On 3 Jul 2002 at 21:38, Regula Two wrote:

> I've had this happen before.  What I usually do is clear out my inbox and 
> folders regularly, and save anything important on a disk.  So far I haven't 
> had anymore problems :)

Ah, but in this case it's the entire site (well, an entire set of 
servers, at least) that's out of space.

We hit individual box limits all the time, but if somebody's not 
reading their mail anyway, it really doesn't matter if they get 
unsubbed temporarily.  It's when people who *are* clearing out their 
inboxes regularly *still* get bumped, en masse, that it's something 
to be aware of, because it could theoretically affect active players 
in a game.

Shortly after MS bought them, they went through a phase where they 
were rejecting mail more often than they were accepting it, which was 
a nuisance; we either weren't accepting Hotmail subscriptions, or 
were sending warnings to people who subscribed, I can't remember 
which.  I think there's still a mention of it in the help files for 
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