Is Yahoo Mail the best free web based email?

[Mail Lady]

I've been using Yahoo Mail and I haven't tried the other free web based email systems.

Is Yahoo Mail the best free web based email, or is there something better out there?

[Will.Spencer]

Google seems intent on making Gmail compete with Yahoo Mail. This means that we will all benefit from more competition to give us free web based e-mail.

It appears that Microsoft Hotmail and AOL AIM mail are falling behind in the competition.

Quite a few smaller competitors, such as FastMail, are still working hard to keep up with the big boys.

If I was going to use a free web based mail system today, I would probably choose Gmail.

[Will.Spencer]

Rut roh... I guess I should check my Yahoo Mail more often.

Your Yahoo! Mail account is no longer active.
Why is my account inactive?

Yahoo! Mail deactivated your mail account because:

* You have not logged into your mail account during the past four months; or
* You have requested that Yahoo! Mail deactivate your account.

What does this mean?

* All email messages, folders, attachments and preferences have been deleted and cannot be recovered.
* All messages sent to are being returned to the sender.
* You can still use your Yahoo! ID to access other registered services on Yahoo!.

To reactivate your account, please choose one of the following options:
Reactivate and protect my Yahoo! Mail account in the future
I don't want to risk losing important messages and contact information stored in my mail account. I would like to subscribe to Yahoo! Mail Plus so that my account will not be deactivated again in the future if I don't use it for four months.

Reactivate my account without protection
I know that my account will be deactivated again in the future if I do not log in for a four-month period. I understand that I will risk losing valuable email messages and other important information.

I was forwarding my Yahoo mail to my main e-mail address and I never noticed that it just stopped.