Will Microsoft Kill Free Email on
Net?Spam has been such a problem that email filters are now widespread on Net. These filters are a necessary response to menace of spam. However, will excuse of spam be used by companies such as Hotmail to charge for email?
Disturbing news that Hotmail (owned by Microsoft) is blocking perfectly legitimate emails because they have been caught by their anti-spam filters is increasing these fears.
Allan Gardyne of Associateprograms.com has been commenting recently about difficulties SiteSell (owner of website building package SiteBuildIt) has had with Hotmail.
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When SiteSell complained to Hotmail they did not get a helpful response. Microsoft suggested that they use services of a company called Bonded Sender which would ensure that SiteSell's legitimate non-spam emails would reach their customers. It just happens that one of owners of Bonded Sender is a former employee of Microsoft!
Many other companies have had similar problems with Hotmail. Bill Gates is on record as wishing to charge for email as a method of preventing spam. Unfortunately, when big companies on Net gang up like this, a sort of inevitability about charging for email creeps in. Nearly 60% of email is handled by Hotmail, AOL, and Yahoo combined. These three companies could have power to force customers to pay for their email.
