How to increase hotmail from 2MB to 250MB

March 16th, 2005 at 09:48am

Updated 3: Check this update : Upgrade your hotmail account to 2GB! http://www.arjunprabhu.com/blog/archives/2006/01/03/get-2-gb-hotmail/

Update 2: The method given below still works! :) enjoy.

Update 1: Some folks have reported that this method no longer works. But do give it a try. Please report if you were successful by entering your comments below!

Well, if you are still using hotmail, and your mailbox size is still 2MB and you want to make it bigger, then you have come to the right place!. Actually, seeing the logs, i found that many people came to my site search for this info. So, here it is!. I have personally done this on both my hotmail accounts (so that more spam mails can be stored ;) ) a couple of months back, and it works perfectly fine. But as mentioned below, its recommended to back up your mails before you try this procedure. Try at your own risk! :)

Source: Net, Mailing lists etc..

Advice: Although this method doesn’t involve any loss of emails or contacts, its recommended to back them up before you do this process. You could setup your hotmail account in Outlook Express or any other email client.

Steps:

• Login ur hotmail account and go to options.
• Go to “Personal”
• Click “My Profile”
• Change Country to “United States”
• Wait for browser to load United States settings.
• Change the state to any American States. For example “Florida” and zip code “33332″
• Click “update”
• Click “Continue”
• Go to “Language” and make sure its “English”
• Paste this link in the same browser.
  http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose
• Wait until the Screen says you’re Hotmail is Closed and ready to be deleted.
• Click “Close Account”.
• Go back to login page and re-login to ur hotmail account..!!
• Your account size will now increase to 25 MB, which a month later becomes 250 mb.

Good Luck..!!

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