Taking a new twist on an old antispam method, Microsoft plans to use white lists for its free Hotmail e-mail service.

Days after Yahoo unveiled new mechanisms for controlling spam, or unsolicited junk mail, on its free Web e-mail service, Microsoft sent Hotmail account holders an e-mail that pledged to upgrade its services with the white lists next month and offered a sneak peak of how the system will work.

A white list checks incoming mail against a list of addresses that the account holder has already approved.
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