I really don't understand how people manage to accumulate so much spam in hotmail accounts.
I have has one for months, and I've never had any spam sent to it other than the occasional ad for MSN 8.
If you're going to sign up for Hotmail, use a non-obvious alias - [email protected] is going to get a lot of random spam, whereas a more obscure, personal one will be far less likely to be spammed (like mine ).
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