I had the same issue with my Hotmail address. I know the address and password, but Microsoft won’t let me login. And they ask ridiculous things like, what emails are in the inbox. I haven’t used this address for 20 years, I just want to access the Hotmail address from when I was a teenager.

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jopsen 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Send some emails to the address, then you'll know what is in the inbox :)

	▲	thiht 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Haha that’s clever, I will try this

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sillyfluke 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>I just want to access the Hotmail address from when I was a teenager.

Logging in doesn't solve your problem. It gets way worse after you log in [0]. At least now you still have hope.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36000161