Hotmail contacts appearing on my MSN messenger?

I recently added some contacts to my Hotmail account and i have noticed them on my MSN messenger. Do all new contacts appear on MSN or have i accidentally added them to my messenger?





The logo next to the new names are like little books whereas the normal contacts have a little logo that appears to be an upper body (head, arms, torso etc..) I don't know if that means anything though...
Hotmail contacts appearing on my MSN messenger?
Hotmail contacts will automatically appear on MSN and if you add contacts via MSN, they will be added to your Hotmail list. This is usually true for Hotmail / Live e-mail addresses.





The little books icon means those are your non-messaging contacts. You can always move them into your messaging list. The upper body icon that you mentioned is to show a person's status (whether they are offline, online, away, busy etc)





And yes, deleteing a contact from MSN will result in a deletion from HOtmail and vice versa
Reply:There's nothing you can do about this. All of your hotmail contacts get added to your MSN.


The little books show that you cannot contact them through MSN.


You don't really need to worry about it, I think pretty much everyone that uses hotmail for email, and uses MSN for messenger deals with the same thing.


It's the same for me.
Reply:when you added the contacts on your hotmail you may have clicked the button thet says add to messanger or it may have done it automaticly on mine i get the choice but it still puts them on your contact list wether or not they are a hotmail user or have msn there name appers with a little book next to it %26lt;%26lt; so if tht's what you see they can't actuly speak to you on msn.
Reply:They always add themselves at the very bottom of your contacts list. You can't take them off of your MSN, but you can go to your contacts box and find a button when adding them that you can add them just to your contacts book and not your MSN.
Reply:There is nothing you can do about it, you could just close the tab tho
Reply:MSN = hotmail = MSN they are the same
Reply:when you add a contact, you are also kinda like joining his network...