Microsoft blames spammers for Hotmail charges - vnunet.com: "In a move which Microsoft claims will help fight spammers, MSN Hotmail users are facing charges if they want to access the email service via the Outlook/Outlook Express email client." apparently "Existing Hotmail users who have been accessing the service via Outlook will be able to carry on doing so until April, when this feature will be switched to paying customers only." oh and I wish Jack Feng would stop emailing me about winding machines - I'm quite capable of winding myself thank you very much.