I still have an active Mindspring account dating back to 1996. It had been languishing for free, but they found a way to make me pay, and then increased the charges. I don’t mind paying as long as I can keep them in business, I guess.
WOW! I had not heard the name Mindspring in over 20 years! I remember an early boss of mine had this email service, and though it sounded cool. It was different because I remember her having it accessible on one of those new-fangled cellular brick phone things. LOL!
Minespring merged with Earthlink.