Inactive HoTMaiL Accounts To Be Deleted

from the maybe-i-can-get-the-coveted-dennis@hotmail.com-address dept

In a push to cut costs and incent folks to sign up for the premium service, Microsoft announced today that any accounts not used for 30 days would be permanently deleted. While I think this is a good idea, 30 days seems a bit too short. I'd actually use my HoTMaiL account if it wasn't for the huge amount of spam I get to that address.
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    Isaac Good, 1 Nov 2001 @ 3:58pm

    No Subject Given

    You account isn't actually deleted, just all your mail deleted. If you log back in within 90 days you get reactivated. And if you don't check your mail every 30 days, why in the world do you have an e-mail address?

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    baqa, 29 Jan 2004 @ 7:09pm

    hotmail sucks!



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    hotmail tries to eat people's money!

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