Hello,
Not all cookies are evil. Some sites require cookies to function.
For example, this site requires a cookie to maintain your login to the forums.
It's not tracking or spying on you, it's how the software is programmed.
If they requiring you to allow 3rd party cookies that's a little different.
Actually I didn't catch that part of your comment until I got this far.
Yes, requiring 3rd party cookies to use the webmail interface is not good.
If you want to use Hotmail, but don't want to allow the cookies, you can use a pop3 mail program on your computer such as
Windows Live Mail to read and send your Hotmail.
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