Lycos announces that their beta email service, Lycos Mail, now offers up to 3 GB of FREE storage and allows “unlimited†size of attachments to be sent and received. This move by Lycos makes the competition in email service a bit more interesting. Gmail currently has 2.75 GB of storage, Yahoo! at 1 GB, and Hotmail at 250 MB (for selected countries – way behind the others) and most limit attachments up to 10 MB.
The content of a Lycos Mail Basic account will be deleted if the owner does not login and check the account at least once every 30 days. This limit, however, will be removed should you choose the signup with the Lycos Mail Account Preservation Plan ($ 5.95 /year). Furthermore, for $ 19.95/year, Lycos Mail Plus Plan will get you a whopping 5 GB of storage + a POP3 Access.
Comparing to Gmail with its chat and other Google services integration features, Lycos Mail seems to be left behind. This remains to be seen in the future as Lycos Mail develops. Be sure to check out Lycos Mail with its FREE 3 GB storage and unlimited attachments sendings/receivings.
