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Thread ID: 84708	2007-11-15 16:02:00	What's With Hotmail?	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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611801	2007-11-15 16:02:00	A friend...in another part of the US asked my why she cannot use a Hotmail account to purchase things online from sites. They say a Hotmail account is not sufficient to use for their site and the person ordering must have a regular e-mail account to order. Her use of English is superb and she didn't txtml any forms or order blanks..so she shouldda been understood. I can understand txtrs not being allowed on some sites (why not all?), but this is just strange. Whazzup wit that? She finally got a GMail account and her order went right through OK.	SurferJoe46 (51)
611802	2007-11-15 21:37:00	A friend . . . in another part of the US asked my why she cannot use a Hotmail account to purchase things online from sites . They say a Hotmail account is not sufficient to use for their site and the person ordering must have a regular e-mail account to order . There are a few sites out there which ban the use of hotmail accounts (as well as other free e-mail address accounts like g-mail, Yahoo! etc…) as those sites, I guess in the past have had problems with people spamming there site or make fake orders etc… Hope this helps :)	stu161204 (123)
611803	2007-11-15 22:48:00	There are a few sites out there which ban the use of hotmail accounts (as well as other free e-mail address accounts like g-mail, Yahoo! etc…) as those sites, I guess in the past have had problems with people spamming there site or make fake orders etc… Hope this helps :) That is fair enough too, as many spammers ue hotmail/gmail/yaho acounts to spam, and these free email companies don't do anything to control their users. That is one of the problems with Xtra using the services of a free email company (yahoo) to use for thei premium paying xtra customers. It means that thse companies that block yahoo IPs due to spam, may also block @xtra.co.nz email adresses.	robbyp (2751)
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