Hotmail's Spam Filter: The Best In the Business?

Barence writes "Microsoft claims an "independent" report proves it has the best spam protection in the industry — an argument deconstructed by PC Pro. 'Our own internal metrics, customer feedback, and even a recent third-party report confirms that no mail service offers better protection than Hotmail,' Microsoft's Dick Craddock wrote in a Windows Live blog post earlier this week."

Anyone who has actually...

[__aasehi2499]

bought a penis pump, ordered synthetic Viagra or sent money to Nigeria are automatically exempt from this study.

Just delete all email going to hotmail.com

[Kenja]

No one reads it any how, so just assume its all spam. Presto, 100% effective spam filtering.

Re:Hotmail SPAM filter... wait, they have one?

[lakeland]

Maybe you're in their spam filter's control group?

Re:Idle?

[mwvdlee]

Yes.
Spammers still use it.