tomwarren Veteran Posted June 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2004 :yes: Or a non-legit email... It's legit, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfador Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It's legit, honestly. Time will tell. The press should know this evening, according to this screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It's legit, honestly. For trues?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted June 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2004 For trues?!?! Yes....for trues....heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Spacker Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Yay more space for spam :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detn8r Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 oo.. bigger inbox.. more opportunity for hotmail to sell your email address for more SPAM. screw MSN, I'm quite happy with Yahoo thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dan C Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 oo.. bigger inbox.. more opportunity for hotmail to sell your email address for more SPAM. screw MSN, I'm quite happy with Yahoo thanks. Hotmail doesn't ****ing sell your addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfador Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Yeah that's what I'm saying. Legit or not (I know cream is a good source), the language in that letter is horrible. Some of the sentences aren't capitalized "alot" should be 2 words "calls of customers" from customers, maybe? "no expire date" again with the bad language translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detn8r Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Uh huh. Can you please explain as to why when I created a hotmail alias for a web forum, not 10 seconds after setting up the bulk mail folders options I received 6 SPAM emails? (and this was BEFORE I gave anyone or any site the email) Is there proof that hotmail doesn?t sell it? Or is it said ?we don?t? just like many of the spyware companies that conclude that they don?t use spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmcv Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Uh huh. Can you please explain as to why when I created a hotmail alias for a web forum, not 10 seconds after setting up the bulk mail folders options I received 6 SPAM emails? (and this was BEFORE I gave anyone or any site the email) Is there proof that hotmail doesn?t sell it? Or is it said ?we don?t? just like many of the spyware companies that conclude that they don?t use spyware. Your e-mail address was unfortunately generated by a spam bot which then started spam:)ng you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobsgrg Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 the sheer speed proves that it's not Microsoft just selling it, even they wouldn't be able to sell it on that quickly and for someone else to start using it to spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Uh huh. Can you please explain as to why when I created a hotmail alias for a web forum, not 10 seconds after setting up the bulk mail folders options I received 6 SPAM emails? (and this was BEFORE I gave anyone or any site the email) Is there proof that hotmail doesn?t sell it? Or is it said ?we don?t? just like many of the spyware companies that conclude that they don?t use spyware. Did you set your options so that you indicated you did NOT want to recieve special offers by Hotmail partners? I believe you have to OPT OUT of those. Then you should not get much of anything, especially if you set your spam filter to the extra high level (just below exclusive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narlzac85 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Personally I love hotmail, easy access, integration with MS products, even POP3 access with a little extra help from another program. I have NEVER gotten any spam, only the occasional MSN offer or Hotmail alert. This increase can only make it that much better. WOOHOO!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detn8r Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Of course I opted out the optional sponsors. And last time I checked, MSN didn't have Viagra, Mortgage, and females names Brittany, and Volga living in the Netherlands who are wanting me to get down and dirty while I watch them screw barn yard animals sponsors. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaymuss Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Yeah that's what I'm saying. Legit or not (I know cream is a good source), the language in that letter is horrible.Some of the sentences aren't capitalized "alot" should be 2 words "calls of customers" from customers, maybe? "no expire date" again with the bad language translation I am going to agree here, it seems like the language in the letter is horrible, I noticed this myself but wasn't too sure on whether to post it or not, I thought that it may have been something just minor. You never know..? :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Of course I opted out the optional sponsors. And last time I checked, MSN didn't have Viagra, Mortgage, and females names Brittany, and Volga living in the Netherlands who are wanting me to get down and dirty while I watch them screw barn yard animals sponsors. :pinch: Some of the email spam is blindly sent to all hotmail users, regardless. I'm not sure of all the details, but I do know that once I opted out of everything (I double checked and found it had not stuck) and raised my spam protection level, it decreased my spam by over 95%. Plus, I don't stay logged in at the hotmail site. I use Outlook Express 6 to read hotmail without having to login and allow some of those "trapper" applications to read things on screen when you surf. I also surf with all scripting disabled by default. I'm not sure what up, but I know that Hotmail has gotten better over time, especially after adjusting the settings. It may not be for everyone, but it works ok for me, and if they can up the storage and attachment size, I'm all for it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dan C Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Of course I opted out the optional sponsors. And last time I checked, MSN didn't have Viagra, Mortgage, and females names Brittany, and Volga living in the Netherlands who are wanting me to get down and dirty while I watch them screw barn yard animals sponsors. :pinch: Lmao :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollog Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 (edited) If the email has the little icon, it's official. Unless someone knows how to put those icons in there... I still hate Hotmail, they have adds on every single page you open. Gmail is amazingly ad-free. The only adds being the text adds you get taking up 2% of the right side of the screen when you open an email ( Sorry, when you open a Gmail ) To BK: I tried that and it just makes my computer fill up with SPAM. Edited June 23, 2004 by Nollog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I still hate Hotmail, they have adds on every single page you open. Again, if you use Outlook Express 6 to check your hotmail, you don't see any ads, have to log onto any site or anything like that. It checks just like a POP3 account. I'm still stunned that more people don't seem to know about this. Baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobozoot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I am going to take creamhackered's post with a grain of salt. I dont believe that Hotmail would mis-spell their letter to their users but if cream says so, i believe that Hotmail has increased email space for its users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollog Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 LoL "There will be an official release to the press tonight in regards to these changes. until that official release, this must not be disclosed the public." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihir Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Again, if you use Outlook Express 6 to check your hotmail, you don't see any ads, have to log onto any site or anything like that. It checks just like a POP3 account. I'm still stunned that more people don't seem to know about this. Baffling. it's just that http access is so slow with outlook express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 LoL"There will be an official release to the press tonight in regards to these changes. until that official release, this must not be disclosed the public." I hope we are not being made fools of. That would suck. :( On the HTTP access, it is wicked fast on my system. It checks every like 5 or 10 minutes and takes hardly any time at all to check my accounts. I have one account for forums and one for newsgroups. Both usually check very fast. Nearly as fast as my regular ISP. I'm not sure why it would be slow on some systems and not on others. Odd stuff. Sorry for your trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollog Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 56k modem and an inbox of 900 messages full of SPAM That was my problem with using outlook express... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original_ Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I am going to take creamhackered's post with a grain of salt. I dont believe that Hotmail would mis-spell their letter to their users but if cream says so, i believe that Hotmail has increased email space for its users. It's not a message to customers but an internal message to support staff. That said, with all the egregious errors (including the text meg instead of mb) I would say that it is fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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