chowderman
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had a Hotmail.com email account like . . . since the beginning.
(name)@hotmail.com
well, used that email for class reunion "schufft" and apparently one of my non-tech-savy classmates got hacked.
since then I've been getting dozens of spams per day. I'm pretty sure it was one of that group because some of the email spam is sent to a number of other classmates.
I reported "spam" and "pfishing" long long time and Hotmail did nothing.
I've won enough Yeti coolers and Dewalt Drills to open my own store . . . .
so I decided to "close" the email account.
now, , , Hotmail sez' it's closed, but you can keep it alive by logging in within ?/45/60/? days.
what I was hoping that spammers would get an 'undeliverable' message and give up on the address....
but I sent a couple emails to that account from other accounts and got no kick-back/other notifications.
anyone done this?
mid-Dec is my 'last chance logon date' - I'd really like to keep that email address - it's like really easy to remember...
does Hotmail simply accumulate all the garbage/spam for xx days?
prior to closing I did note senders using that email address I needed to keep, and changed my "info" with them.
I'm thinking to "reopen" the email account at the drop dead date and see if I missed anyone - if the account has merely accumulated months of spam and garbage then I suppose I can "re-close" it.....
(name)@hotmail.com
well, used that email for class reunion "schufft" and apparently one of my non-tech-savy classmates got hacked.
since then I've been getting dozens of spams per day. I'm pretty sure it was one of that group because some of the email spam is sent to a number of other classmates.
I reported "spam" and "pfishing" long long time and Hotmail did nothing.
I've won enough Yeti coolers and Dewalt Drills to open my own store . . . .
so I decided to "close" the email account.
now, , , Hotmail sez' it's closed, but you can keep it alive by logging in within ?/45/60/? days.
what I was hoping that spammers would get an 'undeliverable' message and give up on the address....
but I sent a couple emails to that account from other accounts and got no kick-back/other notifications.
anyone done this?
mid-Dec is my 'last chance logon date' - I'd really like to keep that email address - it's like really easy to remember...
does Hotmail simply accumulate all the garbage/spam for xx days?
prior to closing I did note senders using that email address I needed to keep, and changed my "info" with them.
I'm thinking to "reopen" the email account at the drop dead date and see if I missed anyone - if the account has merely accumulated months of spam and garbage then I suppose I can "re-close" it.....