Tuesday 15 June, 2004

Yahoo responds to GMail threat

Yahoo really surprised me this morning, in a very pleasant way.

For the past couple of years, I've paid Yahoo around £15 a year for a POP mail access, and this morning when I logged in the following announcement waited for me:

Thanks for being a loyal Yahoo! Mail user. To show our appreciation, we've expanded your POP Access and Forwarding service to include all the benefits of Yahoo! Mail Plus – at no additional cost! Here are just a few of the things you'll love about Yahoo! Mail Plus:
* Virtually unlimited storage - Even if you POP your mail, you've got 2GB of storage. Keep thousands of messages, photos, and other files – think of it as your online archive.
* Virus cleaning from Norton AntiVirus™ - This powerful tool helps protect you from dangerous viruses – even when you POP your mail.
* 10MB total message size - Share photos, documents, and other large files more quickly and easily, so you can get on with your busy life.
* No graphical ads - When you're using the Yahoo! Mail web interface, your experience will be even more enjoyable.
* And much more!
Wow. Looks like Yahoo is really starting to take GMail threat seriously. 2GB is going to last me for a lifetime.

Later: Seems like Yahoo is upgrading even normal accounts to 100MB storage. For normal email usage, that should be more than enough for most people.

Posted by kolibri at 15 June 09:30, 2004
Comments
# 1 - RelFexive (on June 16, 2004 03:44 PM):

That upgrade finally reached me. It was nice to see my "34% full" become "2% full" :)


# 2 - Kolibri (on June 16, 2004 03:45 PM):

Sweet, isn't it :) Takes care of all sort of silly problems the previous mailbox size caused.


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