MSN Hotmail

- Parent Company: Microsoft
- Founders: Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith
- Founded: 1996
- Users: 260+ million
- Often used by spammers to send malicious e-mail
- Spam filter is known to flag legitimate e-mail
- Competitors: Gmail, Yahoo Mail

MSN Hotmail, better known simply as Hotmail, is a free online E-mail service provided by Microsoft. The service was originally launched in 1996 and was one of the first free e-mail services on the Internet. Ever since Gmail has been released they have been increasing the amount of free storage to keep competitive with Google.
Hotmail accounts were temporally unavailable as the site experienced technical difficulties on March 12, 2009. Windows Live Hotmail released a statement apologizing for the inconvenience and notifying users that they were aware of, and working on, the problem.ZD Net: Hotmail goes belly up... (March 12, 2009)
Features

Hotmail features many of the same features that all webmail clients have. One of the major features that it lacks in the free version though is the ability to use POP3 and IMAP, which allows you to use a different e-mail client instead of logging in to the particular website. Like most major free webmail providers they provide free virus scanning and spam filters in addition to a free spell checking feature.
History

Hotmail was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith in 1995. It was the first e-mail client that allowed you to check your e-mail from anywhere in the world by simply logging into a web page. Eventually Microsoft noticed the growth and purchased them in 1997.
How Microsoft Makes Money

Microsoft makes money by showing you ads when you open up the web page. One of the reasons they do not use POP3 or IMAP is you would not be able to see the ads and they would not get money from you viewing the page. They also add advertisements in the signature of every sent and received e-mail.

MSN Hotmail News
- “The World's Most Notorious Illegal Spammer” Goes to Jail
  
  ... are either done fraudulently in our name (ie pretending to be from Microsoft) or targeting our customers (like spamming Windows Live Hotmail customers). ... (November 24, 2009)
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- Keep Your Passwords Private--and Handy--With LastPass
  
  This fall, more than 20000 stolen usernames and passwords for such Webmail providers as AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo appeared on Pastebin.com, ... (November 23, 2009)
  PC World
- Berkshire Hathaway Filing Indicates No SEC Confidentiality
  
  He has read widely on Buffett and the billionaire's beliefs on value investing. Bill can be contacted at freehling@hotmail.com. (November 24, 2009)
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- Beware of phishing scams if you are using Hotmail or Gmail
  
  Security experts are seeing an increase in spam in Hotmail, Gmail, and other Web mail accounts. Increasingly, the spam appears to be coming from people that ... (November 22, 2009)
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MSN Hotmail Blogs
- Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo Mail Comparison
  
  Have you ever asked yourself how you did end up with the email account that you are currently using? Chance is that you have at least one account at one of the. (November 23, 2009)
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MSN Hotmail Questions

Facebook, Twitter, msn, Skype, Gmail, Hotmail, Webmail... whatever happened to postcards? 2 Answers

Postcards are neither fast nor free and you have a very hard time attaching video files to them. read more

How do I preview emails within MSN Hotmails viewing pane window without them automatically appearing as read? 1 Answer

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you can't. Several people have asked the same question and the answer is always you can't. You can set it up so that it... read more

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