17.6.04

Web-based email to your heart's content.

Apparently, HoTMaiL will increase their capacity to 25 MB, up from their 2 MB limit. The new capacity is is one-quarter of the capacity that Yahoo! offers, and one-fortieth of what Gmail offers.
You would think that Microsoft could afford to do better with all the money they make: 92% of all computers in the world run Windows. And unlike other web-based email services, spam actually counts towards your quota in Hotmail. Does this mean I will get 23 MB more spam now?

Apparently this change will take place in July, which conveniently coincides with their end of Q2 financial statements. If you can't wait for your own Gmail account, Rediff is an email service based in India that will offer you 1 GB of storage today.