Re: Hotmail suspended

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:24:06 -0800

Hi Derek,

Yes I know, just wanted to clear it up (didn't want anyone to think I was missing in action).

Anyway, you should be fine :)
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"Derek N" <anomynous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23Q15B8sGFHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Thank you Jonathan (I did say I understood that you were a willing volunteer), that is the
> answer I was looking for. We use MSN and Windows Messengers on a daily basis so we can
> allow the hotmail accounts to be terminated.
> Derek N
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news:eEy2wfrGFHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Indeed, I had some other commitments yesterday offline :)
>>
>> Your Passport won't be immediately cancelled when your Hotmail account expires (and
>> continuing to log into Messenger even after your Hotmail Inbox has been deleted -will-
>> keep the Passport active).
>>
>> Microsoft really only deletes a Passport after it's been inactive (not-signed in) for a
>> year or so (I'm not exactly sure of the timeframe right now).
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Victoria Bolton" <morkai at dreamwolf dot net> wrote in message
>> news:OiwQBhqGFHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> It's not something MS hides and they quite actively allow you to do it
>>> throughout any setup so I can see no reason Jonathan would not reply apart
>>> from being busy .
>>>
>>> I'm not sure how you figured that the passport account won't be cancelled. I
>>> have no idea as how that would work. I would suggest you create new passport
>>> accounts with your normal email addresses. That's what we did when we
>>> switched from hotmail accounts to our own email addresses. I just went in
>>> and created a new passport account for every user.
>>>
>>> I did this from the http://messenger.msn.com/download/ page
>>>
>>> Click the 'register your own email address' button and you can make a
>>> passport account from there using any email addy you like.
>>>
>>> This then works with Windows messenger and Msn Messenger. We run XP and 2000
>>> in our network so this was the easiest method for us.
>>>
>>> Victoria
>>>
>>> "Derek N" <anomynous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u0yPdIlGFHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> Victoria thank you for your reply, obviously Jonathan didn't want to reply
>>>> (I understand he is a willing volunteer).
>>>> From your reply I gather that the "Microsoft.MSN Passport" will not be
>>>> cancelled when a Hotmail account is cancelled. I cannot find this
>>>> information on any of the helplines.
>>>> Derek N
>>>
>>>
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