[summer]

Now, what do you like about Yahoo email? I have thought about that, too. Are there less ads or any? Is it targeted advertising like g-mail, scanning the messages? What about storage limits? And how long does it take to open?

[jjw]

gmail has free pop3 access. You can configure gmail to use outlook express if you like.

[Moonman62]

I still use dialup and Yahoo email is extremely slow.

[Spirochete]

Now, what do you like about Yahoo email? Far better address book, calendar, reminders than all the competition.

Are there less ads or any? I pay for the Mail Plus ($20/year) no ads, no Yahoo tagline at the end of your message, POP forwarding so I can use the account with Thunderbird or Outlook. Gmail has all these too, but you get ads and privacy issues.

Is it targeted advertising like g-mail, scanning the messages? I haven't noticed any spam related to message traffic.

What about storage limits? I forget what the Yahoo free account offers, something like 10 MB. Mail Plus gets you 2 GB.

And how long does it take to open? On Roadrunner or DSL, its pretty fast. Sometimes Yahoo mail servers seem to be down for several minutes.