HOTMAIL!!!!!

Happydude · 07-09-2004, 04:09 PM

HOTMAIL IS FINALLY UPGRADING STORAGE!!!

i got this email from hotmail staff today:

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Dear MSN® Hotmail® Member:

As a valued MSN Hotmail Member, we want you to know that there are some exciting changes coming soon to your account that will help you do more, receive more and store more than ever before. And it's FREE.

That's not all. We're rolling out email antivirus protection as well as enhanced storage to help meet your growing needs. This will make MSN Hotmail, a world class email service that both scans and cleans ingoing and outgoing email for viruses and worms before they enter your inbox.

In addition to delivering world-class antivirus protection, you can also look forward to an upgrade in your storage capacity. In fact, you'll receive 125 times your current email storage with the introduction of a 250 MB inbox as well as the ability to send attachments up to 10 MB.

We'd like to thank you for being a valued MSN Hotmail Member and look forward to telling you about more exciting changes to your Hotmail account in the coming months.

We will send an update on when and how these exciting changes will be made to your account within two weeks. Please check your email for this important update.

Thank you, and enjoy the good news.

MSN Hotmail Member Services.

Typhoid · 07-09-2004, 04:10 PM

I got it too, and i was all " hahahahahaha.....meh."

But its still awesome.

Bond · 07-09-2004, 04:11 PM

I haven't gotten the e-mail yet... I'm sure this has nothing to do with Gmail.

GameMaster · 07-09-2004, 04:12 PM

Not 1G of space? Tsk tsk tsk

gekko · 07-09-2004, 04:33 PM

Hotmail = Bad setup, spamtastic, and full of ads

Gmail = No spam, no ads, clean look

I'll keep the gekko-mail account.

Null · 07-09-2004, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

Not 1G of space? Tsk tsk tsk

1000MB, not 1GB

i know i know, im just being a smart ass. but its true

hehehe

and i think it has a bit more to do with yahoo, yahoo upgraded thiers i thought to 100mb. hence why hotmail uped it to 250mb.

gmail is yahoo's/googles beta one, hotmail is going to have to take a BIG step to compete with gmail once gmail is open to everyone.

Happydude · 07-09-2004, 04:49 PM

meh...im happy with hotmail, i do get a ton of junk mail...but i dont have to sort anything it because it all goes into my junk mail folder automatically thx to the filters...and i was fine with 2mb...but now that it's getting to 250mb...i'm even happier!

Classic Rocker · 07-09-2004, 05:31 PM

Nice! All of my mail accounts are finally getting upgraded.

thatmariolover · 07-09-2004, 05:36 PM

I read about this a month ago or so. It's cool. But Hotmail really doesn't work for me. You sign up for an email address and they sell it; seriously. I'll sign up for a Hotmail account, and within minutes I've recieved several spam emails. With GMail I haven't recieved a single piece of spam.

It's an improvement, but not enough. GMail is the way to go for webmail in my book.

Jonbo298 · 07-09-2004, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

Hotmail = Bad setup, spamtastic, and full of ads

Gmail = No spam, no ads, clean look

I'll keep the gekko-mail account.

Gmail has ads but they arent as big or intrusive as Yahoo does

Stonecutter · 07-09-2004, 07:51 PM

http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/

All of you gmail-i-philes would do well to read that.

Jonbo298 · 07-09-2004, 08:00 PM

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We don't use Gmail, but it is safe to assume that the ad matching is no better in Gmail

That's like saying "I don't like that food because it looks bad" before you even take a bite from it.

And I'll reiterate this again and again...Your not being forced to use Gmail. If you don't like a remote computer using just keywords to put a NON-INTRUSIVE ad on the right side, then go use Yahoo or Hotmail. Don't piddle ass around complaining about Gmail. Go to Yahoo, Hotmail, or your ISP's email.

Jason1 · 07-09-2004, 08:02 PM

I also got that email the other day. I was fairly shocked. And very happy, because I dont want to change my email address and now I wont have to.

Happydude · 07-09-2004, 10:36 PM

the one and only reason i don't want a gmail account is because i don't feel like changing anything. as in, i don't want to tell everybody to email me at that account when everybody on my msn list is allready used to my current email. besides, i barely use email at all, 98% of the time i check my mail, the other 2% i send emails.

so like i said, i'm pretty happy with the way things are going with hotmail.

GameMaster · 07-09-2004, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter

http://gmail-is-too-creepy.com/

All of you gmail-i-philes would do well to read that.

Stop trying to stir up trouble, you know just as well as the rest of us that Gmail is safe and friendly.