"Mike Williams" <nospam@econym.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ar$r4fLJUqcHFwlw@econym.demon.co.uk... > Wasn't it Kathryn M Rogers who wrote: >>Hello Listers, >> >>While my normal mail is with Bigpond, I also have a Hotmail account for >>some >>genealogy. I have not received anything for a few days which is most >>unusual. Is anyone else having trouble with their hotmail? > > I don't do Hotmail, but over the last few days I've noticed that several > ISPs have been having more problems than usual. I guess their systems > might be being managed by a handful of guys who weren't smart enough to > arrange to get time off over Christmas. > I use Hotmail for mailing lists, and have only had a few messages over the last couple of days. Mind you, there's not been much in the newsgroups either. I guess that the clue is in the dates - most people have other things to do on Christmas and Boxing Days, even if it's just eating too much, or (as in my case) exploring the books and data CDs that Santa brought. Lesley Robertson