Yahoo! Free Email Quadruples Storage Space, Consumer Advocates Urge Keeping At Least One Free Email Account

Reacting to similar offers from Google and Microsoft, Yahoo! announced yesterday that it would quadruple storage space for its free mail accounts to 1 gigabyte beginning next month.

Yahoo!, which previously charged for storage space, moved the online community one step closer to making web mail a commodity. Many consumer advocates advise maintaining at least one free email account to be used for commercial purposes to avoid a consumer's main account from attracting unwanted solicitations.

"Yahoo and Google offer outstanding consumer services," said Joan Bounacos, president of Consumer Help Web. "Their spam filters are strong and with the additional storage capacity, consumers can use one of these free accounts whenever a commercial or other web site requests an email address. Doing so frees up your personal email account and should limit the amount of unwanted email you receive."

posted by Consumer Help Web Editorial Team at 8:09 AM |