# Hotmail REMINDERS don't effin' work!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-reminders-dont-effin-work/87169>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-reminders-dont-effin-work/87169 "2001-10-13T01:07:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-reminders-dont-effin-work/87169/1 "2001-10-13T01:07:30Z")

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Missed two birthdays because of this. Luckily I have them written down, but this is a lesson to me: Don’t depend on an e-mail service to remind you of _ **anything** _!

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-reminders-dont-effin-work/87169/2 "2001-10-13T01:09:43Z")

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Huh, I’ve been using Hotmail for about 6 years now, and the reminders have never failed for me. Sorry it didn’t work for ya.

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-reminders-dont-effin-work/87169/3 "2001-10-13T16:58:15Z")

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They work for me, too, but I have to remember to actually CHECK my email to get them…sometimes I’m a little late doing that.