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Originally Posted by grandmaster
i would'nt say they were cheap...
Retaining email requires a lot of server space..
plus the fact it would'nt be usefull email that people would keep, it would be crap that they could'nt be bothered deleting.
If you want lots of space get a gmail account and forward your ntl mail there
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They already have mailbox size limits so I dont see the server space issue especially with the cost of storage being so incredibly low given that we're talking about easily compressible text on the whole. If I were to store a copy of war and peace online then I'm sure it would cost less than £0.01 of my monthly subscription.
How people tidy the crap out of their email accounts should be up to them, not ntl IMO. In any case there would always be the option of creating a 'saved mail' folder and putting anything you'd like stored in there.
ntl want us to get gmail (and I have) so they can minimise the (miniscule) cost of providing their own storage.
When will they realise that value added services such as email can be a big selling point?