> Lastly (and I really hope this happens), Yahoo implodes/collapses (cause the average Joe won't migrate willingly) and leaves a vacuum for their 500+ million e

> Lastly (and I really hope this happens), Yahoo implodes/collapses (cause the average Joe won't migrate willingly) and leaves a vacuum for their 500+ million email users. You do realize this makes you sound both terrible and ignorant, right? I happen to have a Yahoo account, which I registered way back when the options were that, Hotmail, and maybe AOL. I have self-hosted mail now, and a redirectable primary address, but that Yahoo address lives on in various address books. If you want to realize your email dream, you should try to turn the Yahoo addresses into an eternal forwarding service for current accounts. Maybe you could sell space on the signup page to smaller providers.