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MSN Forces Outlook POP

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding dept.

Phoenix-D writes: "Qwest.net, my Phoenix-area DSL provider and ISP, recently decided to hand over their ISP buisness to MSN. No huge deal, right? Well, check out this blurb: 'Due to the Microsoft anti-spam initiative, customers are restricted to use their mail services. Therefore, POP3 service is only available when using MSN Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Outlook Express.'" Awesome. Microsoft's Anti-Spam initiative forces POP users to use the primary sender of mail worms.

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  1. Praise be on high... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... thou hast granted me fr1st p0st oh lord...

  2. Microsoft anthrax scare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is in the Breaking News section of Yahoo... apparently a letter addressed to Bill Gates contained about a teaspoon of white powder. his secretary opened it, not him, so he's probably still ok.

  3. Why is it OK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for article comments to be flamebait?

  4. Exceptions by squaretorus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Almost every reference to MS in /. is concerned with the monopolistic practices of the company.

    Are any of Microsofts business units NOT involved in these practices? Seriously! MS is a big company, you're always going to be able to pick out stuff like this which is absolutely absurdly monopolistic.

  5. Re:Fool the system? by DahGhostfacedFiddlah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

    Hmm...fits well with
    The intelligence of a mob is calculated by taking the lowest individual IQ in the mob, and dividing it by the number of people

    --
    Last post!
  6. Pop sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah lately top 40 stations the music is really lame. I never heard such bad music...even this thing called crap really sucks...... :) Oh great new way to destory our email servers...And I thought imap was bad enough.

  7. I _HATE_ M$ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .... bitches!
    - i'm sure bin laden pays m$ for security holes =P