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Yahoo to Offer Unlimited Email Storage

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the to-infinity-and-beyond dept.

Josh Fink writes to tell us that Yahoo has announced that they will be offering unlimited email storage starting this coming May. The launch is all a part of Yahoo's ten year anniversary. While not all users will see their storage caps disappear right away Yahoo is promising that this feature will eventually reach their entire population.

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  1. Do I really need more Yahoo Space? by lecithin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of my yahoo addresses I have had for about 9 years. I just opened it up and looked:

    Inbox - 7145 UNREAD messages (99% spam)
    Bulk - 2547 UNREAD messages (about 99% spam)

    Obviously, I don't use this account all that much. My point is that at least in my case, this extra storage will be just wasted.

    I read this as a marketing move that really won't do a thing for me or many of the other users.

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  2. Too Little Too Late by deadmongrel · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I had been using yahoo Mail since 1997. Yahoo had the best(well atleast to me) email service for years. Then they decided to go with flash based in-your-face ads. Then they came up with an desktop client look-alike which was bulky and pain in the neck. I am never going back to yahoo mail.

    By sacrificing usability Yahoo! wanted to make a quick buck. Bad choice and unfortunately Yahoo! did not learn from hotmail. I am still amazed at how many people still use hotmail.

  3. Maybe 12 year anniversary by carlivar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Where does this anniversary stuff come from? Yahoo's 10 year anniversary was TWO YEARS AGO. Maybe this is a 12 year anniversary feature!

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  4. there's always a price by Ginger+Unicorn · · Score: 4, Interesting
    i just had to switch to gmail today ,as yahoo decided to start charging £12 a year for POP access.


    assholes.

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  5. yahoo e-mail addresses, the new DMZ? by Coraon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ok, so how about this one? 1) Pirate a piece of data 2) Upload to yahoo mail account 3) Share the user id and pass with people you want to share. 4) ... 5) profit?

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  6. Woohoo.dumb by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nothing like childish, wild-eyed stupidity to spark another .com bubble. It was brainlessly exhuberant promises with no tangible means to deliver that caused the crash in 2000, and apparently Yahoo has learned nothing.

    Well, maybe they have -- they survived the first crash, and swallowed a whole bunch of smaller companies in the process. Companies that had smart, innovative ideas but not enough capital to sustain themselves through a bleak period. Could it be that this is what Yahoo! is hoping will happen again?

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  7. Re:unlimited by amazon10x · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There's only one way to find out! I set up an account but it might take a bit to hit the "Unlimited" status. However, it starts at 1GB so we might as well get started right away. Send mail to TheLimitAsSlash.Approaches@yahoo.com. Be sure to add attachments!