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AOL to offer unlimited email storage
In this blog's parent company's ongoing efforts to be more like Yahoo!, AOL will be updating its email service soon to provide "unlimited" email storage. The news comes just over two months after Yahoo! announced it would be removing its cap on email storage.In practical terms, of course, there's no such thing as "unlimited" storage. But since most users don't come anywhere near using up their 2.8GB or so of storage space on Google's GMail, it's probably safe to say that AOL and Yahoo! will be able to let a few users take up 5 or 6GB of disc space because most users will only need a few MB.
The updated AOL mail will also include an integrated chat window, embedded RSS feeds and the ability to search file attachments. AOL Mail became a free service 2 years ago, competing with web mail providers like MSN, Google, and Yahoo!
[via WebWare]
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Subscribe to commentstestuseraJun 8th 2007 2:27PM
AOL anything is Crap FREE or PAID.... Who cares...
TimJun 8th 2007 4:19PM
Sounds too much like Y! Mail beta... Go Yahoo! Go! AOL STinks and is copying;-)
netster007xJun 8th 2007 10:30PM
OMG, unlimited storage was reasonable but integrated chat window, embedded RSS feeds and the ability to search file attachments as well. This is straight copying. Yahoo! mail beta is by far the king!
GJun 8th 2007 10:33PM
AOL still deletes unread mail after 28 days, read mail after 1 to 7 days:
http://help.channels.aol.com/kjump.adp?articleId=218741
WTF?
JennyJun 9th 2007 9:44AM
We need unlimited attachments as well IMO. Gmail doesn't allow .zip files though we can bypass it ;)
Jenny
http://www.spaml.com
Sue PolinskyJun 9th 2007 11:45AM
My firm runs several servers that host small sites, many of which are vanity. They include a lot of younger clients - most of whom have dropped POP email in favor of forwarded all their email to a Web-based hosting service (like Gmail) that works so easily with phones. I'm almost hoping that my (somewhat) older clients who use AOL will do the same thing!
ScottJun 12th 2007 3:42PM
Actually... AOL has offered unlimited mail to paying members for a long time (before Yahoo). The news is that its coming to its free service now to (instead of 2GB). There is a similar article on another blog that caused a firestorm of responses about a month ago(wish I could find it). This is not copying Y! it looks diffrent, unlike thier new homepage.
MrJim42Sep 6th 2007 10:52AM
Does anyone have the AOL Mail Sound "You've Got Mail" by Barry White? If so please e-mail to me.
Thanks,
Jim