Originally Posted by tas38

( Actually hotmail addresses do not get deleted, at least not right away. They expire and remain in place for several months until the legitimate owner logs in with their username and password to re-enable them. Of course all email is gone. )

This is right you don't lose it that easy, and even then others can't just take it over with out a fairly long wait. That is why I said they must of hacked the emails, then changed the domain account info and got them or some thing.