How to get a live.com email address

There is no difference. Just use the one that you prefer, if the address you want is still available.

Hotmail has 364 million users. They started adding more domains so that more people could get the email address they wanted. My mother managed to find her name available on @hotmail.co.uk, while she has to have a large number as a suffix on @hotmail.com.

If you have your own domain, you can use it on Hotmail, while still being able to use the domain for websites.

You can import contacts as a .csv file following the instructions here;

http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=mailfull&market=en-us&querytype=topic&query=wl_mail_proc_importer.htm

1. Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID.
2. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options, and then click More options.
3. Under Customize your contacts, click Import contacts.
4. Select the e-mail program or service that you want to import your contacts from.
5. To find the file that you want to import, click Browse.
6. Locate the file, and then click Open.
7. Click Import contacts.

Hope this helps.