Hotmail Upgrade

BraveSirRobin · 08-07-2004, 16:53

Upgrade announcement for ALL MSN Hotmail customers June 24th, 2004

We are delighted to announce that MSN® Hotmail®, the world’s most popular free Web-based e-mail service, will be undergoing a major upgrade starting in early July. We will be introducing free e-mail anti-virus protection to all the 170 million MSN Hotmail customers worldwide, making MSN Hotmail the only free global e-mail service to both scan and clean incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses and worms before they can enter your inbox.

All MSN Hotmail customers have, or will be receiving, a service update email detailing the new and exciting changes. Further updates will be sent over the next few weeks so keep an eye on your inbox.

Later this summer, all free MSN Hotmail accounts will receive 125 times their current e-mail storage with the introduction of 250MB inboxes, and have the ability to send attachments up to 10 MB. This is in addition to the new scanning and cleaning of incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses and worms. MSN Hotmail customers will also receive MSN Calendar free, enabling both individual and shared diaries.

MSN Extra Storage to be upgraded to MSN Hotmail Plus
All current MSN Hotmail Extra Storage subscribers will be upgraded to our new premium web service, MSN Hotmail Plus due to launch later this summer.

MSN Hotmail Plus will be priced at £14.99* and will provide 2 GB of online storage for email and the ability to send 20MB attachments, as well as additional offline storage limited only by the size of your computer’s hard drive. MSN Hotmail Plus subscribers will also receive additional benefits, including a more streamlined Web e-mail experience with no graphical adverts and no account expiration.

For customers who need more storage for their Hotmail account in the weeks leading to upgrade then our MSN Extra Storage services will remain on sale until MSN Hotmail Plus is launched. However, we would recommend subscribing to the MSN Extra Storage 10MB at £14.99 service as this will be automatically upgraded to the MSN Hotmail Plus service and is also priced at £14.99 per year.

MSN Premium and MSN Plus upgrades
MSN Premium and MSN Plus subscribers will also receive 2 GB of online storage for email and the ability to send 20MB attachments. Click here for more.

We hope you find these upgrades exciting and continue to enjoy using MSN Hotmail and our premium web services subscriptions.

* You must agree to the MSN Subscription Agreement to access the service. For users of Windows® 98 or later operating systems only. Additional terms may apply.

Fallen-Angel · 08-07-2004, 17:03

Hotmail For Teh Win

Scottus · 08-07-2004, 17:08

yey, sounds good

Fudge · 08-07-2004, 17:10

250mb storage and 10mb file transfers will do for me :shiny1:

Jikel · 08-07-2004, 17:24

Wouldn't need 250Mb storage if Hotmail addresses didn't act as spam magnets! :-P

Seth · 08-07-2004, 17:38

Got this a few days ago, sounds cool.

Lseven · 08-07-2004, 17:42

Had 100mg email storage for 3/4 months now on Yahoo lol Not complaining obviously... hardly the daring move its made out to be though

Seth · 08-07-2004, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lseven

Had 100mg email storage for 3/4 months now on Yahoo lol Not complaining obviously... hardly the daring move its made out to be though

:shocked: Omfg! *checks Yahoo mailbox*

[Edit] Lmao, deactivated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fudge

I have the spam controls and nothing has got through it in well over a year. It just rests in my junk folder.

Same here.

Fudge · 08-07-2004, 17:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jikel

Wouldn't need 250Mb storage if Hotmail addresses didn't act as spam magnets! :-P

I have the spam controls and nothing has got through it in well over a year. It just rests in my junk folder.

Maximus2 · 08-07-2004, 18:08

looks like it will be well good, i just read the mail from em about it

BraveSirRobin · 09-07-2004, 11:52

be nice to have decent amount of storage

Revan · 09-07-2004, 12:07

hmm I should really check my email more than once a month.

Hanabi · 09-07-2004, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fudge

I have the spam controls and nothing has got through it in well over a year. It just rests in my junk folder.

Stuff does get through mine, and it even filters some genuine emails.
But the junk folder still takes up your account storage >.<

I gotta say though, not being able to send attachments over 1MB sucks! 10MB, woohoo ^^

Seth · 09-07-2004, 13:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanabi

Stuff does get through mine, and it even filters some genuine emails.
But the junk folder still takes up your account storage >.<

I gotta say though, not being able to send attachments over 1MB sucks! 10MB, woohoo ^^

Yeah, but the stuff in the Junk Mail folder gets automatically cleaned after 7 days.