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macrumors 68030
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Mailnation.net is now offering 1TB mail for free :eek: :eek:

The only bad thing about the massive strorage is that there is a 10MB transfer limit :mad: :mad:
 

edesignuk

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Mar 25, 2002
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wow, is it just me or is that site already slow as a dog?

I'll be sticking with gmail, since I have much greater faith that I won't wake up one morning to find that the company has folded, and taken all my mail with it :rolleyes:
 

Abstract

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Dec 27, 2002
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Google can offer a Googlebyte and still feel comfortable in the fact that nobody will ever use 1 TB, or even 100 GB of email. And if someone comes close, it'll be so far into the future that 100 GB will seem small.

They offer it because it makes them look good, but in terms of practicality, 1 TB is just as good as 2 GB to me.
 

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macrumors 68030
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edesignuk said:
wow, is it just me or is that site already slow as a dog?

I'll be sticking with gmail, since I have much greater faith that I won't wake up one morning to find that the company has folded, and taken all my mail with it :rolleyes:

I agree.......slow and won't trust them with my email, but I signed up for one......just for the fun of it :p 1TB :eek: :eek: :D
 

carpe diem

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Sep 18, 2005
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Mailnation is so so slow. I bet they dont even have a TB but just say they give that for their click count.
 

sushi

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edesignuk said:
I'll be sticking with gmail, since I have much greater faith that I won't wake up one morning to find that the company has folded, and taken all my mail with it :rolleyes:
This is a very good point to consider.

What happens when you put all your info on a providers server and they go out of business. I would sure hate to have to forward all the messages. Makes me think that DL via an e-mail client is best.

Sushi
 

Flying Llama

macrumors 6502a
Aug 4, 2004
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Well its a scam. I remember reading somewhere that it cuts you off at something like 250 mega bytes...
Not to be trusted AT ALL.

llama
 

Mechcozmo

macrumors 603
Jul 17, 2004
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sushi said:
This is a very good point to consider.

What happens when you put all your info on a providers server and they go out of business. I would sure hate to have to forward all the messages. Makes me think that DL via an e-mail client is best.

Sushi

Google offers free POP3 access. Score a bajillion for ultimate webmail!
 

Jon'sLightBulbs

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Jan 31, 2005
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Abstract said:
Google can offer a Googlebyte and still feel comfortable in the fact that nobody will ever use 1 TB, or even 100 GB of email. And if someone comes close, it'll be so far into the future that 100 GB will seem small.

They offer it because it makes them look good, but in terms of practicality, 1 TB is just as good as 2 GB to me.

Although you may never use 100 megs or 1 gig of space for email, using that space for backup is completely plausible. Users archiving video and audio files, or what have you, and transmitting it to their servers as an attachment could eat up a big part of their storage capacity, fast.
 

dubbz

macrumors 68020
Sep 3, 2003
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The thing won't even load for me.

As for 1TB space? Cripes! That's double the diskspace I have on my Desktop.
 

Mechcozmo

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Jul 17, 2004
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sushi said:
Roger. I have a gmail account.

Sure wish gmail would support folders.

Sushi

I agree, but that is why I use Mail and just leave a copy on their server for if/when I need it.
 

InfiniteLoop1

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Sep 25, 2005
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When/if do you think Gmail or even this 'Mailnation' will get a huge online storage feature like iDisk in .Mac?
 
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