Disclaimer: This works ONLY for newly created accounts and NOT pre-existing ones.

Step by step:

1.)Register an account at my.yahoo.com, and UNCHECK the create email automatically.

2.)Go to cn.mail.yahoo.com. Do not log out of the my.yahoo.com account.

3.)The interface is in chinese. Just enter your name and surname in the field and click activate.

4.)Now, logout of the account.

5.)You will be redirected to the login page. Click the orange button that is closest to the login box.

6.)Follow the intrustions and install the chinese messenger.

7.)After installing, go back to cn.mail.yahoo.com and click the button again.

8.)Login to your account.

9.)Congrats, you have a 1 Gb mailbox.

Sweet great trick, I'm gonna try it now

but isn't this in chinese? lol... what if i wanted my account at yahoo.ca to be 1GB

This isn't enlarging...

agreed, that's creating boo to that

Guys this worked.

The new account now has one 1.0 GB of space.

Thank you tsj6k.

I already have the 1G yahoo mail:)

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=228556

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=242279

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Sweet Alternative to gmail

Hmmm, I guess that I'm slightly confused on this...I presently have a 250MB Yahoo! Mail account:

XXXXXXX.yahoo.com (English interface) so I have just reviewed the above two posted threads also on this topic, and members have had this 'procedure fail'...

Actually 250MB is plenty for my needs, but 'if/when' I decide to try this method, does it then update my present XXXXXX.yahoo.com account of the same Yahoo! Mail addy to 1GB ? lol

Or does this method create a completely new Yahoo! Mail account with the cn.yahoo.com addy, hope that this is clear...

Dam...missed the 'allotted edit time'...anyways I see that it worked for devilman2590 with a 'newly created account'...but did not work for moi, as I was just trying to see if this method would indeed update my Yahoo! Mail account from 250MB to 1GB

Oh well...looks like Yahoo! figured it out and put the 'Kabash' on it, at least for those trying to upgrade their existing accounts...

This method or any other was/is never meant to work on already existing accounts. It works if you want a new @yahoo.com.cn account.

May be the mods should consider editing the topic title? It's misleading. One _can not_ increase their (already existing) yahoo mail storage quota.

trigger_my_passion,

Yes indeed, and thanks for clarifying this... Especially if this Topic is going to remain a pinned Thread... I followed all steps correctly, and had the Chinese/Yahoo/Messenger Plugin installed while using IE SP2, and tried several times...lol

Just really out of curiousity...

Thank god for simple instructions and I am glad Im not one of the ones trying to upgrade my existing account!!!!...lolzzz

Indeed. *This* thread's title needs to be changed as it would seem to suggest that you can enlarge the size of an EXISTING account whereas clearly the guide mentions creating a new account

topic sub-title edited.

then use gmail or your isp

Thanks Keldyn for your prompt reply/action to my PM...

this used to work for existing accounts, not anymore.

no problem

Yup, it only works for new accounts.

Yes, i agree that this trick is just creating a new account, but it is useful for those who udnerstands little/no chinese but still can be able to signup for the account.

Please ntoe that the address will be yahoo.com.CN

Hmm - pretty cool.

Check out hriders.com You get 1tereabyte off space. The first person to fill it up with 1tb of legal content get a free 1petabyte account. Who needs Gmail when you have hriders.com

Is this still working? Just finished creating a new account, and it it only 250mb. I unchecked the "Create Account" checkbox. I didn't understand the instructions that well. Can someone explain it more? I don' understand chinese so I don't know if I'm doing it correctly. Screenshots will help a lot. Thanks.

or, get an invite to gmail. no chinese needed.

Yahoo's 250mb is already plenty for email storage and my email still hovering between 10-15% usage. I'm happy with it atm

im just wondering if this still works. because i created a new account earlier and followed the instructions, but i only got 250mb..