Bigger Hotmail Inbox (250MB)
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While signing in to Hotmail today, I noticed that the login screen says Inbox size has been increased to 250 MB and attachment size to 10 MB. So I had a look at my Inbox - it indicates that I'm using 15% of my 2MB :mad:. Then I thought - maybe it's only for new accounts? So I signed up for a new account using new name etc. Same result - also appears to have 2MB limit. Anyone have any ideas about the 250MB Inbox? Maybe because my hotmail profile has me listed as being in South Africa? -- modified at 4:39 Saturday 1st April, 2006 OK - got the answer. I looked through HOTMAIL HELP, and discovered that it is country-specific, and South Africa isn't on the list. 250 MB is available in: Australia (AU), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Brazil (BR), Canada (CA), China (CN), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Hong Kong (HK), India (IN), Italy (IT), Japan (JA), Korea (KR), Mexico (MX), Netherlands (NL), Singapore (SG), Spain (SP), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Taiwan (TW), United Kingdom (UK), United States (US),
Same problem here. Perhaps it's only for US users? :~ Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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No thanks. I had a Gmail invitation offer a month back and decided that I don't need the extra space, at the expense of an additional account. I have had the hotmail address for 4 years, so all sorts of important sites have it as my "back-up" email address, for when I loose their passwords. If I tried to change to Gmail, I'd forget half of those sites. But if Hotmail are making their Inbox bigger, I'll have one of those please!
Doesn't Hotmail have an auto forward option, so you can have hotmail forward everything into your gmail account? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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Doesn't Hotmail have an auto forward option, so you can have hotmail forward everything into your gmail account? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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Same problem here. Perhaps it's only for US users? :~ Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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Same problem here. Perhaps it's only for US users? :~ Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
No - I'm in the UK, I've had 250MB for (literally) years.
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While signing in to Hotmail today, I noticed that the login screen says Inbox size has been increased to 250 MB and attachment size to 10 MB. So I had a look at my Inbox - it indicates that I'm using 15% of my 2MB :mad:. Then I thought - maybe it's only for new accounts? So I signed up for a new account using new name etc. Same result - also appears to have 2MB limit. Anyone have any ideas about the 250MB Inbox? Maybe because my hotmail profile has me listed as being in South Africa? -- modified at 4:39 Saturday 1st April, 2006 OK - got the answer. I looked through HOTMAIL HELP, and discovered that it is country-specific, and South Africa isn't on the list. 250 MB is available in: Australia (AU), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Brazil (BR), Canada (CA), China (CN), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Hong Kong (HK), India (IN), Italy (IT), Japan (JA), Korea (KR), Mexico (MX), Netherlands (NL), Singapore (SG), Spain (SP), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Taiwan (TW), United Kingdom (UK), United States (US),
Unfortunately, I think this is US Only since my account shows the 250 Mb limit, and I'm in the US. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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While signing in to Hotmail today, I noticed that the login screen says Inbox size has been increased to 250 MB and attachment size to 10 MB. So I had a look at my Inbox - it indicates that I'm using 15% of my 2MB :mad:. Then I thought - maybe it's only for new accounts? So I signed up for a new account using new name etc. Same result - also appears to have 2MB limit. Anyone have any ideas about the 250MB Inbox? Maybe because my hotmail profile has me listed as being in South Africa? -- modified at 4:39 Saturday 1st April, 2006 OK - got the answer. I looked through HOTMAIL HELP, and discovered that it is country-specific, and South Africa isn't on the list. 250 MB is available in: Australia (AU), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Brazil (BR), Canada (CA), China (CN), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Hong Kong (HK), India (IN), Italy (IT), Japan (JA), Korea (KR), Mexico (MX), Netherlands (NL), Singapore (SG), Spain (SP), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Taiwan (TW), United Kingdom (UK), United States (US),
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Thanks for the suggestion - I don't remember a forwarding option! I will look into that. Almost certainly still have to log on to Hotmail every few weeks or else they will terminate the account.
normanS wrote:
Almost certainly still have to log on to Hotmail every few weeks or else they will terminate the account.
Not true - I just logged into my old hotmail without having done so for approx. 6 months probably. BTW, I'm in the Netherlands and have 250MB as well ;P But then again, who wants hotmail when there's ISP email/own domain email/Gmail? :) Paul
Where a pointless picture of song titles once resided only blank space now remains.
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No - I'm in the UK, I've had 250MB for (literally) years.
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normanS wrote:
Almost certainly still have to log on to Hotmail every few weeks or else they will terminate the account.
Not true - I just logged into my old hotmail without having done so for approx. 6 months probably. BTW, I'm in the Netherlands and have 250MB as well ;P But then again, who wants hotmail when there's ISP email/own domain email/Gmail? :) Paul
Where a pointless picture of song titles once resided only blank space now remains.
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My Inbox definitely shows a 2 Meg limit - I wonder what I have to do to get the 250Meg. Gmail may be the way to go - I'm probably going to change ISP (again) so I don't want to use their email.
Want me to send you a Gmail invitation? I have too many anyway... ;P edit: maybe they think us Dutch need more space than you SA'ns (says a South African - *g*) ;P Paul
Where a pointless picture of song titles once resided only blank space now remains.
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Same problem here. Perhaps it's only for US users? :~ Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
OK - got the answer. I looked through HOTMAIL HELP, and discovered that it is country-specific, and South Africa isn't on the list. 250 MB is available in: Australia (AU), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Brazil (BR), Canada (CA), China (CN), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Hong Kong (HK), India (IN), Italy (IT), Japan (JA), Korea (KR), Mexico (MX), Netherlands (NL), Singapore (SG), Spain (SP), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Taiwan (TW), United Kingdom (UK), United States (US). Too bad, so sad, we don't get it.
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Want me to send you a Gmail invitation? I have too many anyway... ;P edit: maybe they think us Dutch need more space than you SA'ns (says a South African - *g*) ;P Paul
Where a pointless picture of song titles once resided only blank space now remains.
-- modified at 4:39 Saturday 1st April, 2006