ultras67 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Still stuck with a 2mb inbox? In theory if you just change your address in Options - My Profile the system should upgrade you automatically after a couple of weeks to 250mb. But I changed my address from thailand to uk and after a couple of months nothing had happened, i then "moved" to los angeles and after 6 weeks nothing had happened. so go figure. But I saw this on thaivisa and tried it myself a few minutes ago. It works great Sign into your Hotmail account. Go to options/personal and than My profile. Change your country code to USA and pick one of the states ? we tried Florida and used 33332 as the zip code. After you change this, go to update then continue. While you are still logged into Hotmail go to http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose and deactivate your account. Don?t worry - all your emails will remain safe. Now, log out of homail and log back in with your username and password and you will automatically re-activate your account. When you log in you will see that you already have a 25MB account while it's supposed to upgrade to 250MB soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hmm... I gave up on Hotmail some time ago. I'm using Gmail now and am very pleased with it (1 Gb of storage and no real need to create folders - ideal for disorganised people). Nice tip though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Are you sure its not JMail? gurggngnngrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 It works Thanks ultras67! I owe you a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 The hotmail tip works, thanks for that. How does one get a gmail account? The Google web site says it is not public yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 You need an invitation to gmail. there are several offers from boardmembers already. If you want an invitation drop me a PM. Funny enough gmail demands you have a current email address where this invitation can be send to. So don't forget to mention your email in the PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Same here. Anyone want an invite, well I've 4 at the moment going begging. PM with email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Thanks, I just PM'd the previous post to try an invite on Gmail. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lembeh Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Well, b*gger me. It worked. Many, many thanks for that little piece of advice (one would almost have to say the best I have ever had on a board!!). Tried it *very* bloody nervously as it was an important account, and it worked. My mail box has dropped from 30% to 3%, a much happier place to be. Tap me for a few beers next time you are in town, I certainly owe you a few. many thanks josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I just checked my Gmail and I have 100 (!) invites left. Don't know why I have so many. So PM me your email addie and I will send you an invite as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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