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Yahoo Ups Mail to Match Google's Gig

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-good-for-them dept.

Bruce Young writes "Yahoo said late Tuesday that it will provide 1 gigabyte of storage for each free e-mail account. The current limit is 250 megabytes. The expanded storage which will be available in mid-April will enable Yahoo to catch up with online search engine leader Google. "

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  1. Yahoo catch-up TODO list by Laurentiu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So Yahoo, you want me as a customer? Here's what you have to do:

    * remove those nasty ads
    * filter spam better
    * add POP3 access back (you were one of the first free online mailers with POP3, then you removed it so that people would use your crappy ad-full interface)
    * (and speaking of which) improve your web interface to (at least) Google standards

    When you're done, let me know and I just might give up my nice gmail account.

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    Just /. IT
  2. Get both, and stay out of the fray. by unsung · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Before you guys get in a huff about Yahoo! vs. Google mail services, it stands to reason that many of us have both, plus a hotmail account.

    Yahoo upping online storage is a good thing for all of us.

  3. Re:I don't have a yahoo account... by bugbeak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yahoo has graphic ads.

    Graphic ads SUCK.