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SillyMonk · Mar 21, 2002, 05:33 PM

Now that Yahoo is charging for POP3 and forwarding, who is going to pay the $30.00 a year? I'm of two minds about whether I should pay or not.

If Yahoo was better about marketing what my money will get me, I might. Right now Yahoo is spam central and they don't have a decent Mac messenger.

My first reaction was "screw that!" But I also like Yahoo (they are not Hotmail) and I have been happy there for five years now, so maybe I should pay for a service I use. But then again, the only reason I used Yahoo was because it was free!

Any opinions?

nealconner · Mar 21, 2002, 05:36 PM

Seeing as how I'd be embarrassed give out my e-mail will a yahoo.com domain, I'd pass.

malvolio · Mar 21, 2002, 05:36 PM

I am definitely not paying. I agree, if Yahoo provided a quality service, I might consider shelling out some $$.
I'm currently checking out a couple of other providers of free POP3 email service.

CharlesS · Mar 21, 2002, 05:40 PM

Pay??? For Yahoo mail?!!

SillyMonk · Mar 21, 2002, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by malvolio:
I am definitely not paying. I agree, if Yahoo provided a quality service, I might consider shelling out some $$.
I'm currently checking out a couple of other providers of free POP3 email service.

If you come up with a good alternative can you post it here?

Of course there is mac.com which is great, but I don't know how to do web access with mac.com. I use the web part sometimes.

Thanxz

SillyMonk · Mar 21, 2002, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Pay??? For Yahoo mail?!!

Very Funny! They do/did offer a good service! I haven't needed to change my email address in five years even though I have lived in four different cities. What are the alternatives?

malvolio · Mar 21, 2002, 05:45 PM

One that I have tried is hotpop.com. The "catch" with their free service is that you must agree to accept some advertising emails. But so far, it's not bad. I've been getting only one or two ad messages a week.

t_hah · Mar 21, 2002, 05:56 PM

I am debating as well. It really sucks that they want you to pay...I have been using their service for quite a while now, and many people have my email address at Yahoo...I think I will pay them...but i am not happy about it.

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wataru · Mar 21, 2002, 06:01 PM

Nope. I've ditched free services that changed to a pay system before. It's a pain in the ass to change your email, but at least you can squeeze another dinner +movie out of your wallet.

driven · Mar 21, 2002, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by nealconner:
Seeing as how I'd be embarrassed give out my e-mail will a yahoo.com domain, I'd pass.

???? Why would that be embarrasing?

driven · Mar 21, 2002, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by SillyMonk:


If you come up with a good alternative can you post it here?

Of course there is mac.com which is great, but I don't know how to do web access with mac.com. I use the web part sometimes.

Thanxz

Try: www.mail2web.com

(You'll have web-access to your mac.com account)

driven · Mar 21, 2002, 06:06 PM

I might.

I'm debating if it's worth it to go through the hassle of changing my e-mail address. (I get 75-100 e-mails a day and EACH of those folks will need an update). So, I'll end up missing some e-mail.

My wife also uses it, but I'm NOT going to pay for 2 accounts. (So they will lose her as a customer.) <DOH>

I guess I'll decide by the 24th.

It *IS* a great service with a ton of features .... but I'm wondering if they are worth the $24

clRagnarok · Mar 21, 2002, 06:08 PM

wait a second, you have to pay for ALL yahoo mail now? For some reason i thought it was just if you wanted to access your account through a mail program.

screw this. yahoo can go f�ck themselves

Moderator · Mar 21, 2002, 06:10 PM

Originally posted by clRagnarok:
screw this. yahoo can go f�ck themselves

I haven't heard a thing about this...I suspect webmail will remain free..if not...see quote above

akebono · Mar 21, 2002, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by clRagnarok:
wait a second, you have to pay for ALL yahoo mail now? For some reason i thought it was just if you wanted to access your account through a mail program.

screw this. yahoo can go f�ck themselves

It is just for mail forwarding and POP3 access. Since Yahoo!(tm) once advertised "Free e-mail for life!", I'm sure that some money-grubber would set up a class-action lawsuit against them for charging for email.

SillyMonk · Mar 21, 2002, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by clRagnarok:
wait a second, you have to pay for ALL yahoo mail now? For some reason i thought it was just if you wanted to access your account through a mail program.

screw this. yahoo can go f�ck themselves

You just have to pay for POP3 and forwarding, which is what I use it for mainly.

Using webmail can be tedious after a few days, especially if it is your main mail.

driven · Mar 21, 2002, 06:19 PM

Originally posted by clRagnarok:
wait a second, you have to pay for ALL yahoo mail now? For some reason i thought it was just if you wanted to access your account through a mail program.

screw this. yahoo can go f�ck themselves

No.

Webmail is free. It's only POP access & forwarding that you'll have to pay for.

crazyjohnson · Mar 21, 2002, 06:23 PM

I did have an account with gmx.net - my account does not work anymore, I went to sign up again but the site is all German.

clRagnarok · Mar 21, 2002, 06:23 PM

well i'm glad we got that straightened out.

yahoo can still...you know...though.

Patrick · Mar 21, 2002, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by malvolio:
One that I have tried is hotpop.com. The "catch" with their free service is that you must agree to accept some advertising emails. But so far, it's not bad. I've been getting only one or two ad messages a week.

Same with Yahoo - when I signed up for their POP3 forwarding service, I had to agree to receive a bunch of advertisements. And lately I've been getting 5 - 10 junk emails per day. What gets on my nerves is that most have HTML formatting and linked images, which take time to load (when they do). Some even spawn those annoying javascript pop-up windows, and that pisses me off.

So what the hell, I'll stick with web access. I mean, it's a free deal. And maybe I'll stop getting get so much spam.

CharlesS · Mar 21, 2002, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by SillyMonk:


Very Funny! They do/did offer a good service! I haven't needed to change my email address in five years even though I have lived in four different cities. What are the alternatives?

I tried that service a while ago, and couldn't stand it. It was such a worthless pile of excrement that it wasn't worth the money you were paying for it even when it was free. Their servers were glacially slow and it took forever to download anything from it, and quite often their servers just plain didn't work for really long intervals of time. And their SMTP servers never did work at all. And of course, they always kept sending you their spam... ugh. The only thing worse was Hotmail. I can't believe they have the audacity to charge money for that terrible service...

zonetuke · Mar 22, 2002, 07:36 PM

I will not pay. My 6 yahoo accounts will change into 6 AT&T accounts with the @attbi.com domain name.

Miniryu · Mar 22, 2002, 08:26 PM

am i missing something here? what is wrong with using your mac.com address? if you want to check mail on the web go to www.iloveapple.com. as it sounds from this thread there are other services that allow you to check it through a browser as well.

i should also note that Yahoo has quit their free ftp access to your webspace. i was upset at this since this was what i used their service for mostly. where else can you make a direct link to photos and signatures etc for free (such as on ebay)?

EDIT: speaking of my website- pop on over there to check it out: http://liquidswift.da.ru

[ 03-22-2002: Message edited by: Miniryu ]

poocat · Mar 23, 2002, 11:26 AM

i've been "@rocketmail.com" (yahoo's original owners/who they bought it from) for like 8/9 years... but i only use webmail...

their spam is shitty... i get like 20-30 a day.. sux
if you all find another i'd be so down to switch, but i need universal access/24/7 uptime...

best of luck,
pcat.

(this post was longer but got deleted and now my english is screwed by g&t)

voodoo · Mar 24, 2002, 12:11 PM

what's wrong with mac.com? it's free, it does not spam you and you can use POP3 with it.

Xeo · Mar 24, 2002, 12:24 PM

Originally posted by SillyMonk:
the only reason I used Yahoo was because it was free!

Exactly. I had both hotmail and yahoo accounts. These were always my "If a website wants an e-mail when you register, give them this" accounts. I used to use the hotmail one but because I could check the yahoo with a POP client, I just left the hotmail one behind. Now I gotta go crawling back.

I really like having POP access and I don't get as much junkmail with my Yahoo! account (something like 1 or 2 every few days).

Oh well. I have a lot of places to change though. I suppose I could just use my own mail server now that I have it up. I can just forward it to my everyday address.

Xeo · Mar 24, 2002, 12:28 PM

Originally posted by SillyMonk:
Using webmail can be tedious after a few days, especially if it is your main mail.

Yup, and you get to view all those banner ads you've been skipping too. Cool huh? Grr...

TheJoshu · Mar 24, 2002, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by akebono:
It is just for mail forwarding and POP3 access. Since Yahoo!(tm) once advertised "Free e-mail for life!", I'm sure that some money-grubber would set up a class-action lawsuit against them for charging for email.

But that suit would never get off the ground - Yahoo! is still offering "free e-mail for life," just not free POP3 access. There is a key difference.