13:40 Members hotmail greeted the new year with an empty box | |
Unpleasant surprise for the New Year prepared for their users well-known free email service Windows Live Hotmail by Microsoft. According to publications such sources as the BBC and The Associated Press, some Hotmail users posted on forums and blogs reported that on January 1 of their email accounts have been completely removed without warning. However, the ability to log remained, except that the inbox, sent and deleted messages were empty. Two days of panic Hotmail users no concrete response from Microsoft has not yet been received, therefore, is not known whether the postal service attacked by hackers, or it tricks very Microsoft. However, the spokesman for Microsoft Catherine Brooker said yesterday that it was a problem a few users of Hotmail. The only thing that the public media - is furious Comments postal service. Cath Baxter, has created a group on Facebook about the messages were missing from the box says: "I only received one comment from Microsoft, which I was told that I could not return my emails and it was removed. Since then I've got nothing else. " Upon learning this, I shook the dust of my old external drive, opened the ancient archives with passwords and Hotmail via the website tried to log in using your old account. What was my surprise when, instead of a crowded box, I saw the welcome screen Hotmail, as well as inbox - the first letter from Hotmail. Could only guess whether this was due to the surprise of Hotmail or the fact that the box did not use more than one year (Wiki says that if the box is not used by more than 270 days after it was removed). Googling, I found no answer to his question. Moreover it turned out that the issue touched only English-speaking users and registered mainly in the U.S.. Did you check your Hotmail account after the holiday? For reference, Windows Live Hotmail (last MSN Hotmail) is one of the first free webmail services on the Internet, designed by Jack Smith and Sabir Brothers in 1995 (commercial operation began in 1996). Allows you to store an unlimited number of messages, supports Ajax, 35 languages, as well as integration with Windows Live Messenger and other services Microsoft. Recently, however, Hotmail has come under increasing criticism by both regular users and from experts. Criticism is mainly in the slow work of postal service and technical support for Hotmail. Read:Some Hotmail users report missing e-mails Emails go 'missing' from Hotmail Hotmail Users Report Blank Inboxes Wiki UPD: News from Feeds | |
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