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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 08:38 AM
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they are making outlook express access to free hotmail accounts a subscribed services. i can't send out hotmail emails with outlook express anymore.

that's it. i had it with micosoft and i a switching over to gmail completely!

Cannot access my free account from Outlook or Outlook Express
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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btw, i am checking out Mozilla Firefox as well

i have been having some problem with microsoft IE, just can't access my gmail some can't login some forum that i frequent

Microsoft really
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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Hotmail blows anyway.. It keeps doing this thing, where I'll read some emails, and then click my inbox, and all the emails I've read and/or deleted show back up as un-read. Then sometimes I'll click one and it hops back to the first email in my inbox. I have to log out and back in.
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 02:21 PM
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I've used hotmail since the beginning, and a while ago, I got an email that said that while new accounts were going to be unable to use mail clients like outlook express, longtime freeloaders like me were going to be able to continue as always. I guess I gotta respect a company that respects their long-term supporters
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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If Microsoft blows, how does it suck at the same time?
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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I love firefox.
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 03:05 PM
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firefox!
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by stockae92,Nov 13 2005, 12:50 PM
btw, i am checking out Mozilla Firefox as well

i have been having some problem with microsoft IE, just can't access my gmail some can't login some forum that i frequent

Microsoft really
Congratulations, you're finally catching on to the mediocracy that is Microsoft.
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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how well the security for firefox?

i don't know if i can trust it for online transaction or banking?
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Old Nov 14, 2005 | 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by stockae92,Nov 13 2005, 07:19 PM
how well the security for firefox?

i don't know if i can trust it for online transaction or banking?
give me your bank account number and other pertinent info and i'll let you know...
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