Once I've clock a spammer and I've never got a spam from hotmail. From other
mails yes but not hotmail. I want to say that this service has very advanced
protection from spammers.
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Alex
> 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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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