Comments on: ninemsn opens up Hotmail.com.au emails http://delimiter.com.au/2010/01/29/ninemsn-opens-up-hotmail-com-au-emails/ Just Australia. Just technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renai LeMay http://delimiter.com.au/2010/01/29/ninemsn-opens-up-hotmail-com-au-emails/#comment-106 Renai LeMay Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:11:40 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=437#comment-106 I agree Chris ... from the sheer amount of emails I have seen with Hotmail.com.au appended accidentally, I reckon there will be more than a few rogue emails bouncing around to the wrong people because of this move. However, as ninemsn has said -- that isn't their fault -- and people should be more careful to make sure they're emailing the right address. Arguments on both sides. What this illustrates for me is the problem that comes in every time you get human fallibility involved in any kind of technological transaction ;) I agree Chris … from the sheer amount of emails I have seen with Hotmail.com.au appended accidentally, I reckon there will be more than a few rogue emails bouncing around to the wrong people because of this move.

However, as ninemsn has said — that isn't their fault — and people should be more careful to make sure they're emailing the right address. Arguments on both sides. What this illustrates for me is the problem that comes in every time you get human fallibility involved in any kind of technological transaction ;)

]]> By: chris http://delimiter.com.au/2010/01/29/ninemsn-opens-up-hotmail-com-au-emails/#comment-104 chris Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:38:30 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=437#comment-104 As a Customer Messaging Manager for a bank with millions of AU records it is crazy the amount of people who put @hotmail.com.au in as their email address even though it is not available. For ninemsn to do this it is going to open up a whole world of issues of identity theft and fraud. Yahoo have a good system where you choose during sign up if you want @yahoo.com or .com.au or a number of other options. Interesting to see if this gets traction in a few months once a few instances have been experienced. As a Customer Messaging Manager for a bank with millions of AU records it is crazy the amount of people who put @hotmail.com.au in as their email address even though it is not available. For ninemsn to do this it is going to open up a whole world of issues of identity theft and fraud.

Yahoo have a good system where you choose during sign up if you want @yahoo.com or .com.au or a number of other options.

Interesting to see if this gets traction in a few months once a few instances have been experienced.

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