How can you stand using Hotmail?

[Kenny]

I used to use Hotmail all the time, until the spam came in.

Everytime I make a new Hotmail account, it gets spammed. I'm sure that the addresses get leaked out somehow. I made accounts on several occasions, and haven't signed up for anything. Just left the account there, and two days later I get spam. I once logged into an account and got 155 in my inbox and 70 in bulk mail.

It's ridiculous.

How can any of you guys stand using it?

I know someone out there is using it.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I don't.

- M4H

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I don't.

- M4H

Nor do I.

 

[Jhill]

me either.

 

[spanky]

i use it. it's free, so i can't really complain too much.

 

[helloedchen]

hotmail sucks...if you have to use a free email account, use yahoo. i've had an acct there for a few years now, rarely get spam. and this is supposed to be my spam acct

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: spanky
i use it. it's free, so i can't really complain too much.

me too. And considering I've had the address for 4years or so, the hassle of changing it is too great.

 

[AndrewNF]

I use it, and hardly get any spam at all. I think the trick might be i have an underscore in my hotmail username, that's all I can think of.

Edit: My yahoo! mail account gets a steady stream of spam, the junk filter catches most of it though.

 

[JCE86]

Hotmail sucks. I started getting spam w/ in a few days of making a new account so I've decided to use Yahoo and its been pretty good to me.

 

[ryzmah]

Had mine for years, might get a couple spam a week. Wife's is terrible though.

 

[Zrom999]

Hotmail sucks. They limit the blocks and the spammers just keep trying and trying, esp. if you have a name in the address (ex. joe123@hotmail.com) they can really pile it on. I setup one with yahoo, no spam at all.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: t60
I used to use Hotmail all the time, until the spam came in.

Everytime I make a new Hotmail account, it gets spammed. I'm sure that the addresses get leaked out somehow. I made accounts on several occasions, and haven't signed up for anything. Just left the account there, and two days later I get spam. I once logged into an account and got 155 in my inbox and 70 in bulk mail.

It's ridiculous.

How can any of you guys stand using it?

I know someone out there is using it.

hmmm that's odd. I have 2 hotmail accounts... one for friends, and one for signing up to places. The one to friends, not a single spam... and i've had that for over a year (except the occasional hotmail news, etc). The other one, i get like 50 a day, but that's ok since all of it is blocked.

 

[0roo0roo]

hotmail isn't for main email, its for your spam email. anything risky asking for email addy gets hotmail since its spammed to hell anyways.

 

[StageLeft]

Because everyone has my hotmail address. Of course I'd never make a new one. I can't say enough bad about hotmail for new users. No reason on this planet anybody should sign up for a new hotmail account.

 

[filmmaker]

It don't use it. I use Outlook for my home email and Yahoo for when I'm on the go.

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I don't.

- M4H

 

[SuepaFly]

The same thing had me ditching mine last year after about 5 years of use. Really annoyed me. Also when they decreased the mb's of accounts it really sucked.

I had this class where everyone had to receive updates and meeting times via email, and everytime I sent one out to a hotmail address, it would return because their mailboxes were overflowing with spam. :disgust:

 

[cyclistca]

I have several yahoo and hotmail accounts.

I have one hotmail account that is a spam magnet. However I've set it up so that any e-mails that are not from people in my address book get tossed out. Not it's actually semi usable.

My yahoo accounts have been pretty much spam free. Even the one I use for newgroup posting.

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: spanky
i use it. it's free, so i can't really complain too much.

me too. And considering I've had the address for 4years or so, the hassle of changing it is too great.

Yeah. I've had mine for 3-4 years, and changing everything would suck.

 

[Joony]

I use mine as my mail e-mail, get about 10 spams a day, i don't mind deleting em

 

[Mallow]

I've had mine for about 5 years and it would be a big hassel to change it :/ Granted I do get my fair share of spam but I just delete it... not that big of a deal.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I don't.

- M4H

Nor do I.

Same here. I just dont give it out to anyone and everyone.

 

[RossMAN]

I don't.

I use my own webmail which has a 100MB limit and only costs $5/yr

 

[Aceshigh]

I've had my Hotmail account for 3 years now. I never get any spam at all.

My account address is very cryptic and has many characters. I think this is why I don't get spam.