Yahoo Mail Storage increase

[nubbler]

My Yahoo account just got upgraded from 100 to 250 mb. They probably did this to get even with hotmail (literally).

It would be cool if hotmail now went to 300 and then yahoo to 350 and the hotmail to 400 etc. Till they offer us more email space than we have hard-drive space

[RenamonXP]

Yeah I just posted a similar post. I was unaware that someone had already commented about this. I feel that the email companys will probably always want to be one step ahead of the other one so DO look for increases just not right away. I prefere Yahoo to Hotmail anyway.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by RenamonXP Yeah I just posted a similar post. I was unaware that someone had already commented about this. I feel that the email companys will probably always want to be one step ahead of the other one so DO look for increases just not right away. I prefere Yahoo to Hotmail anyway.

I also prefer Yahoo over Hotmail. but I also prefer Gmail over Y!

[DragonNOA1]

I really have no idea why anyone would use hotmail. It aggrevates me. I know Hi Ho uses it but I will never know why. :|

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

The only time I use hotmail is at school. It is the only one out of the three that attachements work with the schools javascript settings, don't know why, and probably won't ever find out. At home I use POP3, and my host claims I have 500 mailboxes available, each with 1GB of storage. Maybe I should fill them all up, and see if it is still 1Gb. I prefere POP3 over everything else.

[kram 2.0]

I use both GMail and Y!, but Yahoo! seems to be a very good service for how much you have to pay (approximately no money ). Overall, I like it.

kram

[Carl Price]

Originally Posted by DragonNOA1 I really have no idea why anyone would use hotmail. It aggrevates me. I know Hi Ho uses it but I will never know why. :|

Why, because I have had my Hotmail account since 1996 and it has folowed me thru several ISP changes. I have had Hotmail since before Microsoft had it. It allows me to check my email from any computer in the world no matter where I'm at.

I know these are generic advantages available with any web based email, but I have had Hotmail so long that it is hard to change. Besides I don't want to learn a new email address.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by Carl Price Why, because I have had my Hotmail account since 1996 and it has folowed me thru several ISP changes. I have had Hotmail since before Microsoft had it. It allows me to check my email from any computer in the world no matter where I'm at. I know these are generic advantages available with any web based email, but I have had Hotmail so long that it is hard to change. Besides I don't want to learn a new email address.

I guess, I'm a bit different, if I see something better I just change. And if I wouldn't want to change my address, just set up forwarding.

[Hi Ho]

I really have no idea why anyone would use hotmail. It aggrevates me. I know Hi Ho uses it but I will never know why. :|

What's wrong with Hotmail? I have had my account for years. I have no reason to change. The junk mail filters are excellent. I never get junk mail in my inbox. I'd say that's a rather large feat with all the spam floating around out there today. The interface is nice. It's not confusing. Also, it integrates nicely with MSN Messenger (though there seems to be something wrong with that at the moment). I don't see why people would hat Hotmail so much. Is it because it's Microsoft? What is it?

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by Hi Ho What's wrong with Hotmail? I have had my account for years. I have no reason to change. The junk mail filters are excellent. I never get junk mail in my inbox. I'd say that's a rather large feat with all the spam floating around out there today. The interface is nice. It's not confusing. Also, it integrates nicely with MSN Messenger (though there seems to be something wrong with that at the moment). I don't see why people would hat Hotmail so much. Is it because it's Microsoft? What is it?

I don't hate Microsoft at all. But the page setup that hotmail uses drives me cuckoo. And I use Yahoo Messenger, so I guess yahoo mail makes more sense that way too.

But I don't mind if anybody else uses hotmail, it's their pick, but yahoo works better for me.

[Hi Ho]

I don't care who uses what either. I just don't see why some people hate it so much. In fact I have a Yahoo account for miscelaneous stuff I sign up for and don't want to use my main email. It's a lot easier to sign into the Yahoo account than it is to sign in and out of two Hotmail accounts.

[DragonNOA1]

Well, when I have used it, it was hard to navigate. Yahoo was much simpler. I don't use MSN Messenger, don't know anyone on it, and it seems kind of gimicky to me. Plus while I was riding high with 6MB mail, everyone I wanted to send videos and pics to on hotmail kept getting bounced back. I have no idea why someone would have choosen their 2MB mail when 6MB was free from yahoo, which integrates nice with its own messenger I might add.

Even tho hotmail has bigger boxes now, i think, it will still linger in my mind that they aren't good b/c Yahoo has 250MB now, great filters, searchable mail, yahoo IM integration plus loads other deals just for signing up with yahoo, like access to geocities and their music broadcasting program/site called Launch. Yahoo makes it easy. You won't see me switching anytime soon.

[Hi Ho]

You won't see me switching anytime soon.

The same goes for me with Hotmail. Hotmail/MSN offer very similar things. They are just under different names. I still don't see how MSN Messenger is gimmicky though. It is rather straightforward with nice features.

[DragonNOA1]

Okay, I will hold judgment on it until I use it more (MSN Messenger) but you can't deny yahoo and aim are more popular. I seriously have never met anyone who uses msn im.

[RenamonXP]

MSN IM? Can't say I have either. I have a Hotmail Name and a Yahoo name. I have a Gmail account as well and I really like the way its set up. Yahoo is just as good but yeh! =)

[Hi Ho]

Well I haven't met anyone that uses AIM. I know some people that use Yahoo IM along with MSN Messenger but no one that uses AIM. I don't see why AIM is so popular. I think it's crap. With all that junk in puts on you PC I will never touch it even if I do know someone that uses it.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by Hi Ho Well I haven't met anyone that uses AIM. I don't see why AIM is so popular. I think it's crap. With all that junk in puts on you PC I will never touch it even if I do know someone that uses it.

I've never met anyone either and I also think it's junk mostly cuz of the junk and spyware it loads your computer with.

[Jaggannath]

Originally Posted by Hi Ho The same goes for me with Hotmail. Hotmail/MSN offer very similar things. They are just under different names. I still don't see how MSN Messenger is gimmicky though. It is rather straightforward with nice features.

Although I use MSN Messenger, I actually find it a little gimmicky and such... but for what it is, I have no problems.
I'm with you here HiHo... I've had no problems with hotmail, it's junk filters are excellent, and to be completely honest I've never tried another companies. I wish I'd thought of that trick of having 2 accounts on different servers so that I didn't have to log out of hotmail each time I wanted to check my junk email account

[lostplanet]

i really like Yahoo mail, have had a hotmail account for years but the 2MB cap was just hopeless and the 30-45 day limit i didn't like either.I dont use MSN mess or Yahoo mess just AOL because most of my friends have or use to have AOL dialup before broadband.
Shame that yahoo uk has changed there homepage and got rid of the "personal assistant" which i thought was good and useful and put some junky personal finance thing in it's place which does not interest me at all.
Whats the time limits on Y!, Hotmail and Gmail? do they close down/reset after a certain amount of time unused?

[Hi Ho]

If you don't log into your account for a certain amount of time it will be closed. I believe that's true for most free email accounts.

[digitalfreedom64]

I have both yahoo and hotmail. I like hotmail better because it seems to me that the junk filter better, the one on my yahoo account lets a whole lot more through. Hotmail's interface is slightly more dificult to navigate but it's in reality very simple. I use aol, msn, and aol messengers. I like yahoo best, msn, then aol. My thoughts on this are that they are all a matter of preference.

[palloco]

Weird I have like 60 msn contacts, 10 yahoo, and 5 ICQ. Gamer and young comunity tends to use everything from microsoft.Heh, but i just stopped using them and now i only communicate by IRC.