PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Hi guys, I just found something strange and for some people it might be cool so I wanted to share. get msn page is still up: http://get.msn.com/ What I thought was especially cool is the old passport.net website still up and allows you to register @passport.com emails. general account passport.net page register @passport.com account Once you register for @passport.com account you can login to brand new outlook.com with your passport.com email :) matt4444 and Atomic Wanderer Chicken 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Flashback :) matt4444 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 You can login to outlook with your @passport.com account but you shouldn't be able to recieve email via it, at least you couldn't when it was hotmail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcdotme Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 You can login to outlook with your @passport.com account but you shouldn't be able to recieve email via it, at least you couldn't when it was hotmail. indeed you can't. sending works, though. You've created credentials You can now sign in using <[snip]>@passport.com. Remember that you can't send or receive mail using this email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 That's strange. Why would it let to login to outlook.com/hotmail if there is no real email service on the account. I just tested my newly created @passport.com account and I CAN send emails from it, but have not received any emails from my other account yet. Though when account was just created I did get a welcome email. Oh well. It was still cool to find the ancient pages that MS needs to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 After a few hours I got this: Delivery is delayed to these recipients or groups: email@passport.com Subject: test This message hasn't been delivered yet. Delivery will continue to be attempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Of course incoming mail wouldn't work to that domain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 The screenshot doesn't really show why wouldn't it work. MX record is ok, but different that on the hotmail/outlook.com accounts. If you mean Ping is not working, it's normal for all Microsoft sites. They block it network wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 smtp doesn't respond. edit: and you can ping the hotmail mailservers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 True. It's news to me. Hotmail.com is the first domain I see that's possible to ping. Strangely enough MS even blocks customer's Azure servers (we are talking about ICMP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I can ping the microsoft.com mailservers and those hosting my office 365 exchange. So no, it's not blocked 'network wide' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Ms, apple and google do not have ping blocked on their main servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Google, Apple and Yahoo do not block ping at all. Microsoft appears to allow it only on email servers, but everything else is blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 ping www.microsoft.com PING lb1.www.ms.akadns.net (64.4.11.42): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 ping download.microsoft.com PING a767.ms.akamai.net (89.149.151.33): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 89.149.151.33: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=33.399 ms ping windowsupdate.microsoft.com PING www.update.microsoft.com.nsatc.net (65.55.185.26): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 ping www.msn.com PING us.co1.cb3.glbdns.microsoft.com (131.253.34.194): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 Kinda weird :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Yes. Strange. Not sure why they do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfIsHeR1701 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Probably to protect themselves from DDoS attacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolkRB Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Not sure. I think DDos attack can be on any port or service. Doesn't have to be ping. Also if they are so protective, why doesn't Google, Yahoo and others don't do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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