Hotmail deleted my account

I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY when it was that I started using Hotmail. It was probably about ten years ago.

When, recently, I didn't use the account for a while - I guess it was for more than 30 days - Microsoft deactivated the account and deleted all the messages in it.

I can reactivate the account if I choose, but the ten years' worth of messages I had stored in there are gone forever.

Who do they think I am George Bush?

Thanks Microsoft. µ