someone DOES have the same hotmail email address as me, this is a security issue

How did she forward the emails to you when you have the exact same email address?

Also, if she has the same hotmail email address as you, why don't you just login and read those emails?

Atilla is absolutely right. I understand his frustration. I am currently teaching in Mexico, but I am from the United States.

My students send their homework, portfolio, etc. to my Hotmail account.

I am receiving only half of my students' work. The students proved to me that it was indeed sent. Another person with the EXACT SAME email address received the other half of my students' work.  She then wrote to me that my students have to stop sending her emails.  She even forwarded my students messages to me.

She wrote in Spanish, and all this started happening since my arrival in Mexico, 3 months ago!

Something needs to be done, Microsoft!  I have had this email address for more than 20 years.

Barbara

I have read this entirely and have not found the answer. My issue is simply. I created a hotmail account when hotmail first started up a long time ago. Never had any issues with it until about 3 or 4 years ago when I found out someone from a Spanish speaking country has the EXACT same email address. 

I appreciate that this is quite a long thread, but it does contain explanations. If you read nothing else, I would suggest looking at the excellent post by ¡Firedog

An explanation for your case is that 3 or 4 years ago someone from a Spanish speaking country put down your email address somewhere instead of their own. It is likely that you share similar email addresses and he made a simple mistake.

What happens if you try to sign it to Google with your original email account (not the different one you mention)? If someone else has  managed to create a Google account with the email address then you can go through the Google process to recover that login or one of the other options they provide. It is a matter you need to pursue with Google.

Yes, it is definitely possible that someone else can provide your email address to a website (including Google). That is not something that Microsoft has any control over, not is it a glitch with their system.

Good luck!

I have read this entirely and have not found the answer. My issue is simply. I created a hotmail account when hotmail first started up a long time ago. Never had any issues with it until about 3 or 4 years ago when I found out someone from a Spanish speaking country has the EXACT same email address. Now I do not receive any of their emails except for some spam, but do not really know if it is meant for me or them except that it is in Spanish. The issue I have found is that they used that email to set up accounts on Google and a few others. When I try to use the same email, it says I already have an account. So I have to sign up with a different email. His first name is Emilo. Makes no difference if I change my password. So I firmly believe it is possible when the other person is from a different country. Microsoft should just state that it is possible and it is a glitch in the system.

No-one else has the same email address as you. No-one.

From your description it appears that you are getting SPAM which looks like it is from your email address. It isn't really. The spammer has just faked the email to appear that it is from you. This makes it harder to ignore because, as you have found, you can't ignore email that is "from" yourself.

Nothing you can do about it except try to run some rules based on the content of the email rather then the "sender" of the email.

Spammers are getting smarter all the time. Scum they may be, but they're not stupid!