yahoo mail shutting down?

[holden j caufield]

I didn't get any email informing me of this but my friend says he got an email saying so.

 

[LordMaul]

Your friend of full of brown stinky fiber.

 

[Jokeram]

they are making the POP service paid.. that might have been what it was

 

[im2smrt4u]

<< they are making the POP service paid.. that might have been what it was >>



Exactly...and forwarding too!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Basically, unless you're using the basic web-based email service, you gotsta pay.

nik

 

[LoneWolf1]

From an E-mail yahoo sent me:

<< Hello,

Important service announcement regarding your POP3 or Mail Forwarding service. Please read on.


Effective April 24, 2002, Yahoo! Mail will no longer provide free POP3 Access or Auto Mail Forwarding to Yahoo! Delivers subscribers.

If you would like to continue using Mail Forwarding or POP3 Access, please subscribe to our improved package that allows you to:

Use Outlook, Eudora, or another POP3 client to access and manage your Yahoo! Mail.
Automatically forward your Yahoo! Mail to another email account -- even another Yahoo! address!
Send larger attachments, now up to 5MB instead of the free 1.5MB limit.
Send email without the Yahoo! promotional text at the bottom.*

Sign up today and SAVE 33%


Subscribe before April 24th and get the first year of service for just $19.99. That's 33% off the regular service fee of $29.99.

Remember, if you do not subscribe by April 24, 2002, you will no longer be able to access your Yahoo! Mail messages by POP or at another email address.


Sincerely,
The Yahoo! Mail Team

For further information, please read our frequently asked questions. Please note that your Yahoo! Delivers settings will not be affected.

*Applies only to email sent through the Yahoo! SMTP servers. >>

 

[ILikeSprite]

don't matter to me. I use their web based mail anyway.

 

[AaronP]

crap. I guess I gotta set up a hotmail account. ARRGH.

 

[dakata24]

remember to unsubscribe to that "Yahoo Delivers!" under options.. since the only reason i did was because they forced you to sign up to get pop3 access.. maybe ill get less spam after that..

 

[ViperVin2]

so does hotmail support outlook without any fees or hidden stuff? or should i go to another service?

 

[dakata24]

<< so does hotmail support outlook without any fees or hidden stuff? or should i go to another service? >>



hotmail works in outlook express and outlook xp (part of office xp).. hotmail doesnt work under outlook 2000

 

[DaviDaVinci]

Hotmail is spam city. I never gave my hotmail addy out or posted it anywhere and still got spam. With yahoo, i never have gotten spam and it's posted under a couple of forums and is my promary mail addy. In there another free pop3 providers?

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Hotmail is spam city. I never gave my hotmail addy out or posted it anywhere and still got spam

Yeah, No sh!t..I have not even used my hotmail account and it regularly full of crap.:|