Hotmail Spam Question..

[Mitchell]

I was just e-mailing friends on my Hotmail account, and before I sent one of my e-mails, I got a message that said "We sometimes ask you to enter characters to prove you're a person. Please enter the following letters and numbers". After I did, I was able to send my e-mail to my friend.

Has anyone else had this happen? I use my Hotmail account all the time, and this is the first experience I've had such as this.

Mitch

 

[Wildtime]

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I've encountered this security measure at various websites, and sometimes it bugs me. I'm always concerned with the fact that maybe the code is case-sensitive, or that some of the characters are ambiguous (i.e. the 'b' looks like a '6'), and don't even get me started with the whole 'O' versus zero thing.

 

[Cosmo_ac]

i've also seen a few things like this mitch. Still, if you have questions, best to contact Yahoo or Hotmail directly.

 

[Mitchell]

Thanks, cos. This is the first time I've encountered it. I'll see if it happens the next time I email someone on hotmail. If so, I will contact them.

Mitch