Thousands fall for Hotmail prank

I'm always pleased when I see healthy page views for our business stories - but there are exceptions.

Take this story: "MSN 'to charge user fee'" says the headline, and for a few weeks it has steadily moved up the ranks of our daily statistics. On Sunday it was the most-read business story, and on Monday and Tuesday it featured in the top five.

The hitch: It was written five years ago - on 25 February 2001.