Now its all gmail and windows live mail has taking over and gotten better

Plus there's no one in the Yahoo chat rooms

And the fact that it gotten boring chatting with I'm users on the net with Yahoo

No, it's a throw away mail. So anyone that needs a throw away mail has a lot of choices is all. Many people use Yahoo mail and don't use any other features of Yahoo. They aren't closing Yahoo email anytime soon In my opinion.

I have AT&T ISP and they switched all their email over to Yahoo, so I imagine there's a ton of accounts just from that. It also stinks and I don't even check that email anymore - it's like it doesn't exist. There is definitely a lot of bloat - I just want to check my email but it comes with a ton of other garbage. So I for one will be slowly switching my stuff over elsewhere.

Although I sort of wish it would disappear and that AT&T would create their own again. Not that I want it going to gmail since that's Google.

I have AT&T ISP and they switched all their email over to Yahoo, so I imagine there's a ton of accounts just from that. It also stinks and I don't even check that email anymore - it's like it doesn't exist. There is definitely a lot of bloat - I just want to check my email but it comes with a ton of other garbage. So I for one will be slowly switching my stuff over elsewhere.

Although I sorta wish it would disappear and that AT&T would create their own again. Not that I want it going to gmail since that's google.

I wasn't aware that AT&T made a switch like that. Yahoo has always been considered a throw away email. Being of that nature many sites DO NOT accept Yahoo at registration due to concerns over security tracking and only accept registered email from your provider. This puts that situation in a very odd place.

I'm still using Yahoo Mail, works well for me. Got a couple Gmaill accounts that sync well with my Android phone. I have never used my ISP email account.

I never use my ISP address either (mainly because I'm sure at some point I will have to switch). I've been using my Gmail account for years, ever since it was in Beta and was invite only.

Have never used anything but a Yahoo address since they started ( heck even still use a hotmail address some)

But they have chat features ? Really doubtful if a large majorities of users do anything but email with it.

I wasnt aware that AT&T made a switch like that. Yahoo has always been considered a throw away email. Being of that nature many sites DO NOT accept yahoo at registration due to concerns over security tracking and only accept registered email from your provider. This puts that situation in a very odd place.

Not an issue. We were able to keep the same address, so it still says ATT.net on it. (Along with sbcglobal, bellsouth I think and some other ones they consolidated.) There's also a sort of "updated" version of it, which does look a little nicer, but it's actually missing some options. (Like how to get rid of your real name in the from box. I had to go back to the old version to change that. Spent two months trying to figure this out.) And it's still got all the bloat, the chat, the... I don't know, whatever's there, cause I never look at it, cause I leave as soon as I possibly can. It took me forever to find a "global" place to just set a privacy level.

You realize SBC Yahoo and AT&T combined? It's all Yahoo now. It went through a lot. I had the old Worldnet dial-up. When they first switched their DSL over, you had to get the sbcglobal. Later they allowed you to keep your address, even AOL or whatever. Even later still, they allowed you to stay with the Worldnet email, which is what I did. And then back in March, with hardly any warning at all, it all went POOF and turned into Yahoo. (And they dumped the web hosting and I had to scramble to make sure I had copies of everything.)

Sorry, rambling. Not a happy camper about it.

I'd switch to something else, but it'll just be bought out by some place I hate and I'll go through the same thing again. I don't see the point. All this changes so fast. Besides, I don't have issues with their actual service. Just the email, and I use another one for my main personal account.

Yahoo also hasn't maintained the "cutting edge" that most mail providers have. Many email clients have issues accessing Yahoo, not to mention they only use ssl on their paid accounts (may have changed recently) leaving huge security risks. There's nothing wrong with them, but they don't have the features or even the current technology that many other companies offer for free or what we now consider standard.

Yahoo also hasn't maintained the "cutting edge" that most mail providers have. Many email clients have issues accessing yahoo, not to mention they only use ssl on their paid accounts (may have changed recently) leaving huge security risks. There's nothing wrong with them, but they don't have the features or even the current technology that many other companies offer for free or what we now consider standard.

I don't think there are any more "standards" when it comes to ISP's now. They are all making wild claims and screwing up the internet as fast as they can. Many places where you can buy / sell items require an email other then "yahoo" or other generic ones ( I call throw away emails ). Its amazing to me that ISP's are doing so much to kill the business and are so proud of it. This new buffering speed has done much more harm then good for all of us. It's the one providers smile and call boost. Its really messing things up.

There are no clear standards. However, when you get an email address you expect that you have certain features, address book, folder control, inbox, spam filter, compose mail, and a many others. Yahoo doesn't change much and more and more features are being added to many email companies email every day. The internet itself lacks standards within most of its services, its anybody's game out there.