Pay Yahoo!? for pop3?

[Nija]

Got this email from yahoo about the beginning of this week, they want you to start paying for their pop3 and smtp access unless you go through their website and access their email.... damn them...

[modena]

Hey nija was that mean, if you check yahoo mail through lets say outlook, you have to pay?

[DoPeY5007]

/me loved Yahoo till they sent me that mail....


and yes that means no more outlook access to yahoo unless ya pay them that cash :angry:

[Nija]

basically... you ahve to pay for their premuium plan for outlook/express access. They will still let you have web access, although no remote access.. :bawl:

[modena]

oh ok cool, i usually check it at yahoo anyway:rolleyes:

[Nija]

the last time I went to the yahoo web site was a good year ago to set it up to send me my mail to my outlook express.. i don't even remember what it looks like... *sigh* i guess i will have to frequent it more often now... *pout*

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by modena
oh ok cool, i usually check it at yahoo anyway:rolleyes: outlook is so much easier though :P

[modena]

i agree outlook is easier, but i am at college (psu) with 40000+ people. so that auto open crap that outlook does is always giving people viruses around here, so i just check it on the website (for the obvious virus reasons). but that does suck that they are chraging for it now!

[NuTs62]

Heh.. scared me for a sec there. I always use the web-based yahoo mail to check my pop3 isp email.. that would suck if they started charging for that too!

im guessing they aren't making enough money from the ads, since lots of ppl use outlook to view the stuff

[leemaj]

whats a good pop3 / smtp mail then?

[Pinkgirl36]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
outlook is so much easier though :P
:stupid:

[modena]

Originally posted by NuTs62
Heh.. scared me for a sec there. I always use the web-based yahoo mail to check my pop3 isp email.. that would suck if they started charging for that too!

im guessing they aren't making enough money from the ads, since lots of ppl use outlook to view the stuff

Yea i thought they were gonna charge to get your mail and put it in your yahoo account as well. Lucky for me and you they arent --- YET!

[Nanotech9]

i've been using yahoo for 3 or 4 years now... i didnt get that message :)

[Nija]

here is the actual email (had to look for it):

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.

[BrewMaster]

well, $20 ain't bad, but i feel ya Nija, no one wants to pay for what used to be free.

[Nija]

Originally posted by BrewMaster
well, $20 ain't bad, but i feel ya Nija, no one wants to pay for what used to be free.

I mean I can understand times are hard, for these dot commie bastiges and all, but like 20 bux ain't worth what little they are giving. I mean, i'm always cheap, and your right, I'm not going to pay for something that used to be free, unless it's totally worth it. Now they want to give me everything i used to do, plus the higher limit, and like some other subscription based features (i'll guess and say maybe the personal ads, no pop-ups, higher geocities traffic, etc. etc.) then you know it may well be worth the money.. but all i'm getting is higher file trasnfer rate, and the remote access... pffft

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by Nija


I mean I can understand times are hard, for these dot commie bastiges and all, but like 20 bux ain't worth what little they are giving. I mean, i'm always cheap, and your right, I'm not going to pay for something that used to be free, unless it's totally worth it. Now they want to give me everything i used to do, plus the higher limit, and like some other subscription based features (i'll guess and say maybe the personal ads, no pop-ups, higher geocities traffic, etc. etc.) then you know it may well be worth the money.. but all i'm getting is higher file trasnfer rate, and the remote access... pffft
so are you going to switch to another email service that'll let you use a Outlook? or are you going to just check your mail using the web-based service?

[Nija]

Originally posted by BrewMaster

so are you going to switch to another email service that'll let you use a Outlook? or are you going to just check your mail using the web-based service?

just gonna use it until I have no reason to. Hence why I still have and use my hotmail account. it just won't get checked as often, since it's more diffucult for me to get to...

[Nija]

Originally posted by DarkFury
Hotmail will do that... for free as well.

yeah.. they are set up to do it write now..

[TommyBoomfiger]

crap, i had 3 yahoo mail accounts (one for work mail, one for junk and one for personal) all forwarded to one account, now i have to check all 3 separetly through yahoos site. first vindigo and now yahoo, using the internet is getting expensive for me:(

[attgig]

Originally posted by TommyBoomfiger
crap, i had 3 yahoo mail accounts (one for work mail, one for junk and one for personal) all forwarded to one account, now i have to check all 3 separetly through yahoos site. first vindigo and now yahoo, using the internet is getting expensive for me:(

I'm in the same boat..
got a couple yahoo accounts, and outlook was really convenient.

now, I can't even forward mail to a different account - same pay junks..
:(

gonna get my own domain soon, and just set up a pop account with that - but i just gotta change my e-mail address...or somethin with all my buddies so that they know not to send it to my yahoo account anymore..
stinkin pain

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by DarkFury
Hotmail will do that... for free as well. not really, only half way....


Hotmail still connects to the site through outlook, not as easy as a pop3 server....