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A healthy competition has sprung
up between Google's Gmail service and other free Web based email providers.
Gmail vs. Other Email Providers
Email Providers Offering 1 GB or More
You have to pay a small fee for most
of these services, but some of them are free.
Gmail Walks Off With Rivals' Contacts
Article at about some of Gmail features quietly added by Google
in July of 2004 (from TechWeb.com on July 21, 2004)
Microsoft and Yahoo Respond to Gmail Challenge
Article about
Microsoft and Yahoo increasing the storage space
available with free email accounts after Google announced
their new Gmail service with 1 GB of free space
(from WinNetMag.com on June 21, 2004)
Gmail Compared to Other 1 MB Email Services
In July of 2004 Flexbeta compared the free Google Gmail service
with four other email providers that also offer 1 GB of space.
Includes a comparison of RunBox, Walla, SpyMac, ShireMail, and Gmail.
AOL
AOL - Official Web Site
Official Web site for the AOL email service.
AOL does not have a free email service but they
usually have plenty of generous free trial period
offers available. I'm trying to figure out
how much disk space comes with their basic entry
level email account (it's not that easy to find on their Web site).
Google Gmail
GmailUsers.com
Resources for Gmail users (this is
the Web site you are connected to now).
Google Gmail - Official Web Site
Official Web site for the Google Gmail
free electronic mail service.
Microsoft Hotmail
Hotmail Increases Free Email Space to 250 MB
According to this Internet Week article dated July 24, 2004,
Hotmail has increased storage space for their free email
accounts from 2 Megabytes to 25 megabytes and paying customers can
get 2 Gigabytes of space for $20 a year by upgrading to HotMail Plus.
Microsoft Will Increase Hotmail Space
From the Seattle Times on June 24, 2004:
"Microsoft finally responded to the buzz about Gmail
by saying that, yes, it will increase Hotmail storage,
so will everyone just stop talking about it already?"
Microsoft Hotmail - Official Web Site
Official Web site for the Microsoft Hotmail
free Web-based email service.
Yahoo
Yahoo Increases Free Email Space to 100 MB
According to this ZDnet article dated June 15, 2004,
Yahoo increased storage space for their free email
accounts from 6 Megabytes to 100 megabytes and paying customers can
get 2 Gigabytes of space for $20 a year by upgrading to ?.
Yahoo Email - Official Web Site
Official Web site for Yahoo's free Web-based email service.
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