The Hotmail service now offers three different choices for users wishing to limit the amount of e-mail that they receive. The two lower levels of protection offer to remove obvious “spam” e-mails from the user's inbox, while the exclusive option removes all e-mails except those sent by people listed in the user's address book.
In a statement announcing the Hotmail upgrade Rick Holzli, director of MSN Hotmail at Microsoft Corp said:
"MSN is applying knowledge we’ve gained as the provider of the world’s largest e-mail service to offer consumers a better way to handle their e-mail and protect themselves from spam. These improvements will help ensure that users worldwide — more than 110 million now and growing every day — have a superior experience with MSN Hotmail."
Despite a few technical problems encountered last week in attempts to launch the improved service, those problems now appear to have been resolved and Hotmail customers can enjoy the benefits of the enhanced service.