[somewhat OT] Hotmail funda

[Diwakar Ranganathan <nero10574@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i was surprised to find that some members in this list
use the notorious hotmail service. what drives a linux
enthusiast/user to use hotmail?

- Diwakar

thanks to Frederick Noronha for the link.

Hotmail Users Unwittingly Opting for Spam?
March 06, 2001, Washington
Source: The Associated Press

Hotmail, the free e-mail service from Microsoft, is
divulging subscribers' e-mail addresses, cities and
states to a public Internet directory that combines
the information with telephone numbers and home
addresses. Hotmail customers are automatically added
to InfoSpace's Internet White Pages directory unless
they remove the check from a box in their registration
form and "opt out," company representatives said.
Critics say people may be putting themselves at risk
of receiving junk e-mail, known as spam, because they
overlook the check box. Once their information makes
the directory, it is easily obtained by advertisers. 

http://www.indiasoftware.com/news/international.html#3066

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