Hotmail

[PA Bear]

Thanks for posting this, Alice.

http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/MSN_Hotmail_PIMv9.its51/$content$/PIM_CONC_AcctPolicies.htm

<paste>
If you have sent or recieved [sic] an attachment that is not supported by
Hotmail, you will not be able to download the attachment. Files with the
following extensions cannot be added as attachments to [incoming/outgoing]
Hotmail messages:

.ade .adp .asp
.bas .bat
.chm .cmd .com .cpl .crt
.exe
.hlp .hta
.inf .ins .isp .its
.js .jse
.lnk
.mdb .mde .mdt .mdw .msc .msi .msp .mst
.pcd .pif
.reg
.scr .sct .shb .shs
.tmp
.url
.vb .vbe .vbs .vsd .vsmacros .vss .vst .vsw
.ws .wsc .wsf .wsh
</paste>

Also discovered in Hotmail Help:

<paste>
[free] MSN Hotmail account policies
- You can send a maximum of 100 messages per day.
</paste>

Note that one (1) message sent to fifty (50) addresses (e.g., using BCC for
mailing to Group) = 50 messages. Send two such messages and that's it for
the day.
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

[Alice?] wrote:
> By some miracle, I did get a reply from Hotmail support -
> and now also find in the Hotmail "Help" under "Recent
> customer questions", "Restricted Files" is a very long
> list of file attachments now permanently blocked. It
> would appear to me that Hotmail is of no further use - at
> least in my opinion. Blocking ".com" attachments?????
> Hopefully the rest of my e-mail accts elsewhere don't
> follow suit on this ridiculous list. The "New Hotmail" in
> my very humble opinion is for the birds - to put it
> mildly. They don't trust their very own Virus Scan -
> anyone else's? Other than that - I do thank you for your
> help - really!
>> -----Original Message-----
>> On 01 Dec-03 MSN unleashed New Hotmail on us. As well as new anti-spam
>> filters, it also features enhanced attachment blocking. AFAIK there's no
>> UI where you can administer either of these filters.
>>
>> You might ask sup...@hotmail.com ...but don't hold your breath.
>> --
>>>>> alice wrote:
>>>>>>> All of a sudden Hotmail is "permanently blocking" all
>>>>>>> attachments as "potentially dangerous" on my incoming mail
>>>>>>> as well as the attachments previously received and scanned
>>>>>>> for viruses. I am no where near "capacity" on my hotmail
>>>>>>> account, using a mere 3% including attachments. Up until
>>>>>>> now, they used to scan with McAfee and then allow the
>>>>>>> option to open the attachment. Those that were in my
>>>>>>> Inbox from months ago, which I had previously scanned and
>>>>>>> opened are now also "permanently blocked" as "potentially
>>>>>>> dangerous". Anyone else having this problem????

[Wesley Vogel]

PA;
Glad I don't use Not-So-Hotmail.
Wes

In news:OAD0gmPz...@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
PA Bear <PAB...@mvps.org> hunted and pecked:

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Just a few days ago I was discussing virus problems with somebody online;
they were complaining because, as far as he knew, Hotmail was *not* blocking
known virus attachment types (pif, scr, exe) etc. He was quite hostile in
his comments. It just goes to show, you can't please all the people all the
time.

--
_______________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999 (IE/OE)
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer

"PA Bear" <PAB...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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[DGuess]

So it's not them thats been in my bottle of Wild Turkey then? Well, it must
have been the mice. Guess I can't blame them afterall.

:-)

"Sandi - Microsoft MVP" <sandi_h...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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[N. Miller]

In article <#jGWoIQz...@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, ma...@mindspring.oops
says...

> So it's not them thats been in my bottle of Wild Turkey then? Well, it must
> have been the mice. Guess I can't blame them afterall.

Uh...{hic}...thass was me...{hic}...and ash soon ash I can see
shtraight...{hic}...and shtand...{hic}...I'll be back for
shomore...{hic}...{falls over, aslee.............

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

[N. Miller]

In article <UatHb.676005$Tr4.1695218@attbi_s03>, 123WVo...@comcast.net
says...

> Glad I don't use Not-So-Hotmail.

Useless for attachments, even if it didn't ban those extensions. A two-Meg
size limit on the total messages in the Inbox doesn't leave much room for
the most common types of attachments; jpegs.

[DGuess]

But then people forget one thing.. it's free, what can you expect for free?
If you expect that Porsche 911 or Bill G's 959 (or was it 952?) forget about
it......

It always amazes me that people tend to think that if something is free,
there shouldn't be stipulations, few options, little support or any features
that would rival the store bought stuff.....

Then there are those that for some unknown reason, rely on it as their main
source for email. I can see if if they have no ISP to connect with and use
the kiosks or cafes but to rely on something free as the main thing, it's
time to put the computer back in the box.......

"N. Miller" <n...@blackhole.aosake.net> wrote in message
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