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Remember RocketMail? It’s back.

In 1997, RocketMail, not to be confused with the delivery of mail by rocket or missile, was a great email service, then Yahoo! snatched it up and killed it.

Well, 11 years later, you can sign up for a email address.

They also enabled ymail.com, which sounds like direct competition to Gmail.

I have heard a lot about the inner workings of Mail and Calendar over at Yahoo! They’re really focusing on making it more social. Even though Yahoo! is losing a lot of top-level execs, their audience is still strong. People are always gonna revolve their web experience around Yahoo!

Will you use RocketMail or Ymail?

This entry was written by Andrew Mager, posted on June 20, 2008 at 7:37 am, filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.
  • Peter

    I’d use yahoo mail, but I also need to use my own domain. Sorta like Google Apps for your domain. It’d be great!

  • Peter

    I’d use yahoo mail, but I also need to use my own domain. Sorta like Google Apps for your domain. It’d be great!

  • https://andrewmager.com me

    Same here. My main email lives on GAFYD ().

    I actually like Yahoo’s interface better than Gmail, but Google still has the advantage because I can customize.

  • https://andrewmager.com me

    Same here. My main email lives on GAFYD ().

    I actually like Yahoo’s interface better than Gmail, but Google still has the advantage because I can customize.

  • Peter

    Also, there’s a little-known company who provides push Google Calendar and Contacts over ActiveSync, and they’ll support Gmail e-mails. It’s called nuevasync.com. I love them, I had provided a lot of feedback for them, and it works great!

  • Peter

    Also, there’s a little-known company who provides push Google Calendar and Contacts over ActiveSync, and they’ll support Gmail e-mails. It’s called nuevasync.com. I love them, I had provided a lot of feedback for them, and it works great!

  • http://twitter.com/Phatemokid phatemokid

    im still standing by my hotmail.

  • http://twitter.com/Phatemokid phatemokid

    im still standing by my hotmail.

  • https://andrewmager.com me

    says Hotmail it evil! Microsoft. Whoa, I just wrote this comment Plurk-style.

  • https://andrewmager.com me

    says Hotmail it evil! Microsoft. Whoa, I just wrote this comment Plurk-style.

  • http://www.leftsider.com leftsider

    Dude this is nostalgic news. Rocket mail was my first email ever! When it died, I lost access to my 6-digit ICQ number.

    Don’t forget your Yahoo! ID is a valid OpenID login. Big props to Yahoo! for that.

  • http://www.leftsider.com leftsider

    Dude this is nostalgic news. Rocket mail was my first email ever! When it died, I lost access to my 6-digit ICQ number.

    Don’t forget your Yahoo! ID is a valid OpenID login. Big props to Yahoo! for that.

  • Anonymous

    I use Hotmail/msn for IM < Yes it’s the biggest in Holland
    Gmail: For my E-mail, Awesome spam control
    Yahoo: for my flickr
    AIM: To chat with my American Friends

    Tales

  • http://alex.simsnetwerk.com Alex

    I use Hotmail/msn for IM < Yes it’s the biggest in Holland
    Gmail: For my E-mail, Awesome spam control
    Yahoo: for my flickr
    AIM: To chat with my American Friends

    Tales

  • http://NickStarr.com Nick Starr

    I saw that Yahoo was now offering Rocketmail, I was like wait…Rocketmail from the 90′s? I think that was my first email account. I’m just glad they offered Ymail as well…where it can’t compare to Gmail, I can at least have instead of .

  • http://NickStarr.com Nick Starr

    I saw that Yahoo was now offering Rocketmail, I was like wait…Rocketmail from the 90′s? I think that was my first email account. I’m just glad they offered Ymail as well…where it can’t compare to Gmail, I can at least have instead of .

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    I was like wait…Rocketmail from the 90's?

  • http://www.abercrombiemarts.com Abercrombie

    i will use ymail

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