As I was reading my email today, I suddenly noticed that my gmail storage capacity had increased to 4332 MB; when last I checked, it was something like 3000 MB, so this came as some surprise. I’m very glad it’s increased so much, though, because I won’t have to worry any more when sending large attachments about whether I ought to delete the emails to conserve space. Granted, I wasn’t about to run out: I’m using 532 MB of my space, the majority of which is due to the huge number of emails I keep (15895 conversations, at the moment).
I must say that Google is making a pretty smart move. Most people are unlikely to use 100 MB–so 4300 is as much infinity as 3000 to them, and the faster increase is more impressive. Those people who will use all of their storage space are fairly few, and since there is no easy way to use gmail just for file storage (without risking your account being disabled), it’s not a good target for people who want to keep their collection of pirated music on or such. But it is now even more excellent for those of us who (like me) like to keep a copy of their assignments in their email just in case, or those of us who (again, like me) subscribe to far too many mailing lists and such to deal with every message completely as it comes in.
Rock on, Google.
