Thank you for submitting your question to MSN Hotmail Support.
This is an auto-generated response designed to answer your question as
quickly as possible. Please note that you will not receive a reply if you
respond directly to this message.
Unfortunately, we cannot take action on the mail you sent us because it
does not reference a Hotmail account. Please send us another message that
contains the expanded Hotmail e-mail address and the full e-mail message
to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
>>> To forward mail with expanded headers if you're using Hotmail
1. Click "Options" on the horizontal navigation bar.
2. On the "Options" page under "Additional Options", click the
"Preferences" link. Scroll down to "Message Headers" and select "Full".
3. Forward the resulting mail to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
>>> To forward mail with expanded headers if you're using MSN Explorer
1. Open the message and then click "More" in the upper right hand corner.
2. Click "Message Source". The message will open in a new window with all
the header information visible.
3. Copy all the text and paste it into a new message. Send this message
to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
If you're not a Hotmail member, consult the Help associated with your
e-mail program to determine how to view complete header information. Then
forward the message to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
If the unsolicited junk e-mail or "spam" comes from a non-Hotmail account,
you can send a complaint to the service provider that sent the mail.
In the expanded header, look at the last "Received:" notation to locate the
sending service provider. It will look something like <insert service
name>.com.
Forward only one of the offending pieces of e-mail to abuse at the service
provider you have identified: abuse@<servicename>.com.
To log a complaint, add a polite message such as "Here's a copy of the spam
I received."
All Hotmail customers have agreed to MSN Hotmail Terms of Use and Notices
(TOU) that forbid e-mail abuse. Thank you for helping us enforce our TOU.
For more information on Hotmail TOU, go to:
http://www.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/tos
Thank you for submitting your question to MSN Hotmail Support.
This is an auto-generated response designed to let you know that our system
received your support inquiry and a Support Representative will be
reviewing your question and responding to you soon. Please note that you
will not receive a reply if you respond directly to this message.
While you are awaiting response from a Support Representative, here is some
additional information about how to protect your account. We realize that
this e-mail message is lengthy, but please read the entire message below
because the answer to your question may be included.
Within this message is information on:
I. Limiting Unsolicited Bulk E-mail ("spam")
II. Turning on the Hotmail Inbox Protector
III. Reporting Unwanted, Abusive, or Fraudulent E-Mail
We strictly enforce the MSN Hotmail Terms of Use and Notices (TOU), which
forbid e-mail abuse. We ask for your support to help Hotmail prevent
unwanted, abusive, or fraudulent e-mail.
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I. Limiting Unsolicited Bulk E-mail ("spam")
Hotmail employs the following methods to protect you from spam:
- We limit the number of individual recipients for each e-mail message.
- We don't allow numeric characters at the beginning of an e-mail
address. Any Hotmail sign-in name beginning with a numeric character is a
forgery.
- We include "X-[Originating-IP]: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]" in the header of
each e-mail message that Hotmail delivers. Any e-mail message without this
entry in its full header didn't come from Hotmail.
- We block our relay hosts from those who send spam.
- We take legal action against senders of unsolicited bulk e-mail who
forge Hotmail addresses.
List brokers and individuals who send spam use many tools and techniques to
gather e-mail addresses wherever they appear online. Here are some
suggestions to help you reduce the amount of spam that you receive.
Do:
- Remove yourself from any unprotected member directory.
- Open another e-mail account that you can use as an address for
newsgroup and listserve publications or for posting on bulletin boards.
- Use the "Block Sender" option in Hotmail to block the delivery of
e-mail from specific senders or domains.
- Use the Inbox Protector feature of Hotmail to filter spam into your
Bulk Mail folder.
Don't:
- Post to an online service or any Internet bulletin board.
- Post in a Usenet newsgroup or mailing list.
- Spend time in chat rooms or an online service that displays your
address.
- Include yourself in an unprotected member directory of an online
service (the Hotmail Member Directory is protected because we do not
display member addresses).
- Reply to unsolicited e-mail messages with a "remove" request because
this only validates to the sender that your address is current.
- Click a URL embedded in an unsolicited message because this may reveal
your MSN Hotmail address to that Web site.
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II. Turning on the Hotmail Inbox Protector
>>> To turn on Hotmail's Inbox Protector
The Bulk Mail folder protects you from unsolicited e-mail messages (also
known as spam). The Hotmail Inbox Protector examines all incoming mail that
you have not blocked or filtered. If the Inbox Protector determines that
the message is bulk mail, it directs it to the Bulk Mail folder. You can
specify how long messages remain in this folder before they are
automatically deleted.
>>> To set bulk mail filter options with Inbox Protector
1. Click the "Options" button on the horizontal navigation bar.
The "Options" page appears.
2. Under "Mail Handling", click the "Inbox Protector" link.
The "Inbox Protector" page appears.
3. Select the "Typical" or "Custom" check box to enable the protector.
If you chose "Custom", select the check boxes as appropriate to direct
incoming mail to your Inbox from the types of senders listed under
"Custom".
4. Under Discard Folder, do one of the following:
- Select the check box next to "Bulk Mail" to have Bulk Mail messages
automatically deleted 14 days after receipt.
- Select the check box next to "Trash Can" to have Bulk Mail messages
automatically deleted several times a week.
5. Click "OK" to apply the filters.
-or-
Click "Cancel" to return to the "Options" page without saving the
filters.
>>> To change the status of a bulk mail message
If you receive a message in the Bulk Mail folder that you do not consider
bulk mail, do one of the following:
- In the Bulk Mail folder, select the check boxes next to the messages
that you do not consider bulk mail, and click the "This is not Bulk Mail"
button above the message list. The selected messages are moved to your
Inbox, and messages from these senders are not sent to the Bulk Mail folder
in the future.
- In the Bulk Mail folder, click the check boxes next to messages and
select a folder from the "Move to" drop-down list above the message list.
This method moves the selected messages to that folder, but does not
guarantee that messages from that sender are not sent to the Bulk Mail
folder in the future.
- In Inbox Protector, scroll down to the "Safe List" heading. Messages
from an e-mail address (or domain) on your Safe List are always delivered
to your Inbox, never to your Bulk Mail or Trash Can. Under the heading
"Type a single address or domain" type an e-mail alias or domain from which
you always want to receive e-mail, and then click the "Add" button.
Note: Messages from mailing lists and forwarded from another e-mail address
are often sent to the Bulk Mail folder. To prevent this, create Hotmail
filters to direct this mail to your Inbox.
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III. Reporting Unwanted, Abusive, or Fraudulent E-Mail
>>> To forward mail with expanded headers if you're using Hotmail
1. Click "Options" on the horizontal navigation bar.
2. On the "Options" page under "Additional Options", click the
"Preferences" link. Scroll down to "Message Headers" and select "Full".
3. Forward the resulting mail to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
>>> To forward mail with expanded headers if you're using MSN Explorer
1. Open the message and then click "More" in the upper right hand corner.
2. Click "Message Source". The message will open in a new window with all
the header information visible.
3. Copy all the text and paste it into a new message. Send this message
to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
If you're not a Hotmail member, consult the Help associated with your
e-mail program to determine how to view complete header information. Then
forward the message to:
abuse(a)hotmail.com
If the unsolicited junk e-mail or "spam" comes from a non-Hotmail account,
you can send a complaint to the service provider that sent the mail.
In the expanded header, look at the last "Received:" notation to locate the
sending service provider. It will look something like <insert service
name>.com.
Forward only one of the offending pieces of e-mail to abuse at the service
provider you have identified: abuse@<servicename>.com.
To log a complaint, add a polite message such as "Here's a copy of the spam
I received."
To report abuse from a source other than e-mail, include the following
information:
- The media involved (such as chat, ICQ, or Usenet).
- The Hotmail account involved.
- The content of the offensive or unsolicited message.
- Any user information that you have.
You can keep up to date with the fight against spam at:
http://www.cauce.org
MSN Hotmail also has comprehensive online help available to you. For more
information on Hotmail features, functions, and issues, click the "Help"
button on the horizontal navigation bar.
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