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onebir -

i've been having a lot of trouble getting access to my hotmail. only the link from MSN messenger
7.5 seems to work - so if the internet cafe happens to have this, it's ok.

but this link from msn doesn't...

anybody else have this problem? and or solutions?



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jukebox -

Many MSN services, including Spaces, Hotmail, are now "temporarily" unavailable in China.
Try to log in with proxy or enter "torpark" in google for a search










liuzhou -

Hotmail is not blocked in China. I can access it freely, and a quick check with friends around
China confirms this.

What you are probably experiencing is a simple case of overload. 99% of people on the planet have
Hotmail accounts (or thereabouts!) Of course, the system can't always cope.

There are many small email providers who provide reliable service. Try http://www.
yellowgrape.com, for example.

(BTW, I do maintain a Hotmail address in order to access MSN Messenger. Certainly never use it for
email!)










NateM -

"The Great Firewall of China", as it is sometimes known, isn't enforced uniformly throughout the
PRC. It depends on what firewall software the ISP is running as well as individual security
measures in place at whatever workplace, internet cafe, etc, you may be at.

I have most certainly had times when hotmail was blocked in China, not simply overloaded. There
have also been times when it was freely accessible. I've even had one experience where I was in
one cafe where it was blocked, and walked to another one in the same building and it wasn't: this
situation reversed itself abouta month later!

Overall, of the "Big Three" Western Internet companies, yahoo is probably the most reliable and
least likely to be blocked. Given their track record of helping to catch dissidents, I can't say
that I'm too surprised. That said, there are, as has already been mentioned, plenty of smaller
companies that will be able to give you reliable email service withough you having to worry about
being blocked, and thats probably what you are best off with.










mrtoga -

I have also been having trouble here in Beijing over the last week. I am blocked most of the time,
but am getting occasional access. It is certainly irritating.

I am being rerouted to a URL that contains the name of a company in Shanghai when I type in
www.hotmail.com - can't remember this happening before.

Maybe Bill Gates also insulted Hu Jintao in the US a few weeks ago and this is his retribution










roddy -

Anyone who's being directed to some other URL, rather than getting a standard 'could not be
reached' message, has probably picked up some spyware of one kind of another.










pandaxiongmao -

I know a lot of people here in Kunming that cannot access Hotmail. However, I know people in other
provinces that do not have trouble.

Other services like MSN Spaces work fine here. You might need to login at login.live.com and then
go to your MSN Space, but it is possible to load it.










Crivens200 -

I'm having problems here in Jiangsu province as well. This is definitely being blocked by someone
at the moment - nothing to do with overload. I can get in on a proxy server OK, but what a pain in
the butt.










mrtoga -

I am using an internet cafe for my hotmail account these few days - no luck accessing it. This is
in Beijing. I am surprised so few others are having trouble










badr -

I find Gmail to be quite a bit more reliable than any of the other two. The consensus so far seems
that the best way to access hotmail is by first logging on to your msn messenger; when you do
that, a little box pops up telling you how many new messages you have; click on it.












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