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| Thread ID: 39169 | 2003-10-29 07:35:00 | The link between hotmail and spam | miknz (3731) | Press F1 |
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| 187556 | 2003-10-29 07:35:00 | About six weeks ago I signed up to msn hotmail so I could get a cnet passport to sign up to msn messenger. I have not given my hotmail address to anyone or entered it on any websites You could imagine my surprise when i first logged into messenger last night(is a long story as to why I havent used it till now) and it told me I had 324 emails in my hotmail inbox 324!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and no-one other than myself and microsoft know my address. Can someone explain how this has happened. Does hotmail sell or pass on hotmail addresses? This seems to me to suck a huge amount of arse. |
miknz (3731) | ||
| 187557 | 2003-10-29 07:43:00 | Reason Number one why not to use hotmail. My guess is that your email address was randomly guessed using a wordlist. Then once it was discovered to be a real account passed on to others. Other than that most hotmail accounts get spammed to death just about from the instant they are created. Try orcon instead if you want a free email account. They use to offer them with their free webhosting option. |
Craig C (4780) | ||
| 187558 | 2003-10-29 08:17:00 | I didnt want a free email address. I signed up with hotmail so i could log into messenger. | miknz (3731) | ||
| 187559 | 2003-10-29 08:25:00 | > I didnt want a free email address. I signed up with > hotmail so i could log into messenger. did you subscribe to all the offers. My guess is that you did, but may not of realised at the time If you only needed a hotmail account to get a passport, than just ignore hotmail. You don't need to use it |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 187560 | 2003-10-29 08:29:00 | All my mail goes to junk mail,from there I select what comes into my inbox,then delete all the junk periodically.I hope that is clear as it works quite well. | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 187561 | 2003-10-29 08:46:00 | Proberly a bit late now but, if you go to Options | Personal Profile and un-tick: "Share my e-mail address" and "Share my other information". But I would say half the internet has your email now. |
Archibald (180) | ||
| 187562 | 2003-10-29 08:50:00 | > I didnt want a free email address . I signed up with > hotmail so i could log into messenger . You can use any email address to sign into messenger . . . . |
metla (154) | ||
| 187563 | 2003-10-29 08:55:00 | When you are checking out your personal details under Options, also take a look at the Junk Mail Filter settings. | Jen C (20) | ||
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