Looks like Hotmail finally stepped up to the plate.... - Tilted Forum Project - TFP - Sexuality, Philosophy and Political Discussion

Fearless_Hyena · 09-25-2004, 03:15 AM

Looks like Hotmail finally stepped up to the plate with more storage space -- I just logged in and found I now have 250MB, more than Yahoo but still not nearly as cool as Gmail. Check it out, in any case!

synkron · 09-25-2004, 07:22 AM

Are you quite sure? I just logged in right now, and its still telling me I only have 2MB. But then I only use hotmail for MSN chatting, so it doesn't really matter... hotmail would still suck, even with 250MB.

shadowalker · 09-25-2004, 08:21 AM

I just made an account to check it out. I only got 2 megs. Thats no stepping up to the plate as i see it. I'll stick to my email from my ISP and my 5 gmail accounts.

ninety09 · 09-25-2004, 08:41 AM

All free hotmail acounts will have 250MB and the ability to receive/send 10MB attachments.

I believe that all acounts should be upgraded by the end of fall.

Glava · 09-25-2004, 08:48 AM

And it's all Google's fault.

Fearless_Hyena · 09-25-2004, 11:10 AM

Actually hotmail still sucks as a mail service, but I've had my account for years (it's my last name only) and I've been sick of having to constantly log in and clean out my junk mail since it's just under the 2mb limit.

And yeah gmail rocks, I love it. I'm trying to move to it as my primary webmail acct. I think their marketing and business plan is great -- the invite-only thing adds to the desire of people to be in the "in crowd", and the 1GB storage is bad ass. It's great how Google has forced all the other webmail portals to up the ante a little

SecretMethod70 · 09-25-2004, 03:38 PM

Yeah, it's cool and all, but you can get 1GB for free and NO invites with walla.com *shrug*

Hanabal · 09-25-2004, 06:48 PM

or spymac for that matter

SecretMethod70 · 09-25-2004, 07:23 PM

wow. Spymac looks REALLY cool. Not only does it ave 1GB of e-mail, but it has POP3 access as well

Neither GMail or Walla can say that. AAAND, it has 100MB of web space as well as some other cool features (especially if you're a mac user). Thanks - I finally know what e-mail service I'll be using once I graduate and lose my school e-mail.

EDIT: However, there is something disturbing in their license agreement....

Quote:

By posting any content or submitting any material to the Spymac website, you grant to
Spymac a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, or
publish such content or material.

heyal256 · 09-25-2004, 08:45 PM

I just checked my hotmail account and still no upgrade from the 2 mb.

As for spymac, I remember the reason why I never bothered with them it's reports like this

http://www.emailaddresses.com/forum/...?postid=251236

Quote:

"This is getting REALLY REALLY OLD. First I lost some of my email, now I have lost the rest. Yes, it is backed up, but still, this is insane. I PAID SPYMAC 40 DOLLARS!!! This shouldn't be happening.

Get you act together, or I will be wanting a refund for faulty services."

Well, as you can see the mail is lost also for the paid accounts. Also, there are a lot of posts claiming missing messages. No reply from spymac support.

Quote:

Spymac support wrote:

"Hi,
To the best of our knowledge, the mail and IMAP folders that were lost are irretrievable. We sincerely regret this loss and, we are taking steps to ensure that something like this does not happen again. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you.
Sincerely,
The Spymac Team"

I don't know if losing e-mails is still a problem for them but I wouldn't trust themto not lose my e-mails

kalisto_911 · 09-26-2004, 01:21 PM

I haven't had any problems with spymac so far, at least that weren't temporary. For a while some of the messages would show up in inbox but nothing would show up in the box when I went to view them. Might have been a browser or virus problem.

punx1325 · 09-26-2004, 01:37 PM

250mbs is great and everything but I'll stick to yahoo, atleast there I don't 100's of junk mail a day.

Paradise Lost · 09-26-2004, 02:39 PM

Using Spymac as of now. Hopefully I can find a way to incorporate this and my ISP as my
two main E-Mails, everything else goto my Yahoo and Hotmail accounts.

Ripsaw · 11-08-2004, 11:09 AM

I'm still suffering at 2MB. Has anyone been upgraded since this message was last posted?

Bill O'Rights · 11-08-2004, 11:29 AM

2MB here as well.

mikec · 11-08-2004, 11:33 AM

even if hotmail gave a gig, I wouldn't use it. The day I signed up my account, I started getting pr0n spam. I didn't put the email addy out there anywhere, and I'm getting horse fucker emails. fuck that. I stick with yahoo/gmail/email w/my website. I would never allow my kids to sign up for a hotmail acct, just because of the spam that immediatley floods the inbox.

gaiden · 11-08-2004, 03:18 PM

now, do yahoo and hotmail run the same schemes where they keep tabs on every piece of mail (or whatever gmails does) like gmail does?

Ripsaw · 11-08-2004, 04:03 PM

I don't recieve any 'horsefucker' spam, at least not anymore. Not even in my junk mail. The worst i get is ---_C_i_a_l_i_s_--- mail. And refinancing my mortgage. I don't have a mortgage. As far as I understand it, hotmail does not admit to scanning or archiving mail that goes through the servers. There are no targeted marketing campaigns that have been exposed, although you could ask the boys and girls in Paranoia. I signed up with a secondary hotmail acct that has since expired, but I never told anyone the address. I used it to sign up for the Cook's Illustrated website. It remained spam free for over a year.

gariig · 11-08-2004, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaiden

now, do yahoo and hotmail run the same schemes where they keep tabs on every piece of mail (or whatever gmails does) like gmail does?

EVERY mail server "reads" your mail. How do you think spam filters work? However, GMail targets you with ads similar to the Google Ads on webpages. On the flip side, I'd bet Y! and MSN are making their own database of information about you to target you with ads. I know they at least use your profile as I get a lot of Orlando and FL (where I live) ads and I think I've gotten a couple of local big resteraunts. So if you are paranoid about your "horsefuker" pr0n use something more secure...like PGP your email and make sure everyone you email has their own SMTP server.

Irishsean · 11-08-2004, 05:04 PM

I'm calling BULLSHIT on the whole everyone gets more space. Its been well over a month and I still have 2mb. I think someone paid for extra space and forgot about it.

sherpahigh · 11-08-2004, 05:20 PM

Nope, it's true. I got 250 awhile back without asking for it and I most definitly did not pay for it. I could care less really since I hardly use the address anymore, I just keep it for a few odds and ends.

nick1701a · 11-08-2004, 09:28 PM

I got my 250 MB a couple of days ago. I only use that account for site signups. At least now I won't have to clean it out every 2 weeks.

mmm...kyle · 11-08-2004, 09:42 PM

Finally got mine tonight, gone from having to delete Junk mail every day or so to save space to less than 1% used, woo and hoo.

bbbbbb555 · 11-08-2004, 09:45 PM

i still have 2mb, do i have to do anyhting to get the 250mb?

mmm...kyle · 11-08-2004, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbbbbb555

i still have 2mb, do i have to do anyhting to get the 250mb?

Not as far as I'm aware, I guess they have some system in place that sorts who gets it when... but I wouldnt know what that is. I'm sure your time will come soon enough.

billege · 11-08-2004, 10:39 PM

I'm still only using 1% of my gmail, I suppose I'll be okay.

Ripsaw · 11-09-2004, 09:44 AM

Allright! As of half an hour ago, I've received my upgrade to 250MB.

laconic1 · 11-09-2004, 10:33 AM

For those of you that have received the storage upgrade, how long have you had your accounts? I have had mine since January '02 and still no upgrade. Also what web browser and operating system do you use to access your Hotmail account? If Yahoo could upgrade all their accounts at once I don't see why Hotmail can't do the same. Both of my Netscape accounts have been upgraded to 250 megabytes.

mikec · 11-09-2004, 10:34 AM

ahaha, I like how a couple people reiterated horsefocker. I'm telling you, within a day of signing up for hotmail, I got beastiality spam. ridiculous.

superiorrain · 11-09-2004, 02:12 PM

I've had mine since '02 and still no update for me. Maybe everyone else is special.

But then again i never have had one piece of spam on it. Which i'm sure is not normal, so maybe i am special after all. hehe

09-25-2004, 03:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Fearless_Hyena Hello, good evening, and bollocks. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: near DC	Looks like Hotmail finally stepped up to the plate.... Looks like Hotmail finally stepped up to the plate with more storage space -- I just logged in and found I now have 250MB, more than Yahoo but still not nearly as cool as Gmail. Check it out, in any case!

09-25-2004, 08:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
shadowalker Psycho Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Firefox yourself and change the world!	I just made an account to check it out. I only got 2 megs. Thats no stepping up to the plate as i see it. I'll stick to my email from my ISP and my 5 gmail accounts. __________________ I'll make ya famous!

09-25-2004, 03:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Learning Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	Yeah, it's cool and all, but you can get 1GB for free and NO invites with walla.com shrug __________________ Watch as the internet implodes!: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/found-n...-implodes.html

09-25-2004, 06:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hanabal Insane Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Auckland	or spymac for that matter __________________ I am Hanabal, Phear my elephants

09-26-2004, 01:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
kalisto_911 Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dreams	I haven't had any problems with spymac so far, at least that weren't temporary. For a while some of the messages would show up in inbox but nothing would show up in the box when I went to view them. Might have been a browser or virus problem. __________________ I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with. [Plato]

09-25-2004, 07:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
synkron Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: in the midst of a dissociative fugue	Are you quite sure? I just logged in right now, and its still telling me I only have 2MB. But then I only use hotmail for MSN chatting, so it doesn't really matter... hotmail would still suck, even with 250MB.

09-25-2004, 08:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
ninety09 Flavour of the Weak Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada	All free hotmail acounts will have 250MB and the ability to receive/send 10MB attachments. I believe that all acounts should be upgraded by the end of fall.

09-25-2004, 08:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
Glava Betitled Join Date: Jul 2004	And it's all Google's fault.

09-25-2004, 11:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Fearless_Hyena Hello, good evening, and bollocks. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: near DC	Actually hotmail still sucks as a mail service, but I've had my account for years (it's my last name only) and I've been sick of having to constantly log in and clean out my junk mail since it's just under the 2mb limit. And yeah gmail rocks, I love it. I'm trying to move to it as my primary webmail acct. I think their marketing and business plan is great -- the invite-only thing adds to the desire of people to be in the "in crowd", and the 1GB storage is bad ass. It's great how Google has forced all the other webmail portals to up the ante a little

09-26-2004, 01:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
punx1325 Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego	250mbs is great and everything but I'll stick to yahoo, atleast there I don't 100's of junk mail a day. __________________ If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is....

09-26-2004, 02:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	Using Spymac as of now. Hopefully I can find a way to incorporate this and my ISP as my two main E-Mails, everything else goto my Yahoo and Hotmail accounts. __________________ "Marino could do it."

11-08-2004, 11:09 AM	#14 (permalink)
Ripsaw Chef in Training Join Date: Aug 2003	I'm still suffering at 2MB. Has anyone been upgraded since this message was last posted? __________________ "We are supposed to be masters of space, but we cant even line up our shoes?" One life, one chance, one opportunity.

11-08-2004, 11:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Super Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the dust of the archives	2MB here as well. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

11-08-2004, 11:33 AM	#16 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Stratford, CT	even if hotmail gave a gig, I wouldn't use it. The day I signed up my account, I started getting pr0n spam. I didn't put the email addy out there anywhere, and I'm getting horse fucker emails. fuck that. I stick with yahoo/gmail/email w/my website. I would never allow my kids to sign up for a hotmail acct, just because of the spam that immediatley floods the inbox. __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

11-08-2004, 03:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
gaiden Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003	now, do yahoo and hotmail run the same schemes where they keep tabs on every piece of mail (or whatever gmails does) like gmail does?

11-08-2004, 04:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
Ripsaw Chef in Training Join Date: Aug 2003	I don't recieve any 'horsefucker' spam, at least not anymore. Not even in my junk mail. The worst i get is ---_C_i_a_l_i_s_--- mail. And refinancing my mortgage. I don't have a mortgage. As far as I understand it, hotmail does not admit to scanning or archiving mail that goes through the servers. There are no targeted marketing campaigns that have been exposed, although you could ask the boys and girls in Paranoia. I signed up with a secondary hotmail acct that has since expired, but I never told anyone the address. I used it to sign up for the Cook's Illustrated website. It remained spam free for over a year. __________________ "We are supposed to be masters of space, but we cant even line up our shoes?" One life, one chance, one opportunity.

11-08-2004, 05:04 PM	#20 (permalink)
Irishsean edited for content Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX	I'm calling BULLSHIT on the whole everyone gets more space. Its been well over a month and I still have 2mb. I think someone paid for extra space and forgot about it. __________________ There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. Leon Trotsky

11-08-2004, 05:20 PM	#21 (permalink)
sherpahigh So Hip it Hurts Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Up here in my tree	Nope, it's true. I got 250 awhile back without asking for it and I most definitly did not pay for it. I could care less really since I hardly use the address anymore, I just keep it for a few odds and ends. __________________ "It'd be better for me if you don't understand"

11-08-2004, 09:28 PM	#22 (permalink)
nick1701a Rookie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kansas	I got my 250 MB a couple of days ago. I only use that account for site signups. At least now I won't have to clean it out every 2 weeks.

11-08-2004, 09:42 PM	#23 (permalink)
mmm...kyle Tilted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sitting by the tyne	Finally got mine tonight, gone from having to delete Junk mail every day or so to save space to less than 1% used, woo and hoo.

11-08-2004, 09:45 PM	#24 (permalink)
bbbbbb555 Crazy Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Southern California	i still have 2mb, do i have to do anyhting to get the 250mb?

11-08-2004, 10:39 PM	#26 (permalink)
billege Watcher Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio	I'm still only using 1% of my gmail, I suppose I'll be okay. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentance: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."

11-09-2004, 09:44 AM	#27 (permalink)
Ripsaw Chef in Training Join Date: Aug 2003	Allright! As of half an hour ago, I've received my upgrade to 250MB. __________________ "We are supposed to be masters of space, but we cant even line up our shoes?" One life, one chance, one opportunity.

11-09-2004, 10:33 AM	#28 (permalink)
laconic1 vroom Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arapahoe County	For those of you that have received the storage upgrade, how long have you had your accounts? I have had mine since January '02 and still no upgrade. Also what web browser and operating system do you use to access your Hotmail account? If Yahoo could upgrade all their accounts at once I don't see why Hotmail can't do the same. Both of my Netscape accounts have been upgraded to 250 megabytes.

11-09-2004, 10:34 AM	#29 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Stratford, CT	ahaha, I like how a couple people reiterated horsefocker. I'm telling you, within a day of signing up for hotmail, I got beastiality spam. ridiculous. __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

11-09-2004, 02:12 PM	#30 (permalink)
superiorrain Addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London	I've had mine since '02 and still no update for me. Maybe everyone else is special. But then again i never have had one piece of spam on it. Which i'm sure is not normal, so maybe i am special after all. hehe __________________ "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." - Arthur C. Clarke