Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Google engineer Rob Siemborski
A few of you are using Gmail so much that you're running out of space, so to make good on our promise, today we're announcing we are speeding up our counter and giving out more free storage

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So, Gmail has jumped into the 3GB range, trailing in 3rd place so far in terms of storage behind Windows Live Hotmail (5GB) and Yahoo Mail (Unlimited Storage).  I personally don't understand how someone could be storing close to 3GB of email messages in the what, 3 or so years that Gmail has been operating. I'm only using 7%.

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Originally posted by Dane
I personally don't understand how someone could be storing close to 3GB of email messages in the what, 3 or so years that Gmail has been operating.

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Well, maybe people are taking advantage of it with Gmail Shell Extension. Let's you file host with the store amount .

Where did you read that. I just checked that my account got 3 GB storage.

I personally like Yahoo! Mail,

* because of my hispeed provider, Rogers Yahoo!
* Nice interface, especially how the ads are on the side (small windows =)

But then, when if Gmail surpasses Yahoo! in awesomeness, I'll think of switching over.

We're supposed to have 6 GB by January.

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Originally posted by deAd
We're supposed to have 6 GB by January.

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Overselling rocks, doesn't it? (though this is not "selling", you know what I mean)

I'm surprised "GMail Drive" isn't against the GMail terms of service. O_o

It seems like a really hackish and unreliable way to back up large files though... the max attachment size is 20 MB, and some users have had their accounts temporarily disabled for uploading too much.

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Originally posted by WDZ
I'm surprised "GMail Drive" isn't against the GMail terms of service. O_o

It seems like a really hackish and unreliable way to back up large files though... the max attachment size is 20 MB, and some users have had their accounts temporarily disabled for uploading too much.

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Last time I checked it was 10 MB. I backup all my projects and stuff to my GMail account, but if they're too big, I'll split them up. It's not really unreliable, it works.

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Originally posted by gmail

You are currently using 0 MB (0%) of your 3070 MB.

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Just emptied it all.
awesomeness .

You are currently using 460 MB (10%) of your 3109 MB.

The biggest attachment I have in there is 4mb... I don't use GMail drive.

I've just never deleted any emails.