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Hotmail Team says “thank you for being with us for 10+ years”

Posted on April 12, 2009 By Bob Caswell 4 Comments on Hotmail Team says “thank you for being with us for 10+ years”

windowsliveCheck out the email (below) I got from the Hotmail team. Much has changed in the last 10 years, but somehow I’ve managed to hang on to my original Hotmail email address. (I opened my account the end of 1998.)

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How Much Is All Your Email Worth? Answer: $50

Posted on January 26, 2008 By Bob Caswell 16 Comments on How Much Is All Your Email Worth? Answer: $50

EmailThis past week a national cable and high-speed Internet provider by the name of Charter Communications accidentally deleted all the contents of 14,000 active email accounts. A spokeswoman for the company explained that there is no way for them to retrieve anything that was erased. The spokeswoman offered this explanation and apology:

“We really are sincerely sorry for having had this happen and do apologize to all those folks who were affected by the error… During this maintenance we erroneously deleted active accounts along with the others. It’s never happened before. They are taking steps to make sure it never happens again.”

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