more emails that closed

cindy · 12 Jun 2002, 10:57 AM

here are some you have not reported:

bangkok.com (thai portal) discontinued their email last October, with 60 days notice

lovemail.com (went off line for 10 days, then announced they were back, but as a paid service, and with no grace period)

philpost.gov.ph (their web site went down; they used big mailboxes, but were unique as they were the only .gov free e-mail service)

pinoycentral.com (announced on June 11 they were closing their email June 15th-a great loss as they were one of the few emails with an easy sign up form-no annoying questions about name, date of birth etc- and great interface besides)

ozbytes.net.au (the entire portal will close June 30th)

kchess79 · 12 Jun 2002, 03:26 PM

To be fair, lovemail did explain why they had to start charging with no warning...womenmail, alienmail, and several others were part of that, too...they used to be Chek sites...

cindy · 13 Jun 2002, 05:06 PM

lovemail could have given a 30 day free trial, so you could wind up things. while I believe that if an email service wants to charge they have that right, there should be some kind of reasonable notice. 30 or even 60 days to be fair to those who have used that service.

csl1010 · 14 Jun 2002, 12:19 AM

Thanks for news guys

Adam Lachlan · 14 Jun 2002, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cindy
lovemail could have given a 30 day free trial, so you could wind up things. while I believe that if an email service wants to charge they have that right, there should be some kind of reasonable notice. 30 or even 60 days to be fair to those who have used that service.

Another.com only gave 3 days notice before they went pay :|

ikxu · 15 Jun 2002, 06:21 AM

Thank you Cindy.
People like you are the ones who are the backbone of these kind of Forums.
Thank you for the info.
ikxu

Gazania · 15 Jun 2002, 09:17 AM

One of the main reasons why emailaddresses.com is probably one of the most current, updated e-mail sites out there is that people will promptly post when a service goes under, goes for-fee, or just goes fishy. Edwin does a great job, but he simply CANNOT check every e-mail service all the time. (I ASSUME he has a life!) It's people like you and others who post the latest news and help him keep the site as updated as possible, with the ways e-mails constantly change.

12 Jun 2002, 10:57 AM	#1
cindy Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 53	more emails that closed here are some you have not reported: bangkok.com (thai portal) discontinued their email last October, with 60 days notice lovemail.com (went off line for 10 days, then announced they were back, but as a paid service, and with no grace period) philpost.gov.ph (their web site went down; they used big mailboxes, but were unique as they were the only .gov free e-mail service) pinoycentral.com (announced on June 11 they were closing their email June 15th-a great loss as they were one of the few emails with an easy sign up form-no annoying questions about name, date of birth etc- and great interface besides) ozbytes.net.au (the entire portal will close June 30th)

13 Jun 2002, 05:06 PM	#3
cindy Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 53	lovemail lovemail could have given a 30 day free trial, so you could wind up things. while I believe that if an email service wants to charge they have that right, there should be some kind of reasonable notice. 30 or even 60 days to be fair to those who have used that service.

15 Jun 2002, 06:21 AM	#6
ikxu Guest Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 400	thank you Thank you Cindy. People like you are the ones who are the backbone of these kind of Forums. Thank you for the info. ikxu

15 Jun 2002, 09:17 AM	#7
Gazania Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 181	So right, ikxu! One of the main reasons why emailaddresses.com is probably one of the most current, updated e-mail sites out there is that people will promptly post when a service goes under, goes for-fee, or just goes fishy. Edwin does a great job, but he simply CANNOT check every e-mail service all the time. (I ASSUME he has a life!) It's people like you and others who post the latest news and help him keep the site as updated as possible, with the ways e-mails constantly change.

12 Jun 2002, 03:26 PM	#2
kchess79 Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,142	To be fair, lovemail did explain why they had to start charging with no warning...womenmail, alienmail, and several others were part of that, too...they used to be Chek sites...

14 Jun 2002, 12:19 AM	#4
csl1010 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: U.K. & Hong Kong Posts: 284	Thanks for news guys