So I can't find the link for the old net based mail comparison I was doing. It is gone to the archive in the sky, so I'll resurect this one as it is vaguely relevant.
For the record the largest amount of spam I received was 973 in one day (if memory serves it was 2nd October), and in case you need details, it was exactly the same piece of spam, and it completely filled my account, I guess more was sent but hotmail wanted to charge me money to receive that additional spam.
So I am personnally convinced that hotmail must sell on e-mail addresses, or have extremely lax security measures, because even the account that came in second (Verizon on my old DSL) received less in a month that an average day of hotmail. And the verizon account got used as a internet posted CV address - so you can imagine how much started to come through there.
Now I went back today and lo and behold - my time has expired and I have less than 30 days to activate it (I let my others go as they were just spam monitors) - but this one holds a special place in my heart as the straw that broke the camels back in my hatred for M$. So should I keep it, should I use it to fight M$ or just let it go, my final link, the last hold of M$ directly on my life.