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Date Posted: 22:46:45 06/06/02 Thu
Author: Tweety
Subject: Microsoft puts curbs on free Hotmail

I can attest to the truth of that paragraph next to the last below . Yesterday three email messages that I had sent were returned to me by the MAILER-DAEMON at my server's Mail Delivery Subsystem stating their hotmail.com addresses had transient non-fatal errors. And all of these were for nine people I send email to regularly, so I know the procedure has just recently been put in place. One totalled 78K for six people, but another was only 6K for all nine people, and the last 19K for three people, so I deduced their size and full email inboxes was not the case this time! If you have a hotmail addy and want to know if any intended for you was included, email me for confirmation.

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Microsoft puts curbs on free Hotmail
Thu Jun 6, 4:00 PM ET

Sharael Feist, Staff Writer, News.com

Microsoft's MSN said Wednesday that Hotmail users who want to retrieve e-mail from outside accounts through the service will have to pay up starting July 16.

In an e-mail notice to Hotmail users, MSN announced that for $19.95 a year, MSN Extra Storage would allow them to continue to use POP Mail Retrieval. The POP service allows customers to access various e-mail accounts through one Hotmail account.

In addition, the paid service provides 10MB of Hotmail storage, allowing people to send and receive larger attachments, and ensures that unused accounts will not expire. Hotmail requires its free users to log on every 30 days to keep an account active.

"Those people who are already paying for MSN Extra Storage will not have any increase in fees," said Parul Shah, product manager for MSN. "With 110 million Hotmail users, MSN needs to drive revenue to support the resources that it takes to provide free services."

This move is yet another sign that the free Internet ride is over. The Hotmail announcement is just the latest in a series of companies beginning to charge for Internet services that were once free. Last month, Yahoo implemented fees for checking e-mail outside of its services and storing some data through Yahoo Photos and Briefcase.

Hotmail users recently have seen some folders cleaned out and some e-mail messages returned to the sender as MSN attempts to convince heavy e-mail users to upgrade to the increased storage offered in the premium version of Hotmail.

Separately Wednesday, MSN launched MSN Shopping Alerts, which lets consumers know about sales on certain e-commerce sites. This service is free, but Microsoft says it will eventually charge a fee for it.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20020606/tc_zd/933193

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Re: Microsoft puts curbs on free Hotmail -- Cari, 01:19:05 06/07/02 Fri
- Email that doesn't work? -- CR, 04:49:53 06/07/02 Fri
  - JUMP their case -- CR, 04:50:57 06/07/02 Fri
    - I didn't see that and I'd never mention it! -- Cari, 12:19:15 06/07/02 Fri