Yahoo to increase storage to 1GB<br><br>If they really want to impress me, offer free POP access and get rid of that idiotic advertisement stamp at the bottom of every outgoing e-mail. Until then, Gmail rules the roost. <br><br>

Cool, well I guess all of the free accounts I get with my DSL subscription will be getting bumped too! And they DO have POP access <br><br>I just wish they would throw IMAP access in there sometime...<br><br>

Well, they have POP access if you're a paying subscriber of an ISP that uses Yahoo or if you pay them $20 a year <br><br>

What's the advantage of POP access?<br><br>

You can easily download your mail to your Mac, and store it there.<br><br>Although IMAP is better than POP. You can choose to store it on server folders, or move them to local folders.<br><br><br>

Lets you get your email through a mail app (i.e. Mail or Outlook) instead of having to check your email through a web browser.<br><br>

Yes I realize it I can do that but what is the advantage of doing that? I mean is that more secure or more convenient? I have stopped using Mail altogether simply because it's MUCH more convenient for me to simply use Yahoo's web mail. I would certainly be willing to switch back to Mail if there was a compelling reason to do so.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p> You can easily download your mail to your Mac, and store it there.<br><br>Although IMAP is better than POP. You can choose to store it on server folders, or move them to local folders.<p><hr></blockquote><p><br>Well downloading it and archinving it makes sense to me. If i had mail that was really important I would certainly do that so I can understand why someone would want that feature now. As it is If i need to do that I simply copy it or email it to my work account, but If i had a LOT of mail it would be silly to do it that way. <br><br>

I just prefer an application interface to a web interface. Personal choice.<br><br>