EmailDiscussions.com  

Go Back   EmailDiscussions.com > Discussions about Email Services > Early Warning...
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Stay in touch wirelessly

Early Warning... If an email service has closed down or changed the services it offers, or if there are indications it is about to do so, post about it here.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 10 Apr 2018, 04:14 AM   #1
davidfinneas
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 1
Lycos ending free email service

Got this message yesterday (Sunday, April 8):

Dear Lycos Mail User,

Starting on May 15th, 2018 we will no longer be able to offer free Lycos Mail addresses.

To continue using your Lycos Mail address, you will need to upgrade your account to a premium account: https://registration.lycos.com/payme...m_PR=27&m_UP=1

There are three premium account options:
- $4.95 per month
- $19.95 per year
- $49.95 per 3 years

Upgrading your account to premium does come with benefits:
- 5 GB of storage space
- POP and IMAP access
- Webmail access without ads

Alternatively, if you do not want to upgrade your account, you can download your email messages with an email client. Instructions on how to do this are here:
https://help.opensrs.com/hc/en-us/ar...indows-10-Mail
Make sure to follow the instructions for Cluster B and to use the POP3 protocol.

If you do not upgrade your account, on May 15th, your Lycos Mail account and its messages will be deleted.

If you already have a premium account, no action is required.

We regret not being able to offer free Lycos Mail accounts going forward, but it is unfortunately necessary for us to stay in business.

See our FAQ for more information:
http://helpdesk.lycos.com/solution/a...ee-service-faq

Thank you,
Lycos Mail Admin
davidfinneas is offline   Reply With Quote

Old 11 Apr 2018, 11:15 PM   #2
chrisretusn
Cornerstone of the Community
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Philippines
Posts: 840
I have a Lycos account, have not receive notification yet. I do expect one sooner or later though. Lost my Inbox.com account for the same reason. Not a real show stopper. Rarely use my account, everything is forwarded to an account I can use POP3 on and everything is not much. ;-)
chrisretusn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12 Apr 2018, 11:44 PM   #3
jdtaylor
Master of the @
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,690
That’s a small amount of storage these days.
jdtaylor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14 Apr 2018, 01:20 AM   #4
chrisretusn
Cornerstone of the Community
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Philippines
Posts: 840
Well I logged in to Lycos just now. That email is there, unread in my Inbox, apparently it was not forwarded to the specified email address. Oh well, as I mentioned before, not using it for much.
chrisretusn is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +9. The time now is 07:05 PM.

 

Copyright EmailDiscussions.com 1998-2022. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy