If you don't check your email after a specified period (60 days comes to mind, but it might be different), Microsoft empties your inbox.

>Hi everybody,
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>In October at my short-term work place I created an account on hotmail and used it for work related mails. I was also using it for MSN messenger. I also created another account on yahoo. Both of these accounts are extra and I don't check e-mails on them often. But I use this account for MSDN forum, for example.
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>So, today I decided to check my e-mail in Hotmail and found completely different interface and 0 messages. Where did all my messages go? Was it some bug in Hotmail?
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>Not that I care that much, but still...
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>Thanks in advance.