# Damn you Microsoft for what you have done to Hotmail! Damn you to hell!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-microsoft-for-what-you-have-done-to-hotmail-damn-you-to-hell/195823>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 17, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-microsoft-for-what-you-have-done-to-hotmail-damn-you-to-hell/195823 "2003-08-17T20:01:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-microsoft-for-what-you-have-done-to-hotmail-damn-you-to-hell/195823/61 "2003-08-19T06:45:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Neurotik \*  
> \*\*No. No it isn’t. Frankly, I don’t understand why people get all this spam on Hotmail. Or blame it on Hotmail. I suspect they are doing idiotic things and it’s actually their fault.
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> I have a Hotmail account and it’s the only account I’ve had for about 4 years now. I gave that address to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, ESPN, my bank, my student loan agency, plus many others. I have no spam filters turned on and I get two or three spam messages a day. And I just delete them and don’t worry about it. I’ve never used more than 10% of my storage, as I regularly clean out my account.
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> So, I don’t think it’s Hotmail, I think it’s the users. \*\*

Sorry, this is not true. I set up a Hotmail account a couple of months ago. I have never given the address to anyone, at any time. I get 10 spam a day through the filter. The Yahoo account I have had for 7 years, with almost the exact same account name gets a couple spam a week. That do not get through the filter. And I have given that out to all kinds of sites when signing up for things.

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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-microsoft-for-what-you-have-done-to-hotmail-damn-you-to-hell/195823/62 "2003-08-19T10:49:07Z")

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> _Originally posted by Elemenopy \*  
> \*\* We’ve used 8 different providers over the last few years, due to frequent relocations, and most of them gave us multiple email accounts. Otherwise, I can’t think of a reason that one would need to use a free email service, unless your only source of internet access is a public library._\*

During your relocations, were you able to keep the same email address? That’s why I use Yahoo mail as my main personal address, it went with me when I moved, or changed providers. Yahoo works fine for me, I would only consider paying for email if the service provided something special and was with a rock solid company.

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