Microsoft Outlook Storage Message - reducing from 15GB to 5GB

Anonymous
2023-02-28T09:15:26+00:00

Hi, starting today a pink bar at the top of my outlook page stating 'From February 1st, you'll need more storage to send or receive emails.' then provides 2 links to 'Manage Storage' & 'Get More Storage'. There is a second window bottom left hand side stating in red font 'Microsoft Storage' '14.6GB used of 5GB (292%)' 'Get More Storage'. What is going on? I've had this account for 10 + years.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-20T18:51:28+00:00

    Yes you have 15GB INCLUDING attachments. That is specifically stated. But somehow there is someone within MicroSoft proposed to also add said attachments toward your onedrive. In any normal company, such an idea would be shot down and the person with that idea would be demoted. In MicroSoft however, this insane notion was accepted to be a swell idea. To say they lost their marbles would be an understatement.

    I have had this emailadress for decades so I do not want to abandon it. So I deleted enormous amounts of mails with attachments and my Onedrive is now below 5GB and my mailbox is 7GB, so yes, you indeed DO seem to have 15GB of emailstorage including attachments, but the attachments alone are not allowed to be over 5GB.

    The following calculation is very flawed, but I am making it anyway for entertainment purposes... My mailbox is 2GB over the 5GB OneDrive limit, so those 2GB are purely mailmessages without attachments. It took me over 25 years to collect those emails. So with the remaining 8GB, I am set to receive another 100 years worth of emails! Why am I even complaining about this GREAT company??? They just want to make sure even the condolances after my passing will still arrive at my emailaddress. Just make sure to send them without attachments...

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-04T05:12:50+00:00

    Same here

    it is very disappointing

    initially Microsoft said 15GB free ,after we fully relay on outlook email then Microsoft cutdown the storage to 5GB and asking us to PAY

    what a strategy ...!

    May be time to move

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-04-01T13:35:24+00:00

    You know what? Microsoft? **** YOU.

    I have to delete emails from one I love. Included those who has passed away.

    **** YOU. I will never paid a single cent to your company, and I will actively search for pirate version of your software because I will hurt your company at all cost.

    **** YOU,.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-01T13:22:33+00:00

    f**k you Microsoft! They reuced my storage from 15go to 10 suddenly and i can't receive or sent emails ! You're just thieves that's what you are. I've downloaded my mails and i'm switching to gmail. And close my account, simple. Bye bye microsoft ! No more windows, no more apps, jist my c*****ed office suite! Well done !

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-17T14:25:35+00:00

    You all are sneaky and shady and money hungry. So sad.

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