MSN is closig ...!!!!

al salam 3laikom
i v received this message since 2 days

it says:

Hey it is tara and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption but
msn is closing down. this is because too many inconsiderate people are
taking up all the name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just one
person), we only have 578 names left. If you would like to close your
account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. If you would like to keep your
account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. This is no
joke, we will be shutting down the servers. Send it on, thanks. WHO EVER
DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST
10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. NOW YOU
KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE WHOLE EMAIL.
GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION. It's no joke if you don't believe me then go to the site
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm ) and see for yourself.
Anyways once you've sent this message to at least 18 contacts, your msn dude
will become blue. please copy and paste don't forward because people will not take it seriously that way.

but wht makes me angry that i receive this message since 3 years from various emails and i find that many people shared in sending it without being sure of its accuracy

i revised it and found tht it is not official at all but just

becasue of the following:

1. the directors names are in small letters but it is know that in any official message the directors names first letters should be in capital.
2. when i clicked the bbc links i found that: this news is since : Sunday, 25 February, 2001, 11:00 GMT
3. The director name at this time is : Neil Holloway
4. the news was talking about msn portal not hotmail service
5. If they were talking abot making users to pay fees for their emails , what makes them to improve the service"Hotmail Live" before collecting money
6. If microsoft thinks to collect money from users, they lose
   competition and also money with other email providers like Gmail

Finally i hope people revising messages b4 resending them to others and b4 they contribute to create a roamer

Salam