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10th August 2008 - Link Blog

Why I can't put Tibet in my Hotmail address. Apparently it’s because “TIB” is name of a bank in Florida, and Microsoft are trying to prevent phishers from creating e-mail addresses that include the names of financial institutions.

Posted 10th August 2008 at 10:41 pm

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