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Hotmail Delivers Far Fewer Emails with Attachments
biednyFacet writes "It has long been suspected that there is a silent policy that makes Hotmail automatically delete the majority of attachments to save on bandwidth and internal disk space. Therefore it really doesn't matter if every client has access to 2GB of storage since they don't deliver the attachments to fill that space up anyway. If that truly is the case, then Microsoft may be liable for several hundred million cases of conspiracy and mail fraud."
Me failed English...
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Like giving people a full refund?
WORST
ARTICLE
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It has long been suspected that there is a silent policy that makes network routers automatically drop packets to save on bandwidth. Therefore it really doesn't matter if every client has access to 1 GB/s of Ethernet, since the routers don't deliver the packets to fill up that bandwidth anyway. If that's truly the case, then router manufacturers may be liable for several hundred billion cases of conspiracy and wire fraud.
Not only mail fraud and conspiracy - don't forget kidnapping (if the attachments were ever sentient) and probably murder (same)
Yeah, I hear their spam filter sucks. I never said their attempt was particularly successful.
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Oh, I remember. To ASSUME makes you think things are mail fraud when they're not, because you really have no knowledge of the relevant laws, but you think you do! How could I have forgotten. I like your version too tho. :)
NO .. to make assumptions makes an ass out of you.. and mumptions
Quick! everyone test that theory. Best way to find out is to send attachments to Hotmail accounts. In the news... Hotmail was brought to it's knees after several hundred thousand users tested the service to see if their attachments would actually get through. Film at 11. /nutty humor
>> What was that thing they used to say when I was a kid about assuming?
It makes an ass out of u and ming?
Lots of Mings in china though, be careful with your insults!
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It's pretty simple: you are allowed, in return, to display some of your ads to Hotmail staff.
Sweet. It's so hard to find a place to advertise my goatcx t-shirts..
Dear Friend,
Please do not be offended to receive my message in this manner as I ought to have sought your consent and approval before e-mailing this proposal to you. I acted as I did due to the importance and urgency the situation demanded.
I own just over half of the 'Spam' accounts on hotmail and I will soon receive just over half of the $31 million dollar refund. I need some help transferring this money out of Nigeria...
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I'm supposed to put my head through that hole?
They deleted my attachments, so I sued them and won. I just got my settlement voucher for 50% off the price of IE 7. Thanks Microsoft!!
"But this one goes to 11!"
That's to encourage people to migrate to Hotmail. It's a well-known Microsoft marketing strategy. Things just don't work right if you mix Microsoft software with other software.
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.