Why Hotmail sux

NicColt

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I saw this tidbit at Icronic.com, in other words any account can be removed with no warning what so ever. Never used it, never will.

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It's Possible To Get Any User Kicked Off of Hotmail
Posted on 2001-07-02 20:02:43 by Mortin
Hotmail has just burned their customers with a zero tolerance spam policy. Apparently you can simply accuse any person with a Hotmail account of spamming, and send a complaint to Hotmail's anti-spam email address, and they will be removed. No questions asked.

The Register, by the way, strongly urges readers not to try this on strangers, no matter how much they dislike them. There is however clearly a serious point to this; if it's possible for Hotmail users to have their accounts terminated through no fault or action of their own, without warning, investigation, or right of appeal, Hotmail clearly isn't a sensible place to put your email. Yet another reason why Hotmail sucks.
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zimu

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lol!
the problems is most spam is from users outside of hotmail, or people pretending to have a hotmail email address.
i've just got like 30 filters, bulk mail etc. set up so it filters out somewhat, but i still get the occasional crap mail every day.
 

Elledan

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That reminds me, I got to enable my Hotmail account again. I fear that I haven't used it for at least a few months. It's only used for spam, but who cares? :p
 

BruinGuy

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The Register has a good article on it, it is pretty interesting, makes me glad I don't use a free email service as my primary account.