A New 2GB Mail=@msn

[CrimsonBlur]

I have an MSN Dial-up account and my storage space is still currently 10MB... so I'm not sure what you guys are talking about here.

[elliotng]

Dudes, the 2GB @msn account will be revert back to 2MB :bounce:

Hotmail slip improves members' memory

Last modified: July 22, 2004, 12:45 PM PDT

By Jim Hu

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

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What a difference a few zeroes make.

Some new users of Microsoft's Hotmail on Wednesday got a pleasant surprise when they received 2 gigabytes of storage upon registering for the popular free e-mail service. That's a thousand times more than the 2 megabytes that new users should be getting.

Microsoft confirmed on Thursday that some free e-mailers were given the wrong amount of storage and that 2MB is the correct amount, claiming the matter was caused by an "error." The software giant that day was busy upgrading its paid users to 2GB, which costs $19.95 a year, and some of those perks slipped into free accounts.

"When rolling out 2GB of storage, it inadvertently went over to free users as well," a Microsoft representative said.

Unfortunately for those benefiting from the error, Microsoft plans to revert these free accounts back to 2MB. However, free Hotmail users will get their own storage boost later this summer or early fall when the company increases their memory limits to 250MB.

E-mail storage has become a hot topic over the past few months. It all began when Google announced its intention to launch its own free e-mail service, called Gmail, that would give every user 1GB of storage. The move sent shockwaves across the industry, causing its fiercest rivals to follow suit.

In June, Yahoo responded when it upgraded its own e-mail storage by boosting free accounts to 100MB and paid users to 2GB. A week later, Microsoft took it a step further with the announcement of its 250MB and 2GB plans.

Microsoft is not the first to stumble in revamping its e-mail service. In May, some Gmail users noticed their storage limits had skyrocketed to 1,000GB, or 1 million megabytes of memory. Google soon fixed the glitch and restored its 1GB limit.Source

[hehehe]

darn :(

[glitch409]

pretty conviniant error, think about it. how many of you would have never installed the msn software and registerd for that account if they had never heard of this. we all played right into what they wanted, talking about the 2gigs at msn rather than the 1gig at gmail. seems like a big publicedy stunt by microsoft to me.

[JaredFrost]

pretty conviniant error, think about it. how many of you would have never installed the msn software and registerd for that account if they had never heard of this. we all played right into what they wanted, talking about the 2gigs at msn rather than the 1gig at gmail. seems like a big publicedy stunt by microsoft to me.

I think it's more likely they screwed up than thought that little gem up

[un0]

Why do some people act as though getting rid of MSN Explorer is such a task?

It takes me 10 secs.

[mswarts]

I still get 2gb but I tried to make an account for my friend using msn explorer and only got 2mb I think they caught on to us

Yep. I confirm.

[Neilzsche]

Damn, back to Gmail

[goni_8128]

Damn, back to Gmail

I try to see my inbox but "The page cannot be displayed". :ninja:

Hey, guys, try www.walla.com. 1 GB free email and so cool and simple design. :laugh:

[goni_8128]

Damn, back to Gmail

I try to see my inbox but "The page cannot be displayed". :ninja:

Hey, guys, try www.walla.com. 1 GB free email and so cool and simple design. :laugh:

[Tropical Dream]

i had two accounts that was 2GB but they changed to 2MB everytime i set the alerts. so don't set the alerts cause it will make the account go back to 2MB!! :crazy:

what do you mean alerts??

is your account 2gb or 2MB now?

[Robert McClelland]

I'd still have mind 2gigs yet. :)I'm one lucky ones hehe

I'm not getting out my email to no one because I don't want spam lol My hotmail one is worst.

Edited July 23, 2004 by Robert McClelland

[d4rkn1ght]

So much for the 2GB free mail. :hmmm:

Oh well, only 2MB here for now!

[Rahul]

lol , you can never trust microsoft even with the bugs they have , mah borther was all lone ranger on mah ass after he got the 2gig msn account as i have a 1gig gmail account but now im having the last laugh as he cant stuff more than 2mb in his so called 2gb account , guess its just a bug in display, in reality they are 2mb accounts only .

[[M]]

that's probably true, but my @msn.com account still displays 2000mb :p

[sbbtpp]

what do you mean alerts??

is your account 2gb or 2MB now?

my account is 2MB now. what i mean by alerts (in messenger go to tools, options...,then click on the phone tab then under mobile devices.) i set it where people on my contact list could send messages to my phone if i wasn't online. everytime i did that it made my 2GB accounts go to 2MB. hope i cleared that up

[raider360]

So much for the 2GB free mail. :hmmm:

Oh well, only 2MB here for now!

Same here :ninja:

[Crazysah]

So? Some free users got 2000mb and are still at 2000mb. The other free ones will only get 250mb?

Anywayz, is there any method to get your free account upgraed to 2000mb? Not creating a new account the exisiting one?

[Ghatak]

i still have 2000 mb :D

[goni_8128]

i still have 2000 mb :D

Yes, me too i have 2000 MB. But i'm waiting to decrease from Microsoft :no: I hope this 2 GB accounts will be permanently. :laugh: Cheeeeeeeers!!!

[gregstar05]

Word is it from Microsoft that the accounts will soon be dropped to 2MB! as soon as the upgrade has been completed.

"Unfortunately for those benefiting from the error, Microsoft plans to revert these free accounts back to 2MB. However, free Hotmail users will get their own storage boost later this summer or early fall when the company increases their memory limits to 250MB."

[goni_8128]

Yes. Coming soon accounts with 2 MB and 2 GB will be resized to 250 MB.

[goni_8128]

However 250 MB is very nice when hotmail is very nice email.

[msg43]

Just wait a few months gmail will be public and it will work. The interface is sweet and 1 gig of free storage. What else do you need maybe even pop3 access and then in like the year 2006 IMAP support or sooner.

[ZuLwArN]

well mine is still 2gb :D .. btw .. what if somone fill it to more than 250mb in that 2gb email ? r they gonna delete those files that he have in his email ? O_o