Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Microsoft Launches Free Email Services for Domain Owners

Via Netcraft.

Microsoft has launched the beta version of its Windows Live Custom Domains service, which offers e-mail and instant messaging service for existing domains. The free service offers up to 20 e-mail accounts per domain, with each mailbox featuring scanning for junk mail and viruses, as well as 250 megabytes of storage space - adding up to a storage limit of 5 gigabytes of e-mail for each domain.

With Windows Live Custom Domains, Microsoft can offer e-mail services to business users who want a free solution but are reluctant to use its existing Hotmail service. Tying the new offering to an existing domain makes it easier to address any abuse of the service for spamming, which historically has been a major issue for free e-mail services.

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