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Now this is a great effort on Microsoft’s end to reduce the switching cost between Yahoo Mail, Google’s Gmail to Hotmail.

One thing that I really enjoy is using # on my Gmail to delete mail. So if I switch over to another mail client I am unable to do that anymore.

Now in Hotmail, they will allow you to use other mail client’s keyboard shortcuts

Outlook

  • Delete a message – Delete
  • Create a new message – Ctrl+N
  • Send a message – Ctrl+Enter
  • Open a message – Ctrl+Shift+O
  • Print a message – Ctrl+Shift+P
  • Reply to a message – Ctrl+R
  • Reply all to a message – Ctrl+Shift+R
  • Forward a message – Ctrl+Shift+F
  • Save a draft message – Ctrl+S
  • Flag a message for follow up – L
  • Mark a message as junk – Ctrl+Shift+J
  • Mark a message as read – Ctrl+Q
  • Mark a message as unread – Ctrl+U
  • Move to a folder – Ctrl+Shift+V
  • Open the next message – Ctrl+.
  • Open the previous message – Ctrl+,
  • Close a message – Esc
  • Search your email messages – /
  • Check spelling – F7
  • Select all – S then A
  • Deselect all – S then N
  • Go to the inbox – F then I
  • Go to your Drafts folder – F then D
  • Go to your Sent folder – F then S

Gmail, Yahoo Mail

  • Delete a message – # – Delete
  • Create a new message – C – N
  • Send a message – None – Alt+S
  • Open a message – O – None
  • Print a message – None – P
  • Reply to a message – R – R
  • Reply all to a message – A – A
  • Forward a message – F – F
  • Save a draft message – Ctrl+S – Ctrl+S
  • Mark a message as junk – ! – None
  • Mark a message as read – Shift+I – K
  • Mark a message as unread – Shift+U – Shift+K
  • Move to a folder – None – D
  • Open the next message – J – Ctrl+.
  • Open the previous message – K – Ctrl+,
  • Close a message – U – Esc
  • Search your email messages – / – S
  • Select all – * then A
  • Deselect all – * then N
  • Go to the inbox – G then I – M
  • Go to your Drafts folder – G then D
  • Go to your Sent folder – G then T

 

To set this open the options page in Hotmail:

Under options, select keyboard shortcuts listed under customize Hotmail. Here you can turn off shortcuts and select the short cut set you want.