Yahoo mail vs Gmail and imap?

Question

So, now that gmail supports imap (for free), why should I bother keeping a yahoo mail address (beyond the pain in the butt it would be to notify everybody of my new email address)?

Answer 1

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Well, I can't figure that one out. I corresponded with Yahoo! support over a month ago about free IMAP support.

Best reason to have IMAP is when in a location where no Internet service is available. You can write messages off line and read messages retrieved earlier.

Yahoo! was forwarding it to executive board for consideration ie to provide free IMAP service.

Not heard a word. Only problem I have is the pain in the butt to get all the emails forwarded to GMail or my old ATT accounts (which offer IMAP) and keep them sorted into all the folders.

From my perspective Yahoo! has Yahooed! themselves out of time.

I am making the painfully slow switch to ATT. Maybe Gmail too after I find out how difficult it is to move from them and if it is as easy as moving to them.

Source(s):

----- Original Message ----
From: Yahoo! Mail Plus Customer Care <[e-mail]>
To: Dale Eshelman <[e-mail]>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:31:00 AM
Subject: Re: Other (KMM102915422V52235L0KM)

Hello Dale,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail Plus Customer Care.

We appreciate your inquiry regarding Yahoo! Mail. It is through user
comments and feedback that we are able to continue to develop and
improve our service. To ensure the best email experience, each local
version of Yahoo! Mail is adapted to the specific market needs.

We have provided POP access free with different Yahoo! international
Mail Domains like .CA, .UK, .AU etc.

We always have something on the drawing board, and we will be sure to
keep your question in mind as we continue to make improvements to our
service.

People like you help us continually improve our service, and we really
appreciate it

We're already starting to build a database of user suggestions for our
next round of enhancements. I've forwarded a copy of your message to the
Yahoo! Mail team as a product suggestion.

Please be sure to let us know if you have any further concerns.

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Mail Plus Customer Care.

Regards,

Jacob

Yahoo! Customer Care

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Original Message Follows:
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Wrong answer, your answer does not provide a solution, it does provides
a way to pay more money for the same service, since we do not need
additonal features of the plus opton. I still prefer to use Yahoo
through the web browser.

However, the POP Access is needed on occassion when out of town in
locations which have limited internet access to download to MacBook Pro
laptops and take to the hotel (which has no internet access) to read
during the evening, reply to them, and send them back through yahoo the
next day.

As an ATT customer, with [e-mail] and
[e-mail], I deserve access to the yahoo account as
it is. I will not link yahoo accounts dalece, daleeshelman, and
dalece_biz to my sbcglobal because it cannot be undone.

It is your choice, provide the access or all accounts for myself, my
staff, and my family to prevent the account from being moved somewhere
else.

Judging by yahoo's financial performance the past 3 years and their
stock price..which by the way I did own (I now own google)... yahoo
would be diligent to take their postion under consideration.

Its your choice, my position does not change.

Dale Eshelman, COO
Eshelman and Associates Consulting
Kansas City, MO


--- Yahoo! Mail Plus Customer Ca
re <[e-mail]> wrote:

Answer 2

I received the same answer as dalece just today when I asked them about the IMAP support.

What bothers me even more is I'm a Plus subscriber ($20/year) and they still don't even offer it. The only reason I signed up for Plus was the POP3 access and GMail has had that for free since the beginning!

The only reason I'm still using Yahoo is the web-mail interface (Beta?) is way more polished than Gmail's. Gmail's looks like a kids coloring book. If I can get over that, then I'll switch right away.

Also, I recommend using SpamGrourmet.com for just about everything. You get the spam protection of disposable addresses (another Yahoo Plus feature) for free and when you need to switch e-mail accounts, you just change it once in SpamGourmet. Then all of your e-mails will come to your new address. It's saves a hell of a lot of time.