Yahoo Expands E-Mail Storage

WebHostingNews reports Yahoo will provide 1GB of storage for each free e-mail account from the current limit of 250MB. As part of its e-mail changes, it is also providing software from Symantec Corp. to clean viruses detected in attachments (a feature that had only been available to paying users).

The company is also expanding the reach of its desktop software, a test product designed to find material stored on computer hard drives. Yahoo's software, licensed from X1 Technologies, will index content from e-mail address books and discussions in Yahoo's instant messaging service, says the company.

OTB bloggs Responding to the flood of users shifting to Google's G-Mail, Yahoo has announced that it is upgrading its free YahooMail accounts to one gigabyte of storage, matching G-Mail.... I actually use both services, finding them both useful in different ways. I've almost entirely dispensed with POP mail and, indeed, didn't even bother setting up an account with my current ISP.