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Someone using my account? Please help!

Hello, In the past week or two, I have started to receive many (up to 100+) emails a day from postmaster@mail.hotmail.com to report a Delivery Status Notification (Failure)? It had never happened before the last two weeks, and the number of emails seems to be increasing... More

Last updated in Non Hotmail Questions Dec 19 2008 by martin_richards

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Scams/Spam/Phishing...

Many of those listed under this site's section entitled "Learn how to recognize the 5 most common types of E-mail Scams" are coming from Africa and other countries. Is Hotmail going to work on ways for us to COMPLETELY BLOCK Africa and other country domains... More

Last updated in Managing Spam Dec 30 2008 by TeresaBrown

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Re: Scams/Spam/Phishing...

I just want to clarify/reiterate and/or suggest, my request was not that "Hotmail block Africa" and other country domains.... more like give the users the "option" of blocking other country's domains just as you give us the option of blocking... More

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Last updated in Managing Spam Dec 31 2008 by TeresaBrown

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Re: I DO NOT RECIEVE WANTED JUNK MAIL SINCE WINDOWS LIVE TOOK OVER

Hi Jeff, thanks for providing us your e-mail address. I have removed it from the post for security reasons. I have checked your account and it appears that it is functioning properly and is capable of receiving e-mail including junk messages. I know that you are bothered... More

Last updated in Mail Delivery Dec 31 2008 by Windows Live Joseph D

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Re: dodgy email

Hi Unsy2, I have moved your post to the Managing Spam Forum. There is a Solution and Help article about reducing the amount of junk e-mail received on your account. Please visit the links below: http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/spam/archive/2008/08/21/about-reducing... More

Last updated in Managing Spam Jan 01 2009 by Windows Live Joseph D

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Unsubscribe

The following quote was copied from this support site, written by a Microsoft Representative: "To remove your e-mail address from newsletters or mailing lists that are on your safe senders list, you can click Unsubscribe. Microsoft notifies the people who created... More

Last updated in Mail Delivery Jan 04 2009 by colejengel

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Account does not have junk email folder or options

We recently discontinued our subscription to MSN Premium and our accounts became hotmail accounts. However, my converted account does not have a junk mail folder nor does it have any junk email options (ex. the safe and blocked senders option is not displayed). I am... More

Last updated in Reading and Writing Messages Jan 07 2009 by olah3

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Emails in my inbox not mine

I keep getting spam in my inbox which is not even being sent to my actual email address. I have no alternate addresses setup. The addresses these emails are sent to are only sometimes similar to mine. Why is this happening? This week I've been getting a lot of facebook... More

Last updated in Non Hotmail Questions Jan 10 2009 by grteert

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Exclusive Filter for Junk Mail Does Not Work Properly

I established my Hotmail account in 1995. Its Junk Mail filtering is set to "Exclusive". With this setting, all email that is NOT from addresses on my Safe List or from addresses on my Contact List is supposed to be filtered into my Junk Mail folder. However... More

Last updated in Managing Spam Jan 11 2009 by Longhorn Mark

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automatic spam email being sent from my account

an automatic email with the subject "dear friend" has just been automatically sent to all my contacts and is a spam email which has been sent in my name, but against my will. i have not opened any suspicious emails which might be spam from anybody, so i dont... More

Last updated in Non Hotmail Questions Jan 12 2009 by jonysp