tool
Tool
Account recovery checker
Could you actually get back into your mailbox if the password stopped working? Scores your recovery methods on independence rather than count, and says what to fix first.
Updated Aug 27, 2026Open the tool