# 250 mb of Hotmail?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 10, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002 "2004-11-10T12:14:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Zarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarina)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/1 "2004-11-10T12:14:57Z")
I signed into my hotmail now and I found out I have 250mb! I used to only have 2mb. I checked with my other hotmail account and it still only has 2mb and I checked with some friends and they also have 2mb. Has this happened to anyone else and can anyone explain it?
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### Author:  [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/2 "2004-11-10T12:19:24Z")
Nope. Lucky illegitimate son.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/3 "2004-11-10T12:26:36Z")
Odd. I have 3 hotmail addresses and two are still 2MB but one is 250MB now.
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### Author:  [@Zarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarina)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/4 "2004-11-10T12:33:00Z")
I did a search and it turns out that MSN are upgrading [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20040624-3926.html](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20040624-3926.html) and were meant to release it in July had it not been for Yahoo! Seems that G-mail has upped the competition…
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/5 "2004-11-10T12:42:31Z")
Mine was upgraded sometime between 6pm Nov 9 and 6:30am NOv 10 (CST)
Others have had thier accounts upgraded earlier.
Brian
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/6 "2004-11-10T13:27:26Z")
Now all 3 are 250mb. Yehaw, no more having to delete old messages to make room.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/7 "2004-11-10T13:58:20Z")
Me too; the upgrade just happened - although actually, that’s not true; Hotmail Member Services sent me a message (which I usually ignore) saying it would happen ‘later this year’.
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### Author:  [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/8 "2004-11-10T14:00:37Z")
Mine was upgraded to 2000MB sometime over the summer. I think that’s because I pay the $20/year for increased storage space.
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### Author:  [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/9 "2004-11-10T19:52:23Z")
Anyone know if the file size limit on attachments has been increased as well?
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### Author:  [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/10 "2004-11-10T20:02:58Z")
From the help file:
> [@](#):
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> Depending on your subscription level, you can send messages up to 20 MB each, including attachments.
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### Author:  [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/11 "2004-11-10T20:05:05Z")
Mine just got switched over today, too.
Maybe now they’ll shut the F up with the “member services” e-mails, telling me I’m close to my limit.
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### Author:  [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/12 "2004-11-10T20:27:39Z")
> [@Patty O'Furniture](#):
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> From the help file:
A single attachment can only be up to 10mb though, according to the letter I got.
They’re still upgrading accounts, though? I would have thought they’d be done by now. Mine got upgraded ages ago
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### Author:  [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/13 "2004-11-10T21:39:37Z")
One of my three accounts suddenly swelled to 250 MB. Of course, I switched over to gmail along time ago, but my hotmail still sees plenty of action.
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### Author:  [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/14 "2004-11-11T05:38:34Z")
**Poor suckers. Earlier this year Yahoo! gave everybody an upgrade to a GB of memory.**
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### Author:  [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/15 "2004-11-11T06:13:32Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#):
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> **Poor suckers. Earlier this year Yahoo! gave everybody an upgrade to a GB of memory.**
LIES! Yahoo only gives 100MB for the free accounts.
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### Author:  [@Zarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarina)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-mb-of-hotmail/274002/16 "2004-11-11T11:58:37Z")
Yeah I think prisoner6655321 means Gmail. 😛