well, Richard, in the US of A may be....but not in Europe and not in most places in Asia.
It did send for quiet a while but, as so many other services, it stopped and announces the "unable to send" after you have entered all vital details and it collected them....
Some countries are covered by MSN-messenger, but again....you only find out after all the details are made available first....
And of course, all the details provided will never be used to Spam you at all...