Speakeasy → email storage keeps maxing out

I have the $82 DSL plan with Speakeasy, and this provides only 10 MB of email space. Even when I have my browser set to delete from server once a week, I'm still maxing out my storage space. And when that happens, people's emails simply get refused. Speakeasy doesn't even provide a warning when you're approaching your maximum mailbox quota. All of a sudden, people ask me if I've gotten their email, and I realize it has stopped coming in. Not very professional when you're running a business from home.

So I called to ask for 10MB more email storage, and they told me it would be ONE DOLLAR PER MEGABYTE of extra space!!! In this era of cheap storage costs, this is unbelievable. I refuse to pay an extra $10 per month just for 10 MB of extra space.

I told them this would make the difference between my sticking with Speakeasy or not, and they didn't seem to care that they'd be losing a long-term customer over this small issue. They said, "we can't give away space for free." Free? At $82 a month? I wouldn't call that "free"....

Anyone have recommendations for other providers, or how I can solve this problem?

said by karelia:

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Even when I have my browser set to delete from server once a week, I'm still maxing out my storage space. And when that happens, people's emails simply get refused.

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I have never had any good fortune with Web based email clients. I simply use Outlook to check my mail--makes my life easy.

I also use Outlook--I don't check my mail on the web. But if my hard drive fries between weekly backups, I like to have the extra backup on the Speakeasy server before the mail is deleted. It's an important precaution.

Personally, I think 10mb of space for e-mail is quite a bit. One thing to remember, it's not provided as an 'e-mail backup server'... It's more specifically a temporary, holding place until you download it. I'd suggest some form of local backup. CD-writers are awfully inexpensive these days.

As for your comment about $82 and 'free', the $82 you refer to is most likely consumed by your DSL usage. I consider things like e-mail a 'freebie' provided by the ISP.