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Post by Spike » 4th Nov, '08, 13:13

Has anyone else had problems with Hotmail? Over the last 2-3 days Hotmail has been running really slow and today it's ground to a halt. Other websites are performing normally, leading me to believe it's a Hotmail problem rather than my wildly neurotic PC.
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Kooky » 4th Nov, '08, 13:16

No problems for me, Spikey.
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Re: Hotmail

Post by BFG » 4th Nov, '08, 13:19

They changed my interface (apparently) and it was a tad iffy for a few days before that. I put it down to badly designed product. But what do I know?
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Lady Uppercrust » 4th Nov, '08, 13:34

No, but then I don't use hotmail. I do keep getting offers from Christian dating sites though. :shock:
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Fat Bob » 4th Nov, '08, 13:54

I wasn't having problems until you mentioned it! GRRRRR!!!
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Spike » 4th Nov, '08, 15:50

Fat Bob wrote:I wasn't having problems until you mentioned it! GRRRRR!!!
Sorry about that [smilie=whistle.gif]
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Fat Bob » 4th Nov, '08, 16:01

One of my other ones has gone through a drastic front-page change, so reckon they are slowly updating the various accounts.

Which means I can't talk to my mates whilst I'm at work
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Re: Hotmail

Post by BFG » 4th Nov, '08, 16:32

Fat Bob wrote:One of my other ones has gone through a drastic front-page change, so reckon they are slowly updating the various accounts.

Which means I can't talk to my mates whilst I'm at work
You have mates???? :shock:
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Fat Bob » 4th Nov, '08, 17:27

A whole packet of them ;)
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Spike » 4th Nov, '08, 17:32

Fat Bob wrote:One of my other ones has gone through a drastic front-page change, so reckon they are slowly updating the various accounts.

Which means I can't talk to my mates whilst I'm at work
Hmmm... maybe I've encountered the same process. It seems alright this evening.
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Kooky » 5th Nov, '08, 09:41

It would appear that, in the last ten minutes, my Hotmail has been upgraded. Let's hope it's better than the previous sooperdooper new interface, which IME did nothing more than slow things down.
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Re: Hotmail

Post by Fat Bob » 5th Nov, '08, 11:06

the one thing the new sooperdooper one did was allow automatic checking of mail, which the old version didn't. This was a bonus. However, on a slow connection then it really crunched to a halt and had endless drop-outs.

On my home pc (and I would at work if they let me) I've installed Windows Live Mail program, similar to Outlook Express but better and works well with Hotmail addresses as well as gmail and other pop3/imap accounts. The good thing is that it downloads the contacts from your default email account (if it's hotmail/messenger) and when you update in Windows Live Mail it also updates the Hotmail/Messenger address books as well. I recommend it (well, I think I have recommended it before, so I'll recommend it again!)
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