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Nope.But - does Yahoo have free IMAP or POP? No - does Yahoo have a decent SPAM filter? No - how much free space for storage? Too little - can I use my own dom

by tiatia 13y ago

Nope.But - does Yahoo have free IMAP or POP? No - does Yahoo have a decent SPAM filter? No - how much free space for storage? Too little - can I use my own domain with yahoo mail? Don't know - does Yahoo have a decent interface? no It is just totally outdated. I don't know if google makes money with gmail Honestly, I doubt it. But it helps them to keep (and track) its users. From the privacy perspective, gmail is a nightmare. But is is just too good thought out. It just works.

dragonwriter 13y ago
> I don't know if google makes money with gmail Honestly, I doubt it. As Google is a pretty key component of paid Google Apps, and the free version is an advertising venue, I think Google makes plenty of money with Gmail, both by selling it and selling advertising in it.
ramses0 13y ago
I have to take issue with the jokes about Yahoo! spam filter. I've had the same email address for 10+ years, @yahoo.com, no effort at all to hide it. I get maybe 1-2 spam messages that reach my inbox per week. Usually 1-off nigerian prince emails or "You won 1M GBP UK Lotto" junk has been the most recent ones. Generally I sit with ~600-700 mail in "spam" which appears to cover ~2 weeks of not-checking-spam-folder. Not a bad ratio at all, much much less than 1%.
ajays 13y ago
"- does Yahoo have free IMAP or POP? No" Hmm... then how does the iPhone client fetch mail from Yahoo? "- does Yahoo have a decent SPAM filter? No" I get more spam in my INBOX in my GMail account (which I have protected quite steadfastly) than my Yahoo account. " - how much free space for storage? Too little " Are you kidding me? Yahoo went to "unlimited" storage like 5 years ago! Looks like you have a pretty strong bias. Time to re-think those assumptions...
- tiatia 13y ago
  "Hmm... then how does the iPhone client fetch mail from Yahoo?" Dunno. Maybe via an app or something? As far as I know, I have to pay for POP accesss. Otherwise I could access my yahoo mail from my gmail account and via alpine.

by tiatia 13y ago

dragonwriter 13y ago

> I don't know if google makes money with gmail Honestly, I doubt it. As Google is a pretty key component of paid Google Apps, and the free version is an advertising venue, I think Google makes plenty of money with Gmail, both by selling it and selling advertising in it.

ramses0 13y ago

I have to take issue with the jokes about Yahoo! spam filter. I've had the same email address for 10+ years, @yahoo.com, no effort at all to hide it. I get maybe 1-2 spam messages that reach my inbox per week. Usually 1-off nigerian prince emails or "You won 1M GBP UK Lotto" junk has been the most recent ones. Generally I sit with ~600-700 mail in "spam" which appears to cover ~2 weeks of not-checking-spam-folder. Not a bad ratio at all, much much less than 1%.

ajays 13y ago

"- does Yahoo have free IMAP or POP? No" Hmm... then how does the iPhone client fetch mail from Yahoo? "- does Yahoo have a decent SPAM filter? No" I get more spam in my INBOX in my GMail account (which I have protected quite steadfastly) than my Yahoo account. " - how much free space for storage? Too little " Are you kidding me? Yahoo went to "unlimited" storage like 5 years ago! Looks like you have a pretty strong bias. Time to re-think those assumptions...

tiatia 13y ago
"Hmm... then how does the iPhone client fetch mail from Yahoo?" Dunno. Maybe via an app or something? As far as I know, I have to pay for POP accesss. Otherwise I could access my yahoo mail from my gmail account and via alpine.