ahha!! The big boys need to catch up to Gmail - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

mikec · 06-15-2004, 08:42 AM

heh, I signed into yahoo today, and now....

"Great news – Yahoo! Mail is new and improved!

Thanks for being a loyal Yahoo! Mail user. To ensure that Yahoo! Mail continues to be the easiest, most enjoyable way for you to stay in touch, we've made several great improvements to your service! In addition to all the features you currently enjoy, we've made these upgrades:
Streamlined interface
Makes using your mail even easier
100MB of email storage
Keep more of the things that are important to you – without worrying about bumping up against your storage limit.
Message size up to 10MB
Send monster-sized files – photos, presentations, whatever!
So thanks again for choosing Yahoo! Mail to keep in touch, and we hope you enjoy the additional services now at your fingertips. For more information, please visit our Help page."

very cool. free email is a beautiful thing, and google forcing the others to upgrade their services is sweeeet!!!

soopafreek · 06-15-2004, 12:16 PM

yeah, it'll be great if everyone "upgrades" email services. file attachment size is a great thing...

however.

i can imagine that one huge attachments are allowed by the "free" mail services, you can almost guarantee that spammers/crackers are going to use this to their advantage....

(not that they don't already...)

mikec · 06-15-2004, 12:39 PM

I have to say yahoo has been excellent as far as spam goes. I get little to no spam on my yahoo accounts. Which I can't say for hotmail. Within hours of creating an account for hotmail I got horsefucker and dick pill spam. That really pissed me off, because I hadn't used the email address anywhere! Great to think that my daughter can sign up for an email account and get that kinda shit. I mean hey, we're all into horsefucking, but not till 18

brandon11983 · 06-15-2004, 05:11 PM

I too have found Yahoo's spam filter to be much better than Hotmail's. Is the new Yahoo Mail running slower than usual for anyone else here?

*edit* seems to have sped up. Must've been only temporary.

Laugh! · 06-15-2004, 06:55 PM

No, it's running faster for me. I don't know if it's just a side effect of me thinking it's so much better or it really is.

I've only recently started getting spam with the Yahoo account that I've had for over a year. I used to get about one spam message per month or less, but now i get one every two or three days. On my old hotmail account I got about a thousand per week. I stopped using it before that point, but I would still go back to check for any important messages.

Halx · 06-15-2004, 07:07 PM

my sbcglobal account (which is a Yahoo joint service) has 2gb of storage now.

Krycheck · 06-15-2004, 08:51 PM

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Originally posted by Halx
my sbcglobal account (which is a Yahoo joint service) has 2gb of storage now.

Cicero · 06-16-2004, 04:53 PM

Yesterday I received an invite to gmail, which yahoo sorted as spam, go figure. But in the meantime SBC Yahoo sent me this message:

Quote:

Dear SBC Yahoo! DSL Member,

We hope you are enjoying your subscription to SBC Yahoo! DSL, which includes your Mail Plus account. It's our goal to offer you an email experience that makes it easy to stay in touch and offers great value. Periodically, we make changes to enhance the service for our users. As of June 15, 2004, you'll enjoy the following benefits at no additional charge:

* Increase in your storage quota to 2GB
* No graphical ads
* A streamlined interface that's even easier to use

You will continue to access your Mail Plus account as usual. No further action is required, and there will be no interruption of your service.

Sincerely,

SBC Yahoo! DSL Member Services

Ok, seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do with 3gb of email storage?

MSD · 06-18-2004, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cicero
Yesterday I received an invite to gmail, which yahoo sorted as spam, go figure. But in the meantime SBC Yahoo sent me this message:

Ok, seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do with 3gb of email storage?

I think we can all agree that porn is the answer.

06-15-2004, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	ahha!! The big boys need to catch up to Gmail heh, I signed into yahoo today, and now.... "Great news – Yahoo! Mail is new and improved! Thanks for being a loyal Yahoo! Mail user. To ensure that Yahoo! Mail continues to be the easiest, most enjoyable way for you to stay in touch, we've made several great improvements to your service! In addition to all the features you currently enjoy, we've made these upgrades: Streamlined interface Makes using your mail even easier 100MB of email storage Keep more of the things that are important to you – without worrying about bumping up against your storage limit. Message size up to 10MB Send monster-sized files – photos, presentations, whatever! So thanks again for choosing Yahoo! Mail to keep in touch, and we hope you enjoy the additional services now at your fingertips. For more information, please visit our Help page." very cool. free email is a beautiful thing, and google forcing the others to upgrade their services is sweeeet!!! __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

06-15-2004, 12:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	yeah, it'll be great if everyone "upgrades" email services. file attachment size is a great thing... however. i can imagine that one huge attachments are allowed by the "free" mail services, you can almost guarantee that spammers/crackers are going to use this to their advantage.... (not that they don't already...) __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

06-15-2004, 12:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	I have to say yahoo has been excellent as far as spam goes. I get little to no spam on my yahoo accounts. Which I can't say for hotmail. Within hours of creating an account for hotmail I got horsefucker and dick pill spam. That really pissed me off, because I hadn't used the email address anywhere! Great to think that my daughter can sign up for an email account and get that kinda shit. I mean hey, we're all into horsefucking, but not till 18 __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

06-15-2004, 05:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	I too have found Yahoo's spam filter to be much better than Hotmail's. Is the new Yahoo Mail running slower than usual for anyone else here? edit seems to have sped up. Must've been only temporary. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history. Last edited by brandon11983; 06-15-2004 at 11:41 PM..

06-15-2004, 07:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	my sbcglobal account (which is a Yahoo joint service) has 2gb of storage now. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

06-15-2004, 06:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Laugh! Upright Location: Dallas	No, it's running faster for me. I don't know if it's just a side effect of me thinking it's so much better or it really is. I've only recently started getting spam with the Yahoo account that I've had for over a year. I used to get about one spam message per month or less, but now i get one every two or three days. On my old hotmail account I got about a thousand per week. I stopped using it before that point, but I would still go back to check for any important messages.