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    Hotmail.com URL ... by167w.bay167.mail.live.com?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by pbc, Sep 20, 2012.

  1. pbc

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    Not the right place to post I'm sure, but I figured someone here would know. The other day I realized that the URL for my Hotmail website (after I log in) shows up as what is in the subject line above. Doing a google search seemed to imply it could be Phishing scam (which is what a couple Google Searches implied). So of course I changed my password, etc. But kept getting it.

    I just had a work colleague of mine login to hotmail on her computer, and her URL was sn129w.snt129.mail.live.com.

    Is this just some sort of URL naming schema used by Hotmail/Windows because of the number of servers required to run Hotmail?

    Thx
     
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    Well, was it a valid hotmail web address?
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Sep 20, 2012
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