Took a bit to find, but of historic interest: http://tamersahin.com/mssecrets/hotmail.html
I remember the news articles around that time and their laughter. It was still fun to read a decade later; we've come so far, yet not so far at all depending where you look. ~JasonG > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 7:08 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hotmail? > > You can find the whitepaper that discusses the Hotmail move to Windows. > It's available for download at Microsoft.com/downloads. > > The product you are thinking of is MCIS - Microsoft Commercial Internet > System. It was supposed to be integrated into Exchange/IIS with "Project > Mercury". Effectively, it was replaced by HMC, but all of the goals of > Mercury weren't realized until "Exchange Hosting Mode" was released with > Exchange 2010. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:49 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hotmail? > > I remember years ago when they aguared hotmail it ran on UNIX. There was > talk of moving it to windows. I also remember Microsoft had a product they > offered to large ISPs for email but I do not know what ever happened to > that product. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > > -----Original Message----- > From: messagel...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:31 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Cc: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Hotmail? > > Nope it is home grown (says the former Hotmail Operations PM). > > Kat Aylward > > > On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:12 PM, "Ryan Finnesey" > <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone happen to know what Microsoft is using to deliver the > Hotmail service? Is it Exchange? > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
