Re: problem opening hotmail messaged
- From: N. Miller <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:22 -0800
In article <u7RegehNFHA.3076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, sdlfkj says...
> > When I go to my hotmail account and open my message box I encounter the
> > problem that when I click on an email to open it it just sends me back to
> > a sign in page. This happens repeatedly and I can't figure out how to solve
> > the problem. Any helpful information would be appreciated.
> Hotmail is trying to discourage HTTP access.
How would one access a web mail service without using HTTP? They are not
allowing free accounts created since Sept. 24, 2004 to have HTTPMail access;
you have to pay for MSN Hotmail Plus to use HTTPMail access with MS Outlook
Express.
> Probably because of a loss of advertising revenue.
Nope. Definitely to discourage spammer abuse of the WebDAV servers which
pick up email from the client and send it on to the SMTP servers. This has
been a week point of WebDAV for a long time, and gotten the Hotmail SMTP
servers blocked more than once.
> I have had so many problems with the service (they
> lost all my mail once last year) that I've learned to never use them for
> anything important.
You get what you pay for...
> Also its a very slow retrieval of messages, the Block
> Sender and numberous other options are unavailable with Outlook Express.
This is true of IMAP servers and MSOE in general.
> Its just a mess. Gmail has POP access. 1 gig. Free. If you don't mind the
> privacy issues with Gmail which are collossal.
The GMail privacy issues are no greater than any web mail service privacy
issues. You leave information on servers that you don't control, you have no
privacy guaranties. You move information across routers in a store and
forward message system, you have no privacy guaranties. You want assured
privacy, use PGP, or something similar.
--
Norman
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~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
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