Hotmail - temporarily suspended - has happened twice now

[idds]

Hotmail is turning into an annoyance.

On 2 accounts now I've gotten "temporarily suspended" notices.

I have to enter a phone number and receive a text.

Mildly annoying. I am accessing the emails thru thunderbird on an international VPN, and also logging into the VMs that I've setup to manage the accounts.

I can only assume this is the trigger, but who knows. Past the login screen I get a message about unauthorized access, check my mailboxes.

Regardless, if others are getting this, might be nice to know what the triggers are.

[spindoctor]

Never heard of that before and i use a lot of hotmail accounts.

[JamesNorth101]

What VPN are you using?

[idds]

The international? Shouldn't say. Tunneled into Luxembourg.

This VPN and the vms have no connection... different ips.

[JamesNorth101]

The problem you are most likely facing is the IP address that you are using from the VPN

If you are using a pretty cheap VPN then chances are the IP range is known to be used by scammers and spammers hence your issue

[idds]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

The problem you are most likely facing is the IP address that you are using from the VPN

If you are using a pretty cheap VPN then chances are the IP range is known to be used by scammers and spammers hence your issue

Ya, I can see how that might be the issue. It's know for certain types of downloading.

[JamesNorth101]

Use a different VPN and you should be fine

[slokor]

All of these big free email providers are a pain and its become more so progressively over the years.
I myself am thinking of switching to a few of the smaller (and more appreciative) service providers who will be happy to have my business and wont hassle me a fraction as much as the big companies.