No option but to pay $1400 to deliver email to hotmail?

[eddy2099]

Well, I had that problem too. The easiest way is probably create a hotmail account and mail your hotmail customers through there. That pretty much works for me.

[ldcdc]

(...)I noticed however that Hotmail seems to whitelist some services, among others AOL and ...Hotmail (yes, they are still compatible with themselves for the time being).

So, to solve my problem, I opened a free account with AOL, and a paid account with MSN Hotmail ($20 a year). Now, if I need to write to someone with a MSN / Hotmail address, I use either AOL or Hotmail. Both work with my Outlook Express, but neither of them allows me to send mail from me@my_domain.com ; I must send mail from my_msn_id@msn.com or from my_aol_id@aol.com with REPLY-TO me@my_domain.com . It does not look as professional, but at least my email arrives OK; and if someone uses Hotmail as their primary email, they most likely don't make the difference anyway.

Another way to bypass Hotmail's filters, if you prefer that route, is to add an attachment of at least 500kB to your email to Hotmail. Emails with attachments over a certain size are not screened and should not end up in the junk mail folder.

In all cases, experiment by yourself with a test Hotmail account.

That's quite a bit of interesting info markwolk.

[hillbilly1980]

I've actually been noticing alot of out right dropping of email to hotmail lately. I've seen at least twice this month email that was sent to hotmail not showing up in the inbox or the junk at all. Other email goes through.

I never have problems emailing anyone else but hotmail sometimes just loses mail into the ether.