Microsoft heeft afgelopen nacht haar Hotmail e-maildienst opgefrist. Tot de verbeteringen behoren een gebruikersvriendelijke 'MSN Explorer'-look en een aantal nieuwe features. Zo is de dienst nu ook in de Nederlandse taal beschikbaar en is er een verbeterde 'MSN Hotmail Junk Mail Filter' aangebracht. Gebruikers hebben de keuze uit vier instellingen om zich te weren tegen spam. Zo zul je alleen post van mensen die in je adresboek zijn opgenomen ontvangen als de filter op 'exclusive' wordt gezet. Lees hieronder een gedeelte uit de press release van Microsoft:
REDMOND, Wash. -- July 18, 2001 - The MSN® network, the world's leading consumer network with more than 230 million unique users globally, announced that new features and functionality will soon be available to users of the MSN Hotmail® service, the world's most popular Web-based e-mail service. More than 110 million users of MSN Hotmail worldwide will be able to use the new cleaner and simpler user interface designed to help them easily manage their mail, and improved mail filter tools.
[...] As part of the continuing effort by MSN to fight spam, the improved MSN Hotmail Junk Mail Filter will offer consumers more options that allow them to select the level of protection they desire. Once enabled, the Junk Mail Filter automatically sends unwanted e-mail to a special folder while providing consumers with an individual override control. Consumers can choose a low, high or exclusive level of filtering based on their individual needs. The low- and high-level filters use the latest techniques to identify and delete spam, while consumers who choose the exclusive level will only receive e-mail from people listed in their address book, providing the most comprehensive e-mail security and protection.
[...] Responding to feedback from customers, the updated version of MSN Hotmail will provide a redesigned, more friendly and intuitive user interface with one-click access to key tools such as the Junk Mail Filter, e-mail folders and integrated services such as MSN Calendar and MSN Messenger Service. The new version of MSN Hotmail is designed in a style consistent with MSN Explorer and boasts improvements such as new icons and a Quick Address List that allows one-click entry of five of a user's most frequently used contacts to provide faster and easier creation of e-mail messages.
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Bedankt Sparhawk, mca2 en dollarman die dit nieuwtje als eerste meldden.