Hotmail 250MB storage

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richardycc

Diamond Member
Apr 29, 2001
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they upgraded my wife's account, she rarely uses that account too, me on the other hand, my hotmail inbox gets full all the time, still no upgrade yet. I think they only upgrade those that don't really need the extra space.
 

BCYL

Diamond Member
Jun 7, 2000
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Yeah I logged in yesterday and I have been upgraded to 250MB... woohoo! More room to hold spam...
 

eelw

Lifer
Dec 4, 1999
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Yes. Upgraded just 2 days ago. Had account since '95. I'm in Canada, but when I created the account, I said I was in the US.

Now I'm just waiting for my Sympatico (partnered with MSN) account to get upgraded to 2GB.
 

MaxDSP

Lifer
May 15, 2001
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None of my 3 accounts have been upgraded yet, the oldest one being 7+ years old.

Had to clean and backup my email from my primary account yesterday, I was at 85% full.
 

GagHalfrunt

Lifer
Apr 19, 2001
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I've got 4 hotmail accounts that I use for various purposes including one that's my spam catcher. 1 has been upgraded, 3 have not.
 

n7

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Jan 4, 2004
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Nah, not yet, but i don't get much spam anymore, which is nice.

I got gmail though...so i don't really care :)
 

Gibson486

Lifer
Aug 9, 2000
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I have not checked my account in 3 weeks, so i am guessing that all emails are not being sent to me now.....
 

amdguy

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Jun 23, 2004
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me too, the funny thing is that my mail box was 98% full and i didn't have time to clear it. Hotmail sent me the storage critical e-mail and I still ignored yet, then yesterday morning when I woke up, BAM..250MB!!!

i think hotmail gauges your box size, if you always keep it very empty, they think you don't really need 250MB, that is my take