On 17 Feb 2001, 7:45, Sajeev Cholayil wrote:

> Why is it that my hotmail inbox is always full with spam? My yahoo inbox
> is cleaner. I have not subscribed to such newsletters and each time I
> check my Hotmail, there is at least 10 or more spam mail suggesting photo
> sites and the like. Thank you, sajeev.

I should think that would be an excellent question to pose to 
Hotmail, themselves. :-)

Send spam complaints to:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Hotmail does provide you methods to block spam.  You might click upon 
the Help link to read how to stop spam or block senders.

Nevertheless, I think you make a valid observation.  Hotmail does 
tend to catch more spam than most other webmail accounts.  At least 
that is my unofficial opinion.  As to why, we can only speculate.  I 
tend to be very distrustful of free services, but that does not stop 
me from using and enjoying those services.

You should always understand and be aware beforehand, that when you 
participate and accept free services in the Internet, you leave 
yourself vulnerable for loss of privacy.  

If the spam you are receiving into your Hotmail account is preventing 
you from enjoying the use of that account, then just abandon it.  You 
can create another Hotmail account or look elsewhere for another 
webmail account.  There are probably over 2000 webmail services in 
the Internet.  Here is a good resource for you:

http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_web.htm

You might consider this...although webmail accounts such as Hotmail 
and Yahoo give you a lot of great features, the lesser known webmail 
services may be less vulnerable to catching spam.  However, they 
won't have as feature-rich a service.  If you don't need all those 
features that the big webmail services give you, then the smaller 
services may actually be more to your liking.


Alan
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