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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. 2nd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    2nd post! (Okay, just had to do it....)

  2. Buisness plan of Excellence! by DarthVain · · Score: -1, Redundant

    1)Give away free 250MB e-mail accounts.
    2)???
    3)PROFIT!!!

    It seems they may be changing that plan to a more profitcentric one.

    1)Give away free 250MB e-mail account.
    2)Do not increase capacity to handle it
    3)Change features to force upgrade (M$ special)
    4)Blame SPAM
    5)PROFIT!!!