The Yahoo! Mail login page. Yahoo! Mail is a Web-based e-mail (Webmail) service from Yahoo!. That is, the service requires only a Web browser, not special software. It is one of the biggest e-mail providers on the Internet, serving millions of users.
History
Yahoo! Mail was born in 1997 when Yahoo! bought Four11 Corporation and renamed its existing Rocketmail service.
Features
Yahoo Mail has the following features:
- Free version: 250 MB quota, 10 MB attachments, plus basic protection against spam and viruses. Before the change, these accounts had a quota between 4 and 6 megabytes in size. The mail account can only be accessed through a web browser, and advertising is displayed on the screen while working with the email account. Users can also read mail from a distant POP3 server through Yahoo! Mail. However, if they want to send mail from a distant SMTP server, they will have to upgrade to a Plus account. Every Free account includes spam and virus protection (through Norton AntiVirus).
- Plus version: 2 GB (or 2000 MB) quota. The Plus service offers POP3 access - meaning that the email account can be accessed through email clients (Outlook, Eudora, etc) that work with the POP3 protocol. When working with the account over a web browser, no ads are displayed. This type of account has additional spam and virus protection.
- Additionally, a user can pay a nominal fee to have a custom e-mail address and domain name.
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