That's why Yahoo today will begin letting folks sign up for brand new e-mail addresses under two domains -- ymail and rocketmail. It also gives Yahoo a chance to grow its matured e-mail business. Starting at about 2 p.m. CDT, you can be part of a rush to get a decent e-mail address that runs through Yahoo's servers and Web-mail interface.
Ymail is obviously a play on Gmail, Google's excellent mail service. From Mashable:
Ymail, on the other hand, is a clear jab at Gmail. Although Yahoo Mail is the market leader with the most users (266 million worldwide in April), Google caused a major disruption when they offered nearly unlimited storage capacity. That, along with the fact that Gmail was great at killing spam and really easy to use, was enough to grab a big piece of the free e-mail market -- 101 million users in April, according to the AP. Yahoo and Microsoft have, for the most part, caught up with Gmail's storage offering -- Yahoo Mail now offers unlimited storage -- but Gmail is now killing them with features and great integration with other Google services.
Rocketmail was a free e-mail service that Yahoo acquired with an acquisition in 1997. I had a Rocketmail account, and loved it for the same reasons I love Gmail today - it was simple, clean, fast and easy to use. The 2008 version, though, will point at Yahoo's current interface.
If you want to grab a better e-mail address, hop onto Yahoo's mail site at 2 p.m. CDT today. If Yahoo's servers can survive the onslaught, you might be able to walk away with an address that makes sense.
Update: Some users trying to sign up are only seeing @yahoo.com as the domain name, while others see a dropdown box letting you choose from @yahoo.com, @ymail.com and @rocketmail.com. If you don't have a choice, trying coming at the page from mail.yahoo.com or www.ymail.com. You may have to make several stabs at it before the dropdown appears.
source : blogs.chron.com
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