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Spam Protection

Over the past few years we’ve reduced the amount of spam from almost 35% to less than 3% of the messages you see in your inbox. We continue to invest in our Trusted Sender and SmartScreen technologies, filtering out about 5.5 billion spam messages. Every single day.

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Performance

Hotmail is 10x faster than previous versions. In fact, we’ve made the most common actions seem instantaneous. And we keep getting better. Our goal is to be the best performing webmail service.

*Based on a comparison of Hotmail performance between Dec 2010 and June 2011

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We re-architected Hotmail storage from the ground up in 2004 and have grown our default inbox with each new version of Hotmail. Since 2009, we offer a virtually unlimited inbox.

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Experience

Today, Hotmail users can receive two-way sync with email, calendars, and contacts on all major smartphones, including Windows Phone, iPhones and Androids.

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Security

Hotmail is the largest webmail provider in the world. That makes us a prime target for hijackers. We’ve doubled down to increase protection for our users with advanced safeguards and features like My Friend’s Been Hacked.

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PCMAG.com Editors' Choice PC Mag: November 14, 2011
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PC Mag’s Best Web App of 2011

Even the experts agree, with new tools to make your inbox work for you, Hotmail is the best web-based email provider around.

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