More space for Gmail users

More and more available space in my Gmail account today, yay!

Aha, I thought Gmail was getting roomier!

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve noticed over the past few days that the % of space used on my Gmail account has been steadily dropping. A week ago I was at 59% (of just under 3000 MB). Yesterday I was at 54% of 3224 MB. And right now I’m at 52% of 3351 MB.

So I checked Google’s official Gmail blog, and found an Oct. 12 announcement: More Gmail storage coming for all. Gmail engineer Rob Siemborski didn’t specify exactly how much more space free Gmail accounts would be getting, but the paid Premier Edition of Gmail ($50/year) will be getting a storage increase from 10GB to 25 GB.

Well, as much as I rely on Gmail for managing my life and work, that’s good news for me. (And yes, I do back up all my Gmail to a hard drive, via Gmail’s POP access.)

How much space do you have on Gmail right now? I’m wondering if they’re varying available space by user, or if we all get the same deal. Comment below and tell me what you’re seeing.

(See Oct. 18 update…)

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Amy — It may be variable. Under your email I see “You are currently using 1713 MB (46%) of your 3660 MB.”

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2. David DeJean on October 18th, 2007 at 6:00 am

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