Ok, thanks for the help. Curiosity makes the world go round. it also makes innovation possible. But when you cant figure something out, you ask the pro`s. Somebody has to ask the stupid questions. lol Thats about all i use my web-mail accounts for too, but some people actually like it, and some i guess dont have a choice. Anyway, thanks again. Nice forum , by the way.
Uncleed

The only stupid questions are the unasked ones.

I was genuinely curious to see if they allowed this kind of use in hotmail, anyway. It is part of the overall 'costs' of spam-- it 's in the billions of Dollars-per-year... I just saw an article from 2 years ago that estimated the cost of removing spam emails at $245,000.00 PER YEAR for a company with 14,000 employees. It also inhibits users from their own email accounts/requires ridiculous measures just to stem the flow... almost ALL ISPs filter at the server level--now ...which means a large amount of it --you NEVER SEE.
My hotmaill account had not been checked for 3 days until I went there yesterday -- my junk box had more than 100 messages-- out of which probably 70 % were actual 'spam' --others were from places I'd done business with --but still did not need/want. I kept exactly 2 messages.

And thank you for the compliment... we try hard.