hotmail.CO.UK - Page 2

handyman · 19-11-2004, 14:12

got handyman at hotmail.co.uk yeah

TigaSefi · 19-11-2004, 14:52

I got Sefi at hotmail.co.uk to go along with my hotmail.com too hehe...

MadGamer · 19-11-2004, 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by swoop101

thanks got swoop101@hotmail.co.uk

just noticed that it is a 25mb mailbox as well.

It also says in the 'Welcome email' from MSN that you have to allow them 30 days to upgrade the account to 250MB.

bopdude · 19-11-2004, 16:09

At first I was eager, then I thought, well how many is enough ( email addys )

Ok, you get some more storage space but then what, its getting to be a chore looking after all the addys, so much so that i might forego my gmail and hotmail.com one's, don't know yet, just seems to be hard work

bringing them all together

swoop101 · 19-11-2004, 16:11

yes but 25 mb is a lot better than the 10mb we get from NTL.

Salu · 19-11-2004, 16:17

There are lots of hotmail.co.uk addresses on ebay already!!

Neil · 19-11-2004, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salu

There are lots of hotmail.co.uk addresses on ebay already!!

http://search.ebay.co.uk/hotmail-co-...QsosortorderZ1

**Damien** · 19-11-2004, 16:48

I have got:

oneill
fm
history
applemac
po
powerbook
westwing

@hotmail.co.uk

damien was taken

Gareth · 19-11-2004, 17:56

signed-up just for fun... got gdw [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk - now I just have to wait for a millionaire with the same initials as me to pay me loadsa money for this address

edit: I wouldn't recommend posting your entire email address in this thread - CF is indexed by Google, and email harvesters trawl search engines for addresses. Just a thought

Paul K · 19-11-2004, 19:36

Just found this elsewhere:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neowin

MSN Hotmail users will enjoy a variety of new features today. First of all, a long delayed upgrade in mail box size is being rolled out across new sign ups, as well as existing members. After a 30 day "trust" period (size starts at 25Mb) new users get upgraded to the larger sized mailbox. Hotmail users will be restricted (like Gmail) with a 10Mb cap on message size. Hotmail have also added addition photo features, including the ability to touch up photos and compress them. Microsoft wants to make it easier for Hotmail users to share photos online.

Hotmail have also updated their anti-virus and anti-spam software. Hotmail, long viewed as a major target for spammers, is attempting to crack down on the junk mail that may be sending its users elsewhere. Microsoft has introduced the SenderID framework, an anti-spam system. How effective this will be is still unknown; SenderID has gained little support from the open source community (i.e. apache, spamassasin - major tools in email) and until Microsoft resolve this by relaxing the licensing issues the technology could see reduced uptake regardless of how effective it is.

One major improvement that non-US customers will enjoy is country specific hotmail domains. For example, users in the UK can now register at hotmail.co.uk, as can French users at hotmail.fr. This improvement will probably be the most noticed, as the squeeze for names on the US domain has become a growing problem for new users.

Looks like the upgrades are coming along slowly but surely then

nffc · 19-11-2004, 20:05

Shame they've lost a lot of face by charging for POP3 then.

Paul K · 19-11-2004, 20:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc

Shame they've lost a lot of face by charging for POP3 then.

Since a lot of the spamming is through the pop access MS is charging for it so that they have the necessary details to trace, prosecute and stop the people that are inundating a lot of people with spam.... and it also makes them revenue

nffc · 19-11-2004, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Since a lot of the spamming is through the pop access MS is charging for it so that they have the necessary details to trace, prosecute and stop the people that are inundating a lot of people with spam.... and it also makes them revenue

Ban SMTP. POP is only used for receiving, they could easily keep that.

And besides, you can send from a different address simply by adding a new account in your email client, with a random address, via your ISP's SMTP, as SMTP rarely needs authentication. it doesn't even need to be your address

meh.

Tricky · 19-11-2004, 22:12

Mines gone! - O well I have too many addresses anyway!

MadGamer · 19-11-2004, 23:32

Well ive set mine up.