# Hotmail gets more room
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-gets-more-room/252020
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 24, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-gets-more-room/252020 "2004-06-24T14:52:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-gets-more-room/252020/1 "2004-06-24T14:52:43Z")
[http://www.msn.co.uk/HotmailUpgrade](http://www.msn.co.uk/HotmailUpgrade)
So, the e-mail competition _is_ heating up. After Gmail (I presume) forced Yahoo into giving its account-holders [100 MB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261660) of space, Microsoft now ups the ante:
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> 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.
They’re also upgrading the virus scanner. But ya know, what they _really_ need to implement is a better spam blocker.
For some reason, I can’t find this announcement on their US website.
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-gets-more-room/252020/2 "2004-06-24T18:38:48Z")
I _really_ hope that they do this for US Hotmail, too. I’ll be carefully reading future Hotmail emails and hoping.
And **Earthling** , you’re right. The spam is just unbelievable. Sometimes, the subject lines make _me_ blush. Not too good when I’m at my parents or school and someone is looking over my shoulder.
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### Author:  [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-gets-more-room/252020/3 "2004-06-24T19:35:53Z")
ZDNet now has a [news article](http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5245523.html) about the capacity increase, so I’d imagine it’ll be offered to Hotmail accounts worldwide.
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-gets-more-room/252020/4 "2004-06-24T20:25:28Z")
Yep, I just saw an article about the upgrade and started poking around in Hotmail and MSN. Sure enough, there are some announcements regarding the virus checking upgrade this summer and the 250MB upgrade in the fall.
And I just set up a Gmail acct yesterday night…heh.