# Times running out for Hotmail

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/times-running-out-for-hotmail/123916
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**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/times-running-out-for-hotmail/123916 "2004-09-28T15:19:09Z")
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### Author: ![The\_Vulcan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/the_vulcan/32/145_2.png) [@The\_Vulcan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/The_Vulcan)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/times-running-out-for-hotmail/123916/1 "2004-09-28T15:19:09Z")

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**Microsoft Announces New Hotmail Fee**

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In order to stop the spread of spam, Microsoft will start charging users who use Outlook or Outlook Express to access e-mail. It will stop being free in April of 2005. New Hotmail and MSN users will not be allowed to access the service via Outlook.

MSN Lead Project Manager Brooke Richardson says: "Essentially what spammers do is create scripts so they can rapid-fire e-mail from Outlook or Outlook Express and pop off a hundred e-mails from each of those Hotmail accounts in rapid succession."

Microsoft also does not allow free Hotmail users to send over 100 outgoing e-mails. Those who want to pay can pay annual fees of $19.95 for Hotmail Plus or $99.95 for MSN Premium. Yahoo! already has a similar policy for accessing its e-mail.

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_Once I can’t use outlook to check my Hotmail account it will be left to rot._