Certainly had one or two of these in the 90s. They were the first email not attached to a provider, so you knew you were safe to jump provider to provider in the dial-up days to gain the fastest, most reliable connection with out loosing your email everytime.!
It was used a lot for the then new msn messenger. Which was of course cool until the spammers got hold of it, not only with messages but also dodgy downloads to add extra "cool" emotes.
It was your go-to email client for creating what ever email name you wanted. Sadly being able to create multiple anonymous email addresses was its main downfall as websites and companys started blocking anyone with a Hotmail address, and thus the slow death begun as people moved away from the once great Hotmail.
