Lynda

O.K., the question is, how many folks are going to anti-up the intro $20 to
get their mail from this list sent to their Outlook Express or whatever Pop3
server and how many that aren't on web read are going to go to web read?

And before you answer, go and try the VERY SLLLOOOWWWWWW loaded with ads web
site and try reading the mail.

Or how many are just going to drop the list and forget it? (I heard on
several other lists that a whole bunch of lurkers and dropping the whole
business and a whole bunch of list owners are going to other places).

Lynda

Tia Leschke

At 03:55 PM 27/03/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>O.K., the question is, how many folks are going to anti-up the intro $20 to
>get their mail from this list sent to their Outlook Express or whatever Pop3
>server and how many that aren't on web read are going to go to web read?
>
>And before you answer, go and try the VERY SLLLOOOWWWWWW loaded with ads web
>site and try reading the mail.
>
>Or how many are just going to drop the list and forget it? (I heard on
>several other lists that a whole bunch of lurkers and dropping the whole
>business and a whole bunch of list owners are going to other places).

As far as I can tell from the Snopes site and Yahoo is that this is only
for people who use Yahoo email as in leschke@... and have been
getting it forwarded to a pop account. I can't see anything in here that
says it applies to Yahoo Groups. That's not to say it never will, but I
don't think the time is now. Here's the Snopes article.

Origins: In mid-March 2002, those who had been availing themselves of
Yahoo!'s free
POP mail service received a shock in their inboxes, an announcement
from the
company that as of 24 April 2002 those previously-free services
would continue to be
available only to those willing to pay for them.

Beginning April 24, Yahoo! will charge $29.99 a year for this
feature. Those who sign up
before that date can secure continuation of this service for $19.99
per annum. Before
anyone becomes overly confused on this point, remember that we're
talking strictly
about POP (Post Office Protocol) e-mail accounts (a protocol that
allows desktop e-mail
clients such as Eudora and Microsoft Outlook to download mail
messages from host
systems to users' PCs ). Non-POP e-mail accounts -- those accessed
by reading e-mail
from Yahoo! via a web browser -- will still be free.
Tia

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
*********************************************
Tia Leschke
leschke@...
On Vancouver Island

kaydeecross

Yes, I got an email from them because I do use their pop3 services for
my business acc't so I can get mail while traveling. I thought it also
pertained to the groups. I suppose for now it doesn't.. but time will
tell...

Reading mail off of a yahoo account is a drag!!!

___________________________

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.

Fetteroll

on 3/27/02 6:55 PM, Lynda at lurine@... wrote:

> O.K., the question is, how many folks are going to anti-up the intro $20 to
> get their mail from this list sent to their Outlook Express or whatever Pop3
> server and how many that aren't on web read are going to go to web read?
>
> And before you answer, go and try the VERY SLLLOOOWWWWWW loaded with ads web
> site and try reading the mail.
>
> Or how many are just going to drop the list and forget it? (I heard on
> several other lists that a whole bunch of lurkers and dropping the whole
> business and a whole bunch of list owners are going to other places).

Pardon?

The only annoying change I know about is the ads on one list I'm on are now
at the top of each email rather than the bottom. Is that what you're talking
about?

Digest eliminates those but of course adds it's own annoyances.

You (general you) can eliminate the ones you send by setting preferences to
no HTML at the website and on the mail program you use. That doesn't
eliminate the ones other people send though. And quoting someone's email
with ads can on some email programs automatically turn HTML back on.

Joyce

rumpleteasermom

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Lynda" <lurine@s...> wrote:

> And before you answer, go and try the VERY SLLLOOOWWWWWW loaded with
ads web
> site and try reading the mail.
>

Lynda,

I read from the web with a 56K modem. Maybe once a week I am annoyed
by something loading too slow, but for the most part it is not a
problem because I open several browsers and lists at once and rotate
across them. That way, while I'm reading one post, the others are
loading.

It really is not that bad.

Bridget

Karen

Well, we've used the POP3 at yahoo for years, but with this, and since we
already had cable modem and the included email accounts just sitting there,
we switched addresses. (Now kbmatlock@..., FWIW).

But I often read off the web when I'm away or to catch up. If you'll look at
the message archives, there's a spot to click "expand messages" and then you
can scroll and read as fast as you want without those horrible ads tripping
you up on your way to the message. Much easier, at least until they plug
*that* loophole.

Karen