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Why does Yahoo charge for POP3 / MAPI?

• Hi, question for anyone that may be able to resolve this... All other email services let you use POP3/MAPI for free, why does Yahoo want you to pay for this through Mail Plus? Wasn't this previously free from Yahoo a couple of years ago? This is very annoying as since I do use Yahoo mail but would like to combine it with all my other accounts without paying anything extra as I'm already paying an arm and a leg for a lot of services. It doesn't make any sense that Yahoo is the ONLY major email service that charges for POP3/MAPI. Very inconvenient for those that use a multiple email account service that can be set up for all POP3/MAPI emails. Why does Yahoo charge for this service?

• Answer:

  Basically, because they can. People seem willing to pay for it, so they charge for it. They don't in other countries though, pretty sad huh? If you want to use Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird or other third party email clients to view your email you have 2 options. Subscribe to mail plus: http://billing.mail.yahoo.com/bm/Upgrades or download and install YPOPS http://ypopsemail.com/ then follow the directions for your version of outlook here, http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/index.html If you have trouble with set up, check the YPOPS installation page for alternate set up instructions. http://dbeusee.home.comcast.net/ Click on YPOPS link on the left. Then Click on Configuring email clients towards the bottom. Choose the appropriate link for your mail client. I currently utilize version 2.0.0.4 of Thunderbird and version 0.8.3 of YPOPS (there is a more recent version of YPOPS that you need if you are Yahoo Beta Mail) and have no problems. Thumbs up are always appreciated if I have truly helped you!! DO NOT believe those who say it won't work.