my_hero51 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2004 Ok, so my hotmail account got uprgaded recently to a nice 250mb account but i, just like all of my friends encountered some problems. It seemed that the site was now all of a sudden very vunerable to crashing. Now, just so everyknows, i found that when i let my ad bloker, unblock this site, then its did start to work as per normal. I was just wondering if anyone else had these problems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spirit_valley 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2004 Ok, so my hotmail account got uprgaded recently to a nice 250mb account <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But until now my account is still a small 2MB thingy...How can one upgrade to 250MB? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluntPorcupine 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2004 It upgraded automatically for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_hero51 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2004 Hotmail upgrades your account automatically. You have no controll over when/how this is done. I just simply logged in and noticed that they had this extra 250mb storage which just wasn't there before. I now have a Gmail account which i have to say is far better then hotmail. Your able to do everything much quicker plus instead of just a measly 250mb account you get a whole 1Gb account for free. However, you cannot sign up to this, you have to be invited by someone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xeon 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2004 I have hotmail and its ok. Although the 250mb storage is enough, there are too many advertisements placed around the pages when you check your mail. GMail I think is much better, with more search features and only Google ads placed on the pages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srbin 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2004 i start using hotmail 2 years ago but i dont like that my space is still limited at 3 mb!! I hope they will upgrade my account soon!!!i am also using Yahoo and Gmail !!! On Yahoo i have 250 mb but there a lots of advertising blocks...Gmail is the best!!! With 1 gb of space and nice features, it is my choice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N3ptUn3 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2004 im gettin sick of hotmail. everytime i login it freezes my internet browser for like 5 minutes! and there are way too many ads and pop ups and other annoying things. they do have everything nicely laid out though. i would get a gmail account,but whats the point when i have my own email with basically unlimited space heh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
templest 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2004 I use Gmail and my own eMail (from the hosted space). Hotmail is horrible for many reasons. One, they delte your account if you don't log on for too long. They have advertisements all over the place. Only 3 MBs of space, although I did get recently upgraded to 250Mbs. They don't let attachments bigger than 10 MBs. The list goes on. But what I'm saying is that "free" email service providers are really not worth it. You either get your own email server (like, for example the one I'm using on Xisto), or you get a paid host, or some other, good, free provider. Gmail is free and awsome. So, I dunno. I only use my hotmail account for signing up for websites, because I don't want my real accounts being spammed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FaLgoR 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 I use hotmail, and I wanted to change for Gmail, but I used hotmail for a long long time, and now its on every site on the web (LoL). Every signup for a site I've used this e-mail, and now I got some dependance from it. If I change it now, it would to cause much problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milk 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 Yeah, hotmail sucks because of, what Templest said, they delete your account after like..10 days of not logging in. It's lame because it has a lot of unecessary features and it has ads all over the place. It's just easier to get Gmail. It's simple and fast, even if it is a Beta version. And there's more room to grow with Gmail. Plus, hotmail sounds lame. =P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
byrdhouse 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 Yeah, I agree with everyone on this...Hotmail is not the greatest out there. One addition...It seems that Hotmail allows everyone and their brother to send you email. I wouldn't say it's direct spamming because you allow this open door policy by using Hotmail, but geez. To me, Hotmail and other free e-mail accounts have created a form of legalized spamming. Give me a break! I use Yahoo and I instantly received 250mb of memory, don't nearly have as much "spamming" or advertisement or am able to come back to it and use it again after being away from it for awhile. I also received the 250mb upgrade from Hotmail. (I think they felt soory for me because I kept nearly maxing out the account and they got tired of sending all of the warnings. ) I will continue to use Hotmail but am slowly progressing to Yahoo.Take Care Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
