Hotmail - storage limit increase?

[cozmo]

Am I the only one still stuck at 2MB? I like the account,but I spend more time emptying my junk mail of 44KB spam emails than I do reading actual emails. Didn't they promise an increase several months ago? What the hell happened?

And yes,I do have a gmail account.

[x-batman]

I have 2 hotmail accounts, and both were upgraded to 250mb I think back in August, maybe they just havent gotten to your account yet?

[MTL]

Try letting the account fill up. All my hotmails have been upgraded months ago.

[sfu_lifer]

I think it depends on when you signed up. They'll get to you eventually.
My @msn.com accounts only got upgraded last month.

[Cruel_Angel]

i got 3 accounts, my first one that i ever had wayyyyy back in the day has still yet to be upgraded, but my spam accounts were.

[Headhunter]

Weird, I got updated months ago...but I registered in early 1999.

[Loup]

As MTL said, keep your box maxed out for a couple of days - that's what I did and was bumped thereafter. Actually, they deleted my largest file and the next day I had the 250.
Coincidence or not ... either way I got my bump.

[jerryhung]

they go by the bay # (server #)
my mom's Hotmail had only 2MB until yesterday, then I said that's pathetic
added her to my MSN Premimum from Sympatico, and she's 250MB now

[cozmo]

[QUOTE=Loup]As MTL said, keep your box maxed out for a couple of days - that's what I did and was bumped thereafter. Actually, they deleted my largest file and the next day I had the 250.
Coincidence or not ... either way I got my bump.[/QUOTE]


My inbox has been full for 11 days,and they haven't done anything for me.
They've sent a few warning messages but that's it. No increase,nothing.

[frogeee]

If you're still stuck at 2MB, it's because your location is something *other* than USA. Follow the steps below to increase the capacity of your inbox (this guide was not written by me, so props to the original author):


1. Sign in to your hotmail account and change your personal profile in the Options as following:

Country: United States
State: Florida (choose another state if you want - [url]http://www.50states.com/[/url])
Zip Code: 33332 (choose another zip code if you want. -
[url]http://www.downloadzipcode.com/[/url])

Needless to say, you need to enter the zip code that belongs to the state you've chosen.

2. Then get to the Language options and make it English if it's not.

3. If you don't want to lose your Inbox, click Put in folder. From the menu, choose New Folder. Create your new folder and go back to your Inbox. Select the emails that you do not lose and click Put in folder once more. Choose the folder you have just created and the emails you have chosen will be moved to that folder. You can move them to your Inbox again later by the same method.

4. Before signing out, paste the link below into the address bar and click "Close my account". Thus your account will be deactivated.

[url]http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose[/url]

5. Now visit the address [url]http://www.hotmail.com[/url] again. Enter your username and password. The activation page will load. Activate your mail account.

6. You're done ! Now your mail account capacity has grown to 25 MB and in a month or so it will be 250 MB. Enjoy your "enlarged" hotmail account!

[cozmo]

I just tried all that,and it worked!
Thank you very much.

[NDman]

Wow. That's a neat trick! But mine got bumped up months ago already. :P

[cozmo]

Bump. Just used these instructions on a second hotmail account. Worked like a charm.
Thanks again!

[wanted]

I'm at 250MB....happened a long time ago.

[nightbird]

Another solution is to contact Hotmail support ([URL=http://support.msn.com/contactus_emailsupport.aspx?productkey=hotmail&ct=eformts]link[/URL]) and your account gets upgraded for free in less than 24h.