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Some Hotmail Accounts Wiped

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-didn't-need-that,-right? dept.

tomhudson writes "PC Magazine reports that many Hotmail accounts have lost all their emails. Users' entire email histories have apparently been lost. 'Users can still log in sans issue. However, they arrive at empty inboxes: No custom folders, no messages in "Sent" or "Deleted," nothing. As one might expect, the abruptness (and unexpectedness) of the purge has left some of Hotmail's long-time users a bit in the dark.'"

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  1. Re:Simple... by Andy+Smith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "MS's Hotmail specifically says they're not responsible for loss of data"

    Whereas the likely truth is that they _are_ responsible for loss of data, but they don't _accept_ responsibility.

  2. Do you have any idea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you? The author used it in a perfectly acceptable manner. "Sans" means "without". So "Users can still log in sans issue." can be read as "Users can still log in without issue." That describes the situation perfectly. Users can log in just fine, but they can't view their messages.

    I appreciate it when people criticize the authors or submitters for their stupidity or ignorance, but that's just not the case here. You are the one who is in the wrong, and we should criticize you.