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We hates that Hotmail! We hates it forever!! by nix2002-06-18 13:02:31
  Now you know why I cancelled my Hotmail account. by Llyr2002-06-18 13:10:23
    A few points... by nin_man2002-06-18 14:07:06
      Rebutthead by Naruki 2002-06-18 14:18:14
I'm convinced it _never_ deletes the addresses of good spam victims. I think it saves those names for the spammers' address generating programs to work from - so they can find your new account faster.

Those so-called "options" don't work all the time. I've checked the one that says "Immediate Deletion of Junk Mail", but it doesn't work. I've tried to send a letter about this problem to various addresses, but they are all simply robots that return a form reply based on the keywords you choose. They don't WANT to fix that (or any other) problem.

There is a real problem with being very popular - it makes your email provider a much greater target of spammers. Combined with the spam-friendly behavior that Hotmail displays...
[ Reply ]
        No kidding. by Llyr2002-06-18 14:20:20
          Or... by nin_man2002-06-18 14:38:41
            Wrong on #3 by Naruki2002-06-18 14:56:45
              You know, amazingly enough by Blackbyrd22002-06-18 20:45:33

 

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