America Online offers unlimited email storage, 2 GByte AIM mail
By Wolfgang Gruener, Senior Editor
June 6, 2005 - 12:09 EST
Dulles (VA) - Size still matters when it comes to email storage.
In a race that Google launched with its Gmail service 13 months
ago, America Online is the first large provider that offers
unlimited email space to its paying subscribers. Users of the
instant messenger AIM also get their own email inbox - with
2 GByte storage capacity.
Adding value to its online service remains America Online's
most efficient in weapon in defending itself against growing
competition from dial-up and broadband Internet service
providers (ISPs). After adding virus and spyware protection
over the recent months, the company throws unlimited email
storage space and a new email service for its instant messenger
into the battle for market shares.
The 22.2 million paying customers of America Online (AOL)
now can save and store an unlimited number of e-mails,
attachments and folders on AOL's servers, according to an
announcement made on Monday. The offer affects all - primary
and secondary - email accounts. According to the company,
there are 80 million AOL email accounts in use today. New is
also a feature that allows AOL subscribers to log in with up to
seven screen names at the same time and from multiple
locations.
Previously, this feature was only available to members
accessing AOL over a high-speed Internet connection. Even
non-paying AOL users will be able to take advantage of the
new email strategy. The provider launched a web-based e-mail
service called AIM Mail. The service integrates spam and virus
protection as well as 2 GByte of storage and lets users use their
AIM screen name as their e-mail address. The service is being
made available to AIM users today via an updated version of the
AIM 5.9 software.
Other improvements to the current AIM service include quick
access to AIM Mail, an expanded Buddy List for up to 400
buddies and store more contact information on each one, as well
as twice as much writing space for more creative "Away
Messages". AIM Mail email accounts will have the extension
"aim.com".
Source: Tom's hardware
June 6, 2005 - 12:09 EST
Dulles (VA) - Size still matters when it comes to email storage.
In a race that Google launched with its Gmail service 13 months
ago, America Online is the first large provider that offers
unlimited email space to its paying subscribers. Users of the
instant messenger AIM also get their own email inbox - with
2 GByte storage capacity.
Adding value to its online service remains America Online's
most efficient in weapon in defending itself against growing
competition from dial-up and broadband Internet service
providers (ISPs). After adding virus and spyware protection
over the recent months, the company throws unlimited email
storage space and a new email service for its instant messenger
into the battle for market shares.
The 22.2 million paying customers of America Online (AOL)
now can save and store an unlimited number of e-mails,
attachments and folders on AOL's servers, according to an
announcement made on Monday. The offer affects all - primary
and secondary - email accounts. According to the company,
there are 80 million AOL email accounts in use today. New is
also a feature that allows AOL subscribers to log in with up to
seven screen names at the same time and from multiple
locations.
Previously, this feature was only available to members
accessing AOL over a high-speed Internet connection. Even
non-paying AOL users will be able to take advantage of the
new email strategy. The provider launched a web-based e-mail
service called AIM Mail. The service integrates spam and virus
protection as well as 2 GByte of storage and lets users use their
AIM screen name as their e-mail address. The service is being
made available to AIM users today via an updated version of the
AIM 5.9 software.
Other improvements to the current AIM service include quick
access to AIM Mail, an expanded Buddy List for up to 400
buddies and store more contact information on each one, as well
as twice as much writing space for more creative "Away
Messages". AIM Mail email accounts will have the extension
"aim.com".
Source: Tom's hardware
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