Get a free upgrade to 250MB on Hotmail!

Graham M · 29-11-2004, 00:20

All you have to do is "become" a citizen of the USA!

Just change your location on your MSN account to USA and a valid place in USA using a valid zipcode such as 33101 for florida and your account space will be increased from 2MB to 250MB! Can take a day or 2 apparently

AndrewJ · 29-11-2004, 00:26

Great but one thing.

All 5 of my .com Hotmail names have had there increase with me not changing a thing and my new .co.uk one which I use for forums got the upgrade as well.

Graham M · 29-11-2004, 00:26

hmm ok well i got this from another forum, i havent even checked myself, thought someone might find it useful, never mind then.

AndrewJ · 29-11-2004, 00:30

Is for some users yes who may not have it and need the upgraded space

Chris W · 29-11-2004, 00:33

from what i have heard everyone is being upgraded, some uk users have been upgraded already (my lady) and some haven't (me)!

kronas · 29-11-2004, 00:47

mine have been upgraded, it happened a few days ago.

Tricky · 29-11-2004, 06:25

I was upgraded last week too. So stay in the United Kingdom of America...

MadGamer · 29-11-2004, 07:55

I signed up for a .co.uk address when it was first launched and havent been upgraded yet. and yes i did stay within the United Kingdom.

Paul K · 02-12-2004, 08:45

Dunno whether it's just me but my hotmail.com account is now up to 250mb

Might be time to check your account if you haven't been upgraded yet

02-12-2004, 11:20

I prefer staying with the email provider I have now. When I first had hotmail (which was years ago) I always dreaded them, finnaly moved on aswell.

JediMaster · 02-12-2004, 11:29

Yahoo gives you 250MB FREE also.

IMHO I like Yahoo options more...

02-12-2004, 11:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Dunno whether it's just me but my hotmail.com account is now up to 250mb

Might be time to check your account if you haven't been upgraded yet

thanks for that, I usually download my hotmail via mailwasher, so don't look at the storage - just looked & sure enough it's up to 250MB

hotmail.co.uk account is still at 25MB, though

Paul K · 02-12-2004, 12:06

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Originally Posted by homealone

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Dunno whether it's just me but my hotmail.com account is now up to 250mb

Might be time to check your account if you haven't been upgraded yet

thanks for that, I usually download my hotmail via mailwasher, so don't look at the storage - just looked & sure enough it's up to 250MB

hotmail.co.uk account is still at 25MB, though

Think I read somewhere that with the hotmail.co.uk accounts you have a 30 day wait till they increase it automatically

edit:
Doh, the welcome email states a possible minimum of a 30 day delay in the account upgrading to the 250mb inbox.

Quote:

Welcome! We'd like to share some important information with you about your new MSNÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â® HotmailÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â ® e-mail account:

# Please note that you must sign in to your Hotmail account at least once every 30 days. If you do not, your account will become inactive. Once an account becomes inactive, all messages, folders and contacts are deleted, but the account name is still reserved. After being inactive for 90 days, the account itself will be deleted.*

You may notice that your storage meter for your e-mail inbox only says 25 MB instead of 250 MB. Please allow us at least 30 days for us to bump up your storage to the complete 250 MB.*** It is important to check your inbox regularly during this time.

02-12-2004, 12:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Think I read somewhere that with the hotmail.co.uk accounts you have a 30 day wait till they increase it automatically

edit:
Doh, the welcome email states a possible minimum of a 30 day delay in the account upgrading to the 250mb inbox.

yup, I think you are right

- lol - just seen your edit