Thank you for comments there. Hotmail drives me crazy because it takes forever and I also can not stand many of the advertisements - they seem pornographic almost. It's very annoying. I used to like hotmai a lot more, when it first came out. It seemed less cluttered.
Do terrorists using gmail accounts get offers to buy cell culture medium, fertilizer, and low-cost internet flight school courses?
Note that they scan and permanently archive incoming e-mail, too, so don't send e-mail to a gmail account unless you want it permanently available to Google. (This archiving is even if you delete your account.) Their policies are very open ended as to what they can do with your information...they basically give away a large account as incentive for you to give them your e-mail.
Note that there are very sneaky terms that few people read. Most companies say they will release your identity and records to the FBI if subpoenaed. But what would you say if you give away the right of Google to let the FBI--or the International Criminal Court--on their own whim. We might not have an ICC now, but if in 20 years we continue on this path, your e-mail might come back to haunt you. Click here for more info on why I don't reply to gmail messages.