time to pay up

star.matrix at verizon.net star.matrix at verizon.net
Fri Mar 22 11:00:27 PST 2002


freemail services will likely be heading toward paid service as advertisers pull ads and spam control costs rise...

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0-1005-200-9431592.html

Hotmail subscribers have a new problem to contend with: an e-mail janitor.

In Microsoft's popular free e-mail service, messages are being swept out and bounced back to senders as the site urges members to upgrade to a premium version that costs $19.95 a year, according to subscribers.

One Hotmail user, Arianna, said she signed on to her e-mail account last week to find the system had emptied out her in-box--including important messages about her upcoming wedding--but left her junk-mail folder full.



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