There is no doubt that one of the most legendary services on the internet is Hotmail. This was for many people the domain that marked their first email account and although many of these emails are still active, the truth is that a large part of them were forgotten. Microsoft will now remove them.
In its 25-year history, although it changed its name many times, Hotmail, which now operates under the name of Outlook, has become the gateway to all Microsoft services, a situation that places it as one of the email platforms largest by number of users in the world.
The truth is that in the face of a change in activity policy actually by the Redmond company, as of this August 30, many accounts that still live under the domain of Hotmail, Live, Outlook and MSA could disappear.
And it is that according to the new Microsoft policy, all accounts that have been inactive for two years in the period from August 2019 to August 30, 2021 will be eliminated.
Although the standard is clear, Microsoft has delivered a support document some exceptions.
So there are some accounts that can be saved. For example, if an MSA account (with Hotmail, Live or Outlook domains) was used to buy, redeem or access a Microsoft product, it will not be considered in the norm. Additionally, if there is an amount payable to Microsoft (a debt for the payment of a product or service) that account will not be closed either.
Additionally, Microsoft indicates that an account will remain active if it has a credit balance through a gift card, for example. However, if the owner of the card does not live in a jurisdiction where the gift cards are considered “unclaimed property,” Microsoft will cancel the unspent balance associated with your gift card.
In the same way, if a Hotmail, Outlook or Libe account belongs to a minor, it will not be considered in this closure due to inactivity.
From now on, in order not to lose a Microsoft account, the ideal is to log in at least once every two years.
However, Microsoft has reserved the right to change the status of an account depending on the However, the company reserves the right to change the status of an account according to the laws of each country.
With this move, Microsoft could be eliminating millions of content and accounts. Hotmail was born in 1996 and in just three months it had more than 100,000 new users, the following year its creators sold it to Microsoft, which managed to position itself as the most popular provider.
With this position, the brand was one of the great drivers in the large amount of content that is currently shared on the web, which is nothing less.
Considering the use of emails, the web, instant messaging and other types of use with data traffic, it is estimated that the volume of Internet traffic by consumers has grown from 12,288 petabytes during 2017 per month to an estimated 27,000 648 petabytes per month for this year, with a growth projection of 31,744 petabytes by 2022.