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Originally Posted by Sugetsu
And why would that be?
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As I said, a "hive of scum and villainy" (Star Wars reference). Until the mid-2000s, as much as 80-90% of incoming hotmail packets contained spam, viralware, scams, etc etc.
http://techtips.salon.com/stop-hotmail-spam-1201.html
http://www.atlanticbt.com/blog/hotmail-sending-spam/
In the last few years, MS had tried mightily to improve their reputation but the perception remains that hotmail is, at best, not serious about self-policing. Plus, its the most popular address to use in forged email (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job)