When I theorized, | > It is possible that the perpetrator deliberately loaded its to quota | > so that | > any incoming mail would be bounced for going over quota; Chuq didn't | > say what | > reason the bounces gave.
Chuq answered, | it was mailbox unavailable, not mailbox full. In a fantasy world, that could mean that Hotmail had shut it off for spamming. Seriously, Hotmail might just coincidentally have been having problems. AFAIK there is no way for a user to cancel a Hotmail account except by several months of disuse. We can rule out forged From: lines pointing to a Hotmail address that never existed, because that address had received the confirmation request and perhaps some posts or digests.
