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Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites)

Posted by Hemos on from the intereting-tests dept.

bonhomme_de_neige writes "Emails and invitations sent to Hotmail from Gmail accounts do not bounce, but nor do they arrive in the recipient's Inbox - they vanish mysteriously into the aether. Joel Johnson writes in his Gizmodo weblog that invitations he sent to a Hotmail address bounced (this even received coverage from ZDNet). Search Engine Roundtable writes that several ISPs are blocking Gmail. It's already well-documented that Yahoo moves Gmail invites into the Bulk Mail folder. I've personally confirmed the Hotmail and Yahoo blocking." Please note: I've not been able to verify this one way or another.

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  1. Stunning by Marxist+Commentary · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mega-corporations don't play nice? Really? I'm absolutely flabbergasted!

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    1. Re:Stunning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because people should never need to switch ISP's, colleges, or jobs. I know when I pick a college, I'm there for the rest of my life.

    2. Re:Stunning by MarkPNeyer · · Score: 4, Funny

      You mean a company offering its services for free is putting restrictions on said services? *Gasp* Can 1984 be far behind? Surely this is the result of the eeeevil George W. Bush and his Patriot Act. Serioulsy, though. These companies are offering a free service. There's nothing unethical or illegal about making said service crappier. Even if you were paying for it, they've still got license to do whatever they want with the service (unless of course the TOS say that the TOS are never going to change...) Isn't this just like consoles all being proprietary, so that not just anyone can make games fro them?

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    3. Re:Stunning by mgrassi99 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have both a Yahoo and Hotmail account...someone email me an invite and I'll verify this post ;)

      mgrassi99@yahoo.com
      mikegrassi@hotmail.com

      -M

    4. Re:Stunning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I have lost touch with many people because they changed email addresses and never told anyone.
      Oh, I doubt that they never told anyone. Likely they decided not to tell just you. Do you really believe that you lost touch with them by accident???

    5. Re:Stunning by NerdSlayer · · Score: 3, Funny

      hmm... no gmail account for you, but I'm willing to bet some spam will be on its way...

  2. Unable to verify... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please note: I've not been able to verify this one way or another.

    But I won't let that stop me from posting it! ;)

  3. I don't want to be nasty, but ... by ezzzD55J · · Score: 5, Funny
    Please note: I've not been able to verify this one way or another.
    Did anyone expect you to ;) ?
  4. A New Era? by illuminata · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please note: I've not been able to verify this one way or another.

    Are the editors finally trying to verify things around here?

    If that's the case, I commend them.

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  5. Re:MS & Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Either that or the Gmail invite reads like:

    LIMITED TIME OFFER!

    NATURAL ENHANCEMENT!

    ABOUT YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT

    FREE FREE FREE FREE

    SIGN UP NOW!

    http://gmail.com

    For more info, I send you this file in order to have your advice.

  6. Unfortunate legal names by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's possible that the blocking is happening because of some poor sap's unfortunate legal name. He might actually be named "Instant Winner", or "Free Vacation". Crazy hippies.

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  7. Re:Dunno about you lot but... by orin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tested this also. No problem. Gmail to Hotmail took the same time as my ISP to Hotmail.

    When this story was sitting in the queue, didn't is just sound a bit "too good to be true" (from the conspiracy side of things)?

    Finally - should we be getting a Gmail icon with all of these Gmail stories?

    1. Make Slashdot Joke.
    2. ?????
    3. Get Gmail Invite!!!!

  8. Re:Blog crap by black+mariah · · Score: 4, Funny
    blogs are the equivalent of public urination on the web
    You've managed to put into words the things I've been feeling for years. *sniff* I love you, man! *CRIES*
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  9. Clever ... by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone has found a way to make lots of ./ers admit to using Hotmail.

  10. Suddenly... by vinlud · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...half of Slashdots userbase appears to have a Hotmail address??

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  11. Re:Yep. It's true. by whisper_jeff · · Score: 3, Funny
    Needless to say, I'll be ditching Hotmail within 24 hours. This makes me incredibly angry.

    HULK SMASH PUNY HOTMAIL ACCOUNT!!
    RAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!

    whatever...

  12. WHAT IS A GMAIL INVITE? by lcsjk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, but I seem to be on the trailing edge of technology today. What is this invite stuff? Seems I don't get invited to nothing anymore!

    1. Re:WHAT IS A GMAIL INVITE? by NemosomeN · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would like an invite, send it to nNOSPAMeNOSPAMmREMOVEoTAKE-OUTsDON'T-TYPE-THIS-PAR ToI-LIKE-CHEESEmFISHeHEADSn AT yTAKE-ME-OUTahoTO-THE-BALLGAMEo.com

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