“Odd. I’ve been paying for Yahoo! Plus mail for 7 years now.”
Aside from the fact you’re missing my point, what about regular yahoo mail? Have people been paying a fee for that as well? I’ve never heard of it (but then again I don’t pay very close attention to issues concerning the Web).
No, of course people don't pay for "regular" Yahoo! mail. They receive ads at the bottom of their emails instead.