New MSN Hotmail Problem

New MSN Hotmail, which I understand from my company mail provider, implement new protocol when receiving email where it require 'sender id' and, as I experience in my company, email send to Hotmail account from our company's email domain (through our mail provider smtp server) never went through.... this was never been the problem before MSN Hotmail upgrade. The new MSN Hotmail indeed has cool interface and can be set look like familiar Outlook/Outlook Express because the are now using AJAX (well... GMail use this similar technology much more earlier). But the look don't justify if it doesn't functioning properly.

Well, it seems that Microsoft implement tighter control to overcome the spam/illegitimate email problem. Previously, my Hotmail account keeps receiving junks since old Hotmail's junk filter is not as good as GMail or Yahoo! Mail.

One solution is using major ISP smtp server, instead of your existing mail provider smtp server, when sending the email. For my case, I now use Singnet smtp (mail.singnet.com.sg) and problem with Hotmail settled.

Or, ask your friends not using Hotmail anymore.... better migrate to GMail!!