Problem with Lycos Mail

Ceramic · 9 Mar 2018, 02:07 PM

I have a free Lycos Mail account that I created a long long time ago.

For the past couple of days, I'm having trouble logging into their webmail service. I go to mail.lycos.com, give my username/password, which seemingly are accepted, and then I'm redirected after several seconds to webmail.lycos.com which gives the error message "login failed". Further login attempts at webmail.lycos.com always give login failed.
If I now go to mail.lycos.com, I'm redirected (without me having to give any username,password) to webmail.lycos.com

If (after clearing all cookies) I give a wrong password at mail.lycos.com, there is no redirection, and I *immediately* get the message "username-password do not match".

mf1941 · 9 Mar 2018, 09:17 PM

I believe that it will log you in if you use the mail tab on the LYCOS home page.

Had the same issue a while back.

Tsunami · 16 Mar 2018, 04:24 AM

Good to know Lycos still exists. I remember them vaguely as a free webhost too, back before Wordpress.com, Wix.com and Weebly came into existance. I haven't seen anything Lycos related in ages.

Do they still accept new subscriptions for email? Are you satisfied with their service?

mf1941 · 16 Mar 2018, 09:10 PM

I believe LYCOS allows Paid only though maybe worth a try to sign up a free account.

They have a modified Roundcube webmail w./ calendar and a basic File Storage.
Have used it for a few online forums etc. No issues at all with it.

The ownership of LYCOS is now with an India based online advertising outfit,
Brightcom which appears to be highly profitable.

Ceramic · 20 Mar 2018, 01:23 AM

I think they still accept new free accounts, but only from certain countries.

I've still been unable to go to my mail account, and I'm not the only one:
http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/mail.lycos.com.html

(Look at their comments section)

It's been like 2 weeks, and no access.

Clicking the mail tab on the lycos page does not help.

Their email interface had improved from their early days.

9 Mar 2018, 02:07 PM	#1
Ceramic Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 116	Problem with Lycos Mail I have a free Lycos Mail account that I created a long long time ago. For the past couple of days, I'm having trouble logging into their webmail service. I go to mail.lycos.com, give my username/password, which seemingly are accepted, and then I'm redirected after several seconds to webmail.lycos.com which gives the error message "login failed". Further login attempts at webmail.lycos.com always give login failed. If I now go to mail.lycos.com, I'm redirected (without me having to give any username,password) to webmail.lycos.com If (after clearing all cookies) I give a wrong password at mail.lycos.com, there is no redirection, and I immediately get the message "username-password do not match".

9 Mar 2018, 09:17 PM	#2
mf1941 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sound Beach, N.Y. Posts: 257	I believe that it will log you in if you use the mail tab on the LYCOS home page. Had the same issue a while back.

16 Mar 2018, 04:24 AM	#3
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,129	Good to know Lycos still exists. I remember them vaguely as a free webhost too, back before Wordpress.com, Wix.com and Weebly came into existance. I haven't seen anything Lycos related in ages. Do they still accept new subscriptions for email? Are you satisfied with their service?

16 Mar 2018, 09:10 PM	#4
mf1941 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sound Beach, N.Y. Posts: 257	I believe LYCOS allows Paid only though maybe worth a try to sign up a free account. They have a modified Roundcube webmail w./ calendar and a basic File Storage. Have used it for a few online forums etc. No issues at all with it. The ownership of LYCOS is now with an India based online advertising outfit, Brightcom which appears to be highly profitable.

20 Mar 2018, 01:23 AM	#5
Ceramic Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 116	I think they still accept new free accounts, but only from certain countries. I've still been unable to go to my mail account, and I'm not the only one: http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/mail.lycos.com.html (Look at their comments section) It's been like 2 weeks, and no access. Clicking the mail tab on the lycos page does not help. Their email interface had improved from their early days.