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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. Fool the system? by Quasar1999 · · Score: 4, Troll

    How exactly is this enforced? I'm sure there has got to be someway to get around it, if they allow Outlook to use it, then there has to be some way to fool the system into thinking whatever you are using is outlook... isn't there?

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  2. Re:Easy way to end this... by donutello · · Score: 2, Troll

    MSN is not a monopoly. MSN can require the use of certain software in pretty much the same way that AOL does.

    I know you want to make an anti-trust issue of this, but there is a big logical chasm to cross first.

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