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Old 4 May 2005, 09:40 AM   #91
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which really makes me wonder ..... if this is something heading towards INFINITY why gmail (or rather google) bother to each time MANUALLY change its 'counter' script???
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Old 5 May 2005, 12:00 AM   #92
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which really makes me wonder ..... if this is something heading towards INFINITY why gmail (or rather google) bother to each time MANUALLY change its 'counter' script???
Google was careful to say "as long as technically feasable" or words to that effect.

It's my guess that they add as they add space to their server farm, and when increases there halt for a bit, so do increases to Gmail quotas.

They were careful to not say they were going to infinity, but they are making clear that disk space should never be an issue in the functionality of a mail system. It should just always be there.

I suspect they will continue to increase in bursts, some slower, some faster, but never continuous.
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Old 5 May 2005, 09:50 AM   #93
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counter stopped!

and this time it says "over 2000 megabytes (and counting) ...."

it's not able to decide whether to keep the counter running or stopping it for now ..... internal Management squabbles?
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Old 5 May 2005, 10:10 AM   #94
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Mine's counting. 2161 and counting.
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Old 5 May 2005, 11:15 AM   #95
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I can't wait until people start saying about other email accounts, "I have only a measly 2GB of storage in this mailbox! Pathetic! How do they expect anyone to use something like that??"
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Old 5 May 2005, 02:12 PM   #96
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I think that Google has done what it set out to do. I find I'm no longer even noticing how much space I'm using. I never thought that would happen.
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Old 17 May 2005, 11:00 AM   #97
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Gmail has quietly passed the 2200 Mb storage point... That is an icrease of 200 Mb after they doubled their 1Gig on April 1st.
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Old 17 May 2005, 01:10 PM   #98
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I have to say, all that space just makes me think they're evil. Who can trust this? They have to be up to no good to be offering all this space!


Just kidding...in case anyone wonders.
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Old 17 May 2005, 02:19 PM   #99
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You may be kidding, but I guess I'm cynical enough not to assume that they coudn't be up to "something evil".

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Old 17 May 2005, 02:24 PM   #100
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You may be kidding, but I guess I'm cynical enough not to assume that they couldn't be up to "something evil".

Yeah, they do have an agenda - they plan to displace Microsoft, Yahoo etc. And if there is anyone that can, it's Google.
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Old 16 Jun 2005, 05:07 PM   #101
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Any other small milestone - 2300MB.
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Old 20 Jun 2005, 03:25 AM   #102
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Any other small milestone - 2300MB.
Since the above announcement, Gmail's storage capacity grew by more than Fastmail's total free account's storage... it is today 2311 MB. It took a whole 3 days
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