Choose Windows Live™ Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail®, our free webmail service.
Join the i'm Initiative.
Stay active with the i'm Initiative so you can keep funding the cause that's doing
the work that is most important to you.

Select your service to learn more

Already have Windows Live Hotmail? Follow the steps below.

If not, sign up for Windows Live Hotmail, our free webmail service, and join the i’m Initiative. Once you've registered, simply follow the directions below.

1. Select the cause you would like to support and click "Save". A special signature will be added when you compose an e-mail.	2. You're now part of the i’m Initiative.

Already have Windows Live Messenger? Follow the steps below.

If not, go to Join Now to download Windows Live Messenger. Once you've installed Windows Live Messenger, simply follow the directions below to join the i’m Initiative.

1. From your Contacts window, click the arrow next to your name and select "Options".	2. Next to your name, type the code, including the asterisk, for the cause you'd like to support and click "OK".	3. You're now part of the i’m Initiative.

MONEY RAISED SO FAR:

$1,698,090

SINCE MARCH 2007

How it Works

You send e-mails and IMs, and Microsoft supports social causes.
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About i'm

i’m is an initiative from Microsoft. Every time you use Windows Live™ Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail®, our free webmail service, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with an organization of your choice from a selection of some of the world’s most effective organizations dedicated to social causes.

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The more people you tell, the more you can help. E-mail a Friend

Now when you use Windows Live™ Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail®, our free webmail service, you can support a social cause at the same time.

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