Set the junk e-mail filtering level

You can use the junk e-mail filter to help decrease the amount of junk e-mail that appears in your Inbox.
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options, and then click More options.
3.     Under Junk e-mail, click Filters and reporting.
4.     Under Filters and reporting, select the options that you want, and then click Save.
Notes
·         If you choose Exclusive for your junk e-mail filter, only messages from e-mail addresses on your Contacts or Allowed senders lists appear in your Inbox. Messages from senders not on those lists are automatically sent to the Junk e-mail folder.
·         You should occasionally check your junk e-mail folder to make sure that good messages are not sent to there by mistake.
 
 
Organize your contacts
 
You can use the contact list to store personal information about people you know, such as their names, addresses, and e-mail addresses. You can also sort your contact list to make your contacts easier to find. For example, you can sort your contacts alphabetically by first name or last name.

Add a contact 
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the left pane, click Contacts.
3.     Click New.
4.     Type the details of your new contact, and then click Save.
 
Remove a contact 
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the left pane, click Contacts.
3.     Select a contact, and then click Delete.
4.     Click OK.
 
Edit a contact 
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the left pane, click Contacts.
3.     Select a contact, and then click Edit.
4.     Change the details of your contact, and then click Save.
 
Print your contacts 
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the left pane, click Contacts.
3.     Click . A printable contacts page opens.
4.     Click Print. Depending on the size of your address book, downloading and printing it may take some time.

Merge duplicate contacts 
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the left pane, click Contacts.
3.     Click the contact that you want to merge.
–or–
Hold down the CTRL key, and then click each contact that you want to merge.
4.     On the toolbar, click Merge.
5.     On the Merge Contacts page, you can click any of the menus to view or change the merged contact's information. Information that's overwritten when the contacts are merged is added to the merged contact's Notes box.
6.     To save the merged contact information, click Save.

Sort your contact list 
1.     Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) .
2.     In the left pane, click Contacts.
3.     In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options.
4.     Under Sort contacts, click the sorting option that you want.

Notes
·         To send e-mail to a contact, type their name in the To box when writing an e-mail message, or select the contact in the contact list, and then click E-mail contact.
·         To add a person to your contact list when you receive an e-mail from them, click Add contact in the message header.