[zeugma]

I find it difficult to believe that Microsoft still hasn't figured out that they can only act like assholes when their customers either have no other choice, or at least believe they don't.

While we're talking about email stuff, I'd like to put in a plug for the service I use; pobox.com. They are a mail forwarding service that I've been using for over 10 years. You give everyone your POBox address, and have pobox forward it to whatever your 'real' email address is. I've had many different ISPs over that time, and have kept the same email address, so noone has an excuse not to be able to get in contact with me. :-) 

Thing is, I couldn't tell you what my current actual email address is. When I change ISPs, I make the change in my email client (Thunderbird), and never think about it again.

[papasmurf]

“I find it difficult to believe that Microsoft still hasn’t figured out that they can only act like assholes when their customers either have no other choice, or at least believe they don’t.”

I don’t know where they think they’re going with these kinds of changes. All they’ve done in the last few years is push me farther away and, I suspect, many others, as well.