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First thing you will have (or not have…) is POP 3 access which means you cannot access your email account with Outlook or Thunderbird. This is a very bad thing specially if you want to use Firefox add ons for email. The next disadvantage is the search speed and the lack of features, but you get one major advantage – unlimited space.

Which services should you use? AOL, Yahoo or Hotmail. Hotmail does not say unlimited but they say you will get more space as you need it. If all you want is space, then go for Yahoo.

Assuming you will use Yahoo, let’s start. Here you have folders just like you have in your computer, you have tabs so you can have multiple messages opened or several tasks and you do not need to spend a second browsing messages. This is much better than Gmail. If only Yahoo had POP 3 access, I might have considered it earlier, but I do not believe Yahoo is going to implement it right now.

To start sending your files you need to compose a message and send it all to yourself. You might even create a folder and make a filter to send all the messages from you to that folder. How long will this take? It only depends on your internet speed and on the amount of files you want to send.

Should you use Yahoo classic or Yahoo new? I would say the later one. It’s more powerful, no need to refresh pages after each and every click, plus you get access to more powerful search.

As you keep sending files you will see that it will become much better to browse trough search results than Gmail. This is the best feature Yahoo has right after unlimited space. Lack of POP 3 forces you to run it completely online. This comes with a disadvantage which is being unable to mass download your email in case you want to make a backup or just to have it offline.

Finally do not forget to forward a copy of all email to another email account, such as a Gmail account which has the POP 3 you need for offline access.