Is anyone using a web-based mail like Yahoo or Gmail?

[question everything]

I have been using Yahoo for 15 years now and all of a sudden they have a "sponsored" "mail" that cannot be deleted.

I think that I will quit them but will Gmail do the same? Are there other web-based email services?

It is one thing to have a display ad on the screen. But to have an email inserted is really disturbing.

[ohheckyeah]

1. I use Gmail....

I have it configured with Thunderbird. I just have to remember to go into the actual Gmail account every now and then to delete all of the old emails.

[question everything]

2. Thank. Will give them a try

Now I need to find out how to quit Yahoo..

[2naSalit]

3. According to

these guys it should be easy. Just find Yahoo on the page (alphabetical), click on that block and follow the instructions.

http://justdelete.me/

[jsr]

4. Yahoo truly sucks

The new management took a great product and made it pretty much unusable.

[Atman]

9. That one persons opinion

A bit of hyperbole to call it "unusable." Not my experience at all. For a free service I think it's pretty darned good. To each his own.

[justabob]

12. I hate it too

It was fine until a couple of months ago, and now I can barely stand it. I know it is free, but it has been free forever, and it didn't used to suck.

[annm4peace]

5. good to know

[Tx4obama]

6. I use Yahoo for my email and don't have a clue about what you're talking about

What is 'sponsored mail' ?

Is is something that I'm not seeing here on my end because I use Ad Blocker ?

What the heck is it ?

[Tanuki]

7. I don't know what it is, either.

I've used yahoo for years and I didn't notice this. I hope the OP will explain.

[question everything]

14. See my explanation #13, below (nt)

[Atman]

8. I use Yahoo for my "less serious" mail

Like you, I don't know what the heck sponsored mail is. I've had a Yahoo Mail account for as long as I can remember and see no problem. Sure, they change their design and interface every know and then, but otherwise they're the "old reliable."

I have my own domain name with its own e-mail which I use for business and personal friends, but because it's not a widely recognized domain it is more likely to be flagged as spam. So Yahoo is good, and back before the iPhone it was a reliable way to get my mail while traveling. Now I use it just to respond to offers and such to help keep the junk mail out of my primary mailbox.

[question everything]

15. See my explanation, #13, below (nt)

[question everything]

13. I think that it is rolling through subscribers

I first noticed it yesterday, but I saw others complaining for the past few weeks in the Yahoo Community.

You open your email and on top there is something that looks like spam - from American Express, to improve your joints, to protect your bank account, etc. But instead of a box to its left where you can check to delete or to identify as spam, it has a little light bulb image with a dollar sign inside. On the right instead of time of the email it says sponsored.

As I said, I don't mind display ads that I can ignore, but putting it into my inbox with me helpless to do anything about it is.. yes, an invasion of privacy.

When I first noticed it at first, it was on Firefox but not on Safari, then it crawled there, too.

I hope you won't get it but be warned..

[Atman]

17. Funny, I didn't even notice it.

I noticed that the splash screen is a big ad. So what? It could be a splash screen of puppies and kittens, I'll still ignore it. There is a very obvious log-in box. So just log in...Yahoo is not forcing you to get an Amex card, they're just paying the bills, just as we all have to.

[hobbit709]

10. It annoys me but you don't have to open it.

Like most ads I just ignore them.

[LuvNewcastle]

11. I use gmail and I'm happy with it.

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. Gmail doesn't and is much better software, but you still have no privacy. n/t