I have been receiving my MSN email on Outlook using Verizon DSL and a
verizon/MSN program. Last week, verizon dropped the MSN service (I still
have an MSN hotmail account), and I can no longer receive my MSN email on
Outlook. E-mail is still there on Windows Live, but I hate Windows Live.
When I called Verizon, they told me that Microsoft had blocked all hotmail
accounts on Verizon.

This seems too incredible to be true. Has anyone else had a similar
problem? Is Microsoft really blocking hotmail accounts on Outlook?