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Hotmail Cracks Down on Spam

Posted by michael on from the improved-profit-margin dept.

Magmar writes "The team at Microsoft has decided to restrict free users from using Outlook and Outlook Express for managing email. This is going to be reserved for those who will pay for their accounts. The reason given for restricting the WebDav access of Outlook and Outlook Express is to prevent spammers from abusing the free service."

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

    Complete sentences people.

    Use complete sentences, people.

  2. Re:Ummm... by JonTurner · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>Complete sentences people. This statement doesn't even parse lexically, let alone make sense.

    Welcome to Slashdot.

  3. Quck summary of next 200 posts by grifter7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    25 complaning about the grammar in the article

    50 complaining how much Hotmail sucks and why not just use Gmail

    50 complaining about how much Outlook sucks and why not use a open alternative

    75 complaning about how much Microsoft sucks

    2 haikus

    24 calling for the death penaly for spammers

    8 trying to link to JPEG exploits

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    1. Re:Quck summary of next 200 posts by cynicalmoose · · Score: 5, Funny
      And 20 pointing out that:

      25+50+50+75+2+24+8 != 200
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  4. Re:Ummm... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, like, y'know, American college students *are* like totally a non-English speaking workforce.

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