Microsoft ending free email?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-04 04:38am

Has anyone got a link to this story?

I saw a story on this on the news, felt appalled, then thought I'd come here to spread the disgust. Yet I can't find the story.

From what I know, Microsoft and Yahoo! are apparently thinking of ending free email services to curb spammage.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-02-04 04:46am

That means hotmail, right? Crap, I've had my hotmail account for over three years -_-

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-02-04 04:47am

Meh, I have my ISP's email, my uni email, and a couple of yahoo emails.

No problem on this side.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-04 04:48am

What concerns me is that none of the ISP's I know of are compatible with MSN Messenger.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 05:15am

Gandalf wrote:What concerns me is that none of the ISP's I know of are compatible with MSN Messenger.

All e-mail addresses are compatable.
The only thing you might not get is the instant notification, though you can mod it to check POP3 accounts

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-02-04 09:20am

I surely hope they aren't. I don't have any other addresses than my Hotmail address, and I got it so long ago that

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-04 09:56am

Sharp-kun wrote:
Gandalf wrote:What concerns me is that none of the ISP's I know of are compatible with MSN Messenger.
All e-mail addresses are compatable.
The only thing you might not get is the instant notification, though you can mod it to check POP3 accounts

It didn't work when I had iPrimus.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 10:32am

Gandalf wrote:
Sharp-kun wrote:
Gandalf wrote:What concerns me is that none of the ISP's I know of are compatible with MSN Messenger.
All e-mail addresses are compatable.
The only thing you might not get is the instant notification, though you can mod it to check POP3 accounts
It didn't work when I had iPrimus.

Probably just a glitch. I use a hotmail account, and my Uni account for MSN.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-02-04 10:44am

I changed the E-mail adress in my profile and had to reactivate my account,now its my home E-mail thats accessible only to the admin and mods.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2004-02-04 11:11am

who cares? hotmail is the worst piece of free shitmail available anyway.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-02-04 11:16am

salm wrote:who cares? hotmail is the worst piece of free shitmail available anyway.

I think it's all the common free-mail services since they're the number source of spam.

I've mixed feelings since I'd dearly love to see the tons of spam I get from them disappear. I have several reliable e-mails but I'd loose contact with a couple of friends on the other hand.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 11:29am

salm wrote:who cares? hotmail is the worst piece of free shitmail available anyway.

AOL is far worse.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2004-02-04 12:20pm

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Free E-Mail is the worst fucking thing on the Internet. Give a man a free account, and he'll find a way to either spam or march his bravado all over the place like a moron.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2004-02-04 12:25pm

Maybe they'll just cease new email addresses and let those of us who have email addies will be able to keep them.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-02-04 12:30pm

Nathan F wrote:Maybe they'll just cease new email addresses and let those of us who have email addies will be able to keep them.

Hoping you`re right cause i do not want to give my actual home E-mail to any place on the net.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-02-04 12:30pm

Shame, I've grown quite partial to my free email account, convenience more than anything else, as I do have the MR one, a yahoo one I don't use and at least 2 university ones at the minute... alas poor hotmail...

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 12:32pm

As far as I'm aware, the plan isn't to stop ending free services, but to introduce a small charge for every e-mail sent. For most people it will be negligable, but for spammers will be nasty.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-02-04 12:35pm

Shaidar Haran wrote:
salm wrote:who cares? hotmail is the worst piece of free shitmail available anyway.
I think it's all the common free-mail services since they're the number source of spam.

I've mixed feelings since I'd dearly love to see the tons of spam I get from them disappear. I have several reliable e-mails but I'd loose contact with a couple of friends on the other hand.

I almost never get spam, and I employ no spam blockers either. Want to know my secret? Easy! My e-mail address is never made public anywhere, so I never get e-mail from people that I don't give it to! WOW!

Its not that hard.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 12:43pm

Rogue 9 wrote:
Shaidar Haran wrote:
salm wrote:who cares? hotmail is the worst piece of free shitmail available anyway.
I think it's all the common free-mail services since they're the number source of spam.

I've mixed feelings since I'd dearly love to see the tons of spam I get from them disappear. I have several reliable e-mails but I'd loose contact with a couple of friends on the other hand.
I almost never get spam, and I employ no spam blockers either. Want to know my secret? Easy! My e-mail address is never made public anywhere, so I never get e-mail from people that I don't give it to! WOW! Its not that hard.

Someone else has sense. My main account is hotmail, the blocker is turned off, and I get at most 2 spam mails a week, usually none.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-02-04 12:53pm

Rogue 9 wrote:I almost never get spam, and I employ no spam blockers either. Want to know my secret? Easy! My e-mail address is never made public anywhere, so I never get e-mail from people that I don't give it to! WOW! Its not that hard.

And neither are mine. That doesn't prevent me from getting plenty of spam, most of which is sent from various free-mail providers.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-02-04 01:24pm

Sharp-kun wrote:As far as I'm aware, the plan isn't to stop ending free services, but to introduce a small charge for every e-mail sent. For most people it will be negligable, but for spammers will be nasty.

Sounds like bullshit.

There's been a lot of urban legends with this premise floating about.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 01:25pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:
Sharp-kun wrote:As far as I'm aware, the plan isn't to stop ending free services, but to introduce a small charge for every e-mail sent. For most people it will be negligable, but for spammers will be nasty.
Sounds like bullshit.

There's been a lot of urban legends with this premise floating about.

Thats what this mornings paper said.

Didn't say much else, just that MS and Yahoo were looking into the possibility.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2004-02-04 01:34pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:Sounds like bullshit.

There's been a lot of urban legends with this premise floating about.

It most likely IS bullshit, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't go through with it. Free e-mail is a blight.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-02-04 01:37pm

Lagmonster wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote:Sounds like bullshit.

There's been a lot of urban legends with this premise floating about.
It most likely IS bullshit, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't go through with it. Free e-mail is a blight.

I was refering to that complete horseshit about a charge per mail. Internet postage charges? There's been at least a dozen bullshit stories about that before.

Which paper is it this shit was in? I want to go laugh at it.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-02-04 01:38pm

microsoft and yahoo will have lots of upset users if they go through this. most notably us poor schmucks with limited income that are forced to leach off of free monthly trials for internet access.