WHile part of Live mail the hotmail addresses are still valid. The interface while still not to my liking has improved to a usable level in the past year. To g

WHile part of Live mail the hotmail addresses are still valid. The interface while still not to my liking has improved to a usable level in the past year. To give credit where it's due, the spam filtering has improved dramatically. I've used my hotmail account as a utility email account for at least ten years. I get several hundred spams a week. They are close to 100% in filtering accuracy for me but YMMV. The only problems I've had is that spammy things I've signed up for can be filtered the first time in.