Hotmail's 250MB upgrade

[hotmale]

I've heard some rumours about users in other forums who have already received the 250 megs, so I rushed to check but mine was still at 2MB :( What about you guys?

[rik]

still 2mb.

:mad:

[rohitk89]

2 mb here as well...im even getting notices wen my inbox gets close to the size limit...

[Conan]

Still the pathetic 2 mb.

[rik]

But yet my Yahoo acct that I only use for junk is 100mb...go figure.

[SupaStar]

LOL...250MB here and loving it!!! It's about time too.

Everyone I know has already moved to 250MB....I wonder what is happening with you guys.

[rik]

lol, I guess they're "punishing" the other than Aussies :D




:offtopic:

Woohoo!!
Guess I'm not as observant as I thought...just noticed that I broke the 2000 mark!! and I still remember becoming a Bronze Member.

[coathanger007]

Aussie with 250MB -woohoo. Almost reached 100% of my 2MB storage only 2 days ago :D

[hotmale]

I've just checked again, still 2 megs :mad: and I'm using 97% of it. But if you guys are noticing changes, that's a good sign :)

[hotmale]

It's official :D

Hotmail rolls out 250MB storage capacity in AU

Microsoft has followed through with its long-awaited plan of increasing Hotmail users' storage capacity to 250MB.

Hotmail users were this week pleasantly surprised to find the increase in free e-mail storage limits from 2MB to 250MB finally start to kick in. Microsoft announced its massive expansion plan last June but did not specify when it would become available.

A spokesperson for the Microsoft/Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) joint venture in Australia, ninemsn, told ZDNet Australia that the roll out for the storage upgrade in Australia will be finalised in two weeks. She clarified that there was "no delay" in the roll out for the storage increase since its announcement in June. She added that ninemsn simply prioritised first the upgrade of its anti-virus feature, which was the top service requested by majority of their 4.1 million customers.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39163112,00.htm

[Reverend]

Still only 2MB for me,but i don't use it that much so i ain't too bothered.

I get 2GB with my ISP anyway. :)

[Big Booger]

I was sneaky and got an MSN email account with 2GB when they made the screw up some months ago.. :D

[joshsiao]

Still stuck at 2 mb though I thin they are really slow. I think of moving towards more and more to my gmail account though I don't want to contaminate it with all the junk that has been tormenting my hotmail account.

[Liquidhail]

still 2mb here aswell

[workjohnout]

Still 2 MB Here

[SupaStar]

Well I'm happy with the 250. Best thing Microsoft has done in a long time. I've even started running Hotmail through Outlook since I am starting to accumulate my emails as opposed to going through and deleting old ones daily. Outlook just helps me manage them and find the emails I need more quickly.

[hotmale]

all the junk that has been tormenting my hotmail account.I think it's very unfair that -unlike Yahoo! mail- the junk we get in Hotmail counts toward our mailbox storage quota. :mad:

[rik]

I just think they need to hurry up and upgrade my acct size.

[SupaStar]

I think it's very unfair that -unlike Yahoo! mail- the junk we get in Hotmail counts toward our mailbox storage quota. :mad:

I don't know if it has been the same for you, but since Hotmail upgraded the mail interface I have been receiving MUCH less junk mail. Now I only get 9-10 SPAM emails go to the Junk mail folder and about 1-2 slip through to my Inbox (per week).

[hotmale]

Well if you're getting less junk , SupaStar, that's good news, but I still don't understand why the filtered spam (which is sometimes as big as 300KB) is considered a part of my 2MB storage space. But that shouldn't be a problem after I get the 250MB :D

[Silver-Fox]

Still 2mb for me too :(

But i have a Gmail account, 1 GB free space :) so im moving away from Microsoft and crappy Hotmail (no Microsoft bashing intended ;) )

Btw just wanted to say hi as its my first post :)

[hotmale]

Welcome to TZ, Silver-Fox :D We're very happy to have you here with us.
Most of us have Gmail accounts as well, but probably don't want to change the addresses due to the trouble involved I guess.

[Big Booger]

Gmail seems to be the way to go. Especially with the ability to use your Gmail account as an online file storage system.. :D Hotmail has perks. I use it and it works flawlessly with Outlook. If I had 250Mb of storage I'd be happier. Maybe they might upgrade freely in the future for all??

[SupaStar]

Gmail seems to be the way to go. Especially with the ability to use your Gmail account as an online file storage system.. :D Hotmail has perks. I use it and it works flawlessly with Outlook. If I had 250Mb of storage I'd be happier. Maybe they might upgrade freely in the future for all??

I'm sure it's in the works.

[rik]

YEA...I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!YEA...YEA...YEA...I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!


I'm Somebody now...

[Rex Mundi]

Still 2MB for me. Damn, my email starts with an 'r'. If it's done in alphabetical order I guess i'll still have to wait for it.

[lynchknot]

would you store music on google? Is it ok? I only have 20 GB of music but it takes up space I hardly listen to anyway.

[SupaStar]

YEA...I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!YEA...YEA...YEA...I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!


I'm Somebody now...

There you go! Enjoy :D

[rohitk89]

YEA...I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!YEA...YEA...YEA...I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!I FINALLY GOT MY 250 MB!!


I'm Somebody now...

wow...lucky you...

[egghead]

my main hotmail account always gets the warning that i am approaching the max of 2 meg and I just checked one of my rarely used hotmail accounts and it has the 250m storage

:sigh:

[Conan]

I don't care about my 2 mb Hotmail anymore. My G-mail already offers free POP3 service! :thumbup:

[rohitk89]

i heard they're upgrading gmail to pop3 in phases as well...which means i dont have Gmail POP nor do i have a 250 mb size hotmail acct....i heard yahoo was upgrading to 250 as well

[SupaStar]

I don't care about my 2 mb Hotmail anymore. My G-mail already offers free POP3 service! :thumbup:


I never really liked the Gmail web interface. POP sounds promising.

[Rex Mundi]

POP3 isnt working here with thunderbird. I did exactly as what is said under the tab 'new features'. Maybe firefox doesnt save my preferences that i want POP3 enabled?

[Big Booger]

I finally got upgraded to 250MB now no more of those annoying notices about inbox being filled.

Do they still have that 30 day disactivation policy?

[rik]

yes

[Dehcbad25]

I still have 2 MB and it seems I was the only with the Outlook Express not being supported too :(
For almost a whole week I could not check my email thru Outlook because I was receiving a message that using Outlook with Hotmail wasn't supported anymore :( Maybe, this is a preview of things to come?
I am using Hotmail instead of Yahoo just because I can connect with Outlook Express. If I could use Outlook (downloading the whole email not header) or any other email manager I would be even happier. I know I won't pay for an email account that receives as much as 60 spam messages a day :p
Thought their new spam system is working better. Unfortunately I couldn't get a Gmail. :(
BTW, I am posting today, because finally I could connect with OE :p

[hotmale]

I can't believe it... still 2MB :mad: and I hit the 100% storage limit almost everyday.

[Dehcbad25]

I got the 250 on one of my accounts. I have 3 but one I never check (probably is closed already)
Still, no upgrade on my main one

[rohitk89]

stillllll 2mb here !! :(

[Silver-Fox]

I finally got 250Mb yesterday :D

[joshsiao]

Me too still at 2MB. And they are advertising all over of their 250MB storage!!

[Laylah]

Still 2MB for me. Damn, my email starts with an 'r'. If it's done in alphabetical order I guess i'll still have to wait for it.
My account starts with 'a' and is still 2mb. Guess they are upgrading geographically, which means that I'll wait forever, since things in México are done specially slow.

But I use Outlook to check my mail, so I rarely receive the limit warning.

Congratulations to the lucky ones that now have the 250,

[Dehcbad25]

Still low 2 MB. Also, I checked my other account which I created with BB's suggestion to get the 2 GB, and.......I have 2 MB :p
I had to re-accept the agreement and go thru activation, like if I left it in half...maybe because I didn't log in for a long time??

[lynchknot]

looks like they are starting up here. All 3 hotmail accounts have been enlarged - msn accounts have not been.

[rohitk89]

maybe its becuz mine is an msn account
...but today wen i went to my inbox it showed me a page with details on wat they have done to improve my inbox...better virus scanning...faster uploading and wat not...no 250 mb tho...

[Big Booger]

MSN accounts was a 2GB error.. they stopped that shortly after I posted it.

[nakul_gupta]

2 MB here as well

[adeel_bm]

Here u go and say some gud words 4 me..... :thumbsup:
Do the folowing steps and N'joy..........
*Open yor msn account & as soon as u reach uor inbox,do the next step.:cool:
*Click the options button....and and :p
*Click the personal setting then click profile button...
*Select the contry Australlia & any city & any postal addy :D
Now, wait 4 two dayz....and then say few good words 4 me.... :msnnerd:
Procedure:
Your account will be tranferred to ninemsn which is currently offering 250 mb.

[rohitk89]

ok ill do that...thanks in advance, if it works :D

[SupaStar]

Hehe, can you really do that? WOW!

[Liquidhail]

Ive had 250 MB for a few weeks now no trick required :)

[rohitk89]

well ive got ninemsn now...but still 2mb...lol...

[nakul_gupta]

250 MB here.....finally :D

[petard]

I've had 250 Mb for about 2 months. If you sign up with a new account you start at 25 Megabytes.

[FastGame]

Mine just changed to 250mb :)

[Enigma]

Mine has been upgraded to 250MB for a while now. I also just signed up for a Gmail account with 1GB of storeage and up to 10MB file attachments! Sweet! :D

[SupaStar]

Sounds like the rest of you guys are catching up! Do you use Outlook or just the web interface?

Has anyone found a way to get the rich-text functionality working in firefox??

[Big Booger]

Yahoo just bumped me up to 250MB storage space.. Nice! :D

[Conan]

Yahoo just bumped me up to 250MB storage space.. Nice! :D

Same here. Still 2 mb with Hotmail though.

[hotmale]

Has anyone found a way to get the rich-text functionality working in firefox??I'm not sure about this, but did you try disabling the pop-up blocker?

Same here. Still 2 mb with Hotmail though.Same here as well.

[Laylah]

Sounds like the rest of you guys are catching up! Do you use Outlook or just the web interface?

Has anyone found a way to get the rich-text functionality working in firefox??
I use Outlook almost always. Never tried the rich-text in my browser, guess I'll take a look to it soon.

Still my lovely and adorable 2MB, even with an account moved to Tasmania, pity... :(

[SupaStar]

@Hotmale - Popup blocker doesn't seem to affect it. It has something to do with Microsoft's non-standard coding from what I understand.

@Laylah - Sounds like Outlook is the best way to use Hotmail. I get much quicker access to my emails however it's always a risk running Outlook as it is so prone to malicious attacks.

[Dehcbad25]

HURRAAYY!! I got the 250 MB both in Hotmail and Yahoo.
@Layla, do you use Outlook or Outlook Express? I find Outlook to take time to synch, and also it doesn't download the message, just the header. Just because of that is that I use Outlook Express

[hotmale]

@Hotmale - Popup blocker doesn't seem to affect it. It has something to do with Microsoft's non-standard coding from what I understand.The reason I suggested that is 'cause Google Toolbar's pop-up blocker used to prevent Hotmail rich-text in IE.

[adeel_bm]

Hey...
My trick is working well... I have 3 acconts, and all of them are enhanced to 250mb. :o ... All u hav 2 do is change the country to australlia in your hotmail profile.
Also, changing your location 2 Uk in Yahoo profile... u will sudddenly cope 250mb there as well...
URL for yahoo: http://edit.yahoo.com/config/set_intl
ITS ALL ABOUT REGIONAL DIFFERECE :D
Bye.

[rohitk89]

yeah the trick worked for me too..i have 250 mb now...hurray!

[Conan]

Hey...
My trick is working well... I have 3 acconts, and all of them are enhanced to 250mb. :o ... All u hav 2 do is change the country to australlia in your hotmail profile.
Also, changing your location 2 Uk in Yahoo profile... u will sudddenly cope 250mb there as well...
URL for yahoo: http://edit.yahoo.com/config/set_intl
ITS ALL ABOUT REGIONAL DIFFERECE :D
Bye.


Mine has always been set for the US and it's already at 250 mb.

[hotmale]

Great! I'll do it too :D

[Laylah]

HURRAAYY!! I got the 250 MB both in Hotmail and Yahoo.
@Layla, do you use Outlook or Outlook Express? I find Outlook to take time to synch, and also it doesn't download the message, just the header. Just because of that is that I use Outlook Express

I use Outlook, just for the joy of having my tasks listed. But if anyones has a better idea/program for that I'll be glad to read/use it. I sometimes miss using Outlook Express...

[nebbish]

still at 2mb even though i changed my region to australia... :(

[rohitk89]

wait a while nebbish...it might take longer for some and might be quicker for others...

[SupaStar]

wait a while nebbish...it might take longer for some and might be quicker for others...

Might be quicker for you to move to Australia :p

[egghead]

anyone know if we have to log in once a month or loose the account?

yahoo gives 3 months so i recommended yahoo to everyone hehe

[SupaStar]

Yeh you have to continue to login monthly with Hotmail.

[rohitk89]

Might be quicker for you to move to Australia :p

lol...

[diginetamar]

same here guys its still 2MB :mad: . are they cheating :confused: ?

[Laylah]

I tried the trick, waited like 3 weeks or so and still had only 2 mb... :( Guess it wasn't meant to happend... Thanks anyway.

[tarun]

I still have 2MB too. Ive been tossing and turning at nite abt this, I get a lot of personal mail, I need that hotmail ID!
I bet that Turd Bill Gates uses Gmail and Mac OS X on his home computer!!!

[adeel_bm]

HI
Your problem is genuine owing when I had changed my region in hotmail profile in some 20ees of NOV, the ninemsn were going to update there remaning (or all) members to 250mb in the 1st month of december...
And now there isnt any mention of updating there new members (who are converting there region!) because hotmail is now offering the new member sigup of 250 mb! It is true... Now download opera browser and open the hotmail site in it! (as it will open that old look hotmail site, one appearing some yrs ago). From there, u can signup 4 new account having 250mb storage and 10mb attachment and so...

Anywayz, can somebuddy guide me that how can i configure my outlook express or ms outlook as a mail manager for hotmail and yahoo... there are certain configurations of stmp server and so... is there any alternative to hotmail plus!!
Regards,
Adeel. ;)

[tarun]

HI
Anywayz, can somebuddy guide me that how can i configure my outlook express or ms outlook as a mail manager for hotmail and yahoo... there are certain configurations of stmp server and so... is there any alternative to hotmail plus!!
Regards,
Adeel. ;)

To use yahoo with OE you gotta pay them and subscribe to their POP service. Doesn't OE configure the HTTP server automatically for Hotmail ?
Or did i misunderstand you? :confused:

[adeel_bm]

Yup dats wat i want to no that inspite of this subsciption on yahoo and that on hotmail (called HOTMAIL PLUS service), is there ne alternative. I have 3 accounts on hotmail, if I suscribe 4 one wat about rest of them... Will I able to open them along??? :confused:

[rik]

One of these links should help you configure your Outlook Express to work with Hotmail.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=outlook+express+hotmail

[hotmail250]

You can use the following Trick:

Important: When trying to increase your limit,you may be loosing all emails stored in your hotmail inbox, so please follow the instructions below prior to go into the increasing procedure.

All your emails in the mail box may be deleted as the new account settings will REFRESH your inbox. Please backup your emails before proceding.
One method for backing up is, first of all make an extra folder in your mail box, and move your emails from your inbox to that newly created folder.
However there is no need to backup your addressbook or msn messenger contacts, they will remain unchanged.

GOOD LUCK.

To increase Hotmail Account Limit to 250mb
Follow these steps..!!

Login ur hotmail account and go to options.
Go to "Personal"
Click "My Profile"
Change Country to "United States"
Wait for browser to load United states settings.
Change the state to "Florida" and zip code "33332"
Click "update"
Click "Continue"
Go to "Language" and make sure its "English"
Paste the following link in the same browser and hit go.

http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose

Wait until the Screen says you're Hotmail is Closed and scheduled to be deleted.
Click "Close Account".
Go back to login page and relogin to ur hotmail account..!!

Your account size will now increase to 25 MB which a month later becomes 250 mb.
Good Luck..!!

PS.It worked, however i guess the Florida thing is simply a diversion because new hotmail accounts are given 250 by default now. So the trick is to actually "de-activate and re-activate the account" only !

Dont worry i have tried it and it worked before sending to you.

[Conan]

You can use the following Trick:

Important: When trying to increase your limit,you may be loosing all emails stored in your hotmail inbox, so please follow the instructions below prior to go into the increasing procedure.

All your emails in the mail box may be deleted as the new account settings will REFRESH your inbox. Please backup your emails before proceding.
One method for backing up is, first of all make an extra folder in your mail box, and move your emails from your inbox to that newly created folder.
However there is no need to backup your addressbook or msn messenger contacts, they will remain unchanged.

GOOD LUCK.

To increase Hotmail Account Limit to 250mb
Follow these steps..!!

Login ur hotmail account and go to options.
Go to "Personal"
Click "My Profile"
Change Country to "United States"
Wait for browser to load United states settings.
Change the state to "Florida" and zip code "33332"
Click "update"
Click "Continue"
Go to "Language" and make sure its "English"
Paste the following link in the same browser and hit go.

http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose

Wait until the Screen says you're Hotmail is Closed and scheduled to be deleted.
Click "Close Account".
Go back to login page and relogin to ur hotmail account..!!

Your account size will now increase to 25 MB which a month later becomes 250 mb.
Good Luck..!!

PS.It worked, however i guess the Florida thing is simply a diversion because new hotmail accounts are given 250 by default now. So the trick is to actually "de-activate and re-activate the account" only !

Dont worry i have tried it and it worked before sending to you.

I followed your instructions and it's at 25mb now.

[hotmale]

I followed your instructions and it's at 25mb now.So? That's what he/she said:

Your account size will now increase to 25 MB which a month later becomes 250 mb.

[Dehcbad25]

how do you deactivate a hotmail account??

[Conan]

how do you deactivate a hotmail account??

Didn't you read the whole post? :D

http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showpost.php?p=80677&postcount=84

[hotmail250]

I am glad to know that the "trick" has worked for you guys.

[hotmale]

I've been waiting all this time and still no sign of the 250 megs.
No, I don't want to try any tricks to get what I'm not supposed to get :mad: Gmail for me from now on :cool:

[Dehcbad25]

My sister's account hasn't get upgraded yet, either. But she did not try any tricks. She did not known even that hotmail has been upgrading to 250 (What you don't know, doesn't hurt ) :p

[tarun]

I havent got my 250mb till now. Ive tried 'loire' in france, and some state/region is australia (dont remember). Im still waiting............................
I have gmail, but still - its nasty not to have 250mb when so many of my friends who dont even know they had 250mb have 250mb.
they should give space out based on usage or something.

[rohitk89]

funny...i have a feeling they realized wat was going on and disabled the upgrade to accounts which logged a change in profile in the recent past...

or maybe if they are doing it by region they migh have passed the region u selected.. and u might need to try another one..

[EyeScream]

You can use the following Trick:

PS.It worked, however i guess the Florida thing is simply a diversion because new hotmail accounts are given 250 by default now. So the trick is to actually "de-activate and re-activate the account" only !

The trick worked like a charm for me, thanks.

[adeydas]

but the bottom line will always be the same, shift to gmail for the best mail service on this planet.

[hotmale]

but the bottom line will always be the same, shift to gmail for the best mail service on this planet.You bet! :thumbsup:

[adeydas]

people people, look at gmail; over 2GB of space. if you don't want gmail, try yahoo; 250MB of space and they have plans to make it 1GB soon. or try rediffmail.com, they provide 1GB as well.

[Dehcbad25]

but none provides access thru Outlook or Outlook Express (or thunderbird, or whatever) for the free service. Recently I got a notice from Hotmail that they will stop the Outlook OE access for free new accounts

[tarun]

but none provides access thru Outlook or Outlook Express (or thunderbird, or whatever) for the free service. Recently I got a notice from Hotmail that they will stop the Outlook OE access for free new accounts
Gmail provides free pop3 access for OE, Outlook, thunderbird, etc :)
All Hail the Google God, All Hail Gmail...
Link (http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273)

[Conan]

Looks like this upgrade is never going to happen to my hotmail e-mail. :mad:

[deLucifer]

well, still 2mb... how many days it took for changes? i have already following how to upgrade the capacity... mh... im little bit confused... which part i have to change the location... in the profile, theres a work location, home location and bla..bla... and also, i try to changes it all... but nothing different? still 2mb... can someone do a favor? plisss....

[deLucifer]

Yoo guys, pliz help me... :(
i try to upgrade my msn account by changing the country to united state, and wrote florida, zip code 33332... but when it ask for closing account... error "Due to an internal error your request cannot be processed.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later"
so what happen? :confused:

i have hotmail (..@hotmail.com) account too, and it works. :D
can you guys help me? is there another way to upgrade my msn account? thanks! :(

[Muhammad Irfan]

The same happened with me as well but I kept on trying and I can't remember exactly wat I did that night but the next day when I opened my account it was nt 250 MB but 2000 MB.Beleave me or nt but it is true.I again tried it on a couple of my friends accounts but it did'nt worked.
I guess it is due to some flaw as instead of 250MB free account I got 2000 MB paid (u've to pay some 17$ yearly ) account for free.
I,m sure the Guru's would've noted that pt and will be trying to exploit that flaw.

[stream]

interestingly,just like hotmail users said, as long as you changed your location,the space was automatically updated to 250MB during registeration, mmm. I really think,for get it,what should I do first is to change my nationality to other countries.

[Linedawg]

250 MB here

[tarun]

www.aim.com is now offering 2GB. But I don't know why it would be preferable to Gmail.

[tarun]

I am happy -
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3419/14bs.th.jpg (http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=14bs.jpg)

Wonder what I should use now, hotmail or gmail...

[Mike_1668]

Hi There Folks I don't know if it is going to work with you, it did work with me to increase from 2MB to 25Mb, and I did it by the following procedure.

First I Check In my Account and went to the options tab, after that I went to my profile and moved myself to New York.

I did set up even a postal code and apply the changes to my profile.

After that I just check out and a few days later my inbox was increased to 25mb.

Hope this help you to have a little bit more, even if it is not the 250Mb offered by Microsoft