Description: A hoax. The text of one such email follows:

be down on november 15 2001.
All people who have a hotmail account, please forward all your important mail to another account and save all your address book.
You have to forward this mail to at least 20 people or your account will be closed 5 days after receiving the email.
Thanks
webmaster@hotmail.com

Remember: Hoaxes are a waste of both time and money. Please don't forward them on to others. And if you are tempted to forward something just in case, read the article Toxic Excuses instead.