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Maybe some page with active content that changes and therefore isn't where it was before.

What do you use to get to hotmail? An Email Client or Internet Explorer? Have tried it with a 3rd party product like mozilla firefox or thunderbird?

This has been an issue in Hotmail and AOL for a long time. The problem appears to be that when you click on a link you are not really going to that site. You are staying in Hotmail and opening the site in a frame. This doesn't seem to be an issue with all links but most of the problems occur due to a couple of things. If the link takes up more than 1 line then it seems that Hotmail cannot handle the entire address. If the link is taking you to a site that is directing you to another site (like many news emails do to measure article popularity) then Hotmail has a problem (and you don't know that that is what the link is actually doing).

I have never heard of a fix for this problem and after reviewing a number of sites for resolutions to this issue what they tell you to do is either open a separate browser window and copy/paste the link into that window or use a different email client.

Cheers.

RW

As a workaround, try copy/paste the link in another browser window.

You could also try unchecking the option "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" on the advanced tab of the internet options.

If all fails, just remind yourself that Hotmail sucks. ;-)