Comment Re:Other things I love about hotmail (Score 1) 704
Another nice thing about hotmail is their account expiration policy. It used to be 90 days (I went over that once a few years ago, after a move...never checked hotmail during that time, all my saved mail -- not alot, I wasn't really relying on it -- was gone once I signed up again). Then it went to 60 days, now I think it's 30 (they remind you of that in their frequent "you can pay for extra storage" messages).
I *noticed* that it's now 30 days by -- yep -- finding my account deactivated a few days ago. So, fine, everything in there was deleted (all spam anyway). I did notice though that the extra folder I'd created was still there (empty now), and so was, of course, all the marketing info in my profile (old and mostly made up, only my zip code was authentic, though it was old). They only throw out what isn't useful to them.
I *noticed* that it's now 30 days by -- yep -- finding my account deactivated a few days ago. So, fine, everything in there was deleted (all spam anyway). I did notice though that the extra folder I'd created was still there (empty now), and so was, of course, all the marketing info in my profile (old and mostly made up, only my zip code was authentic, though it was old). They only throw out what isn't useful to them.
