EmailDiscussions.com  

Go Back   EmailDiscussions.com > Discussions about Email Services > Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Stay in touch wirelessly

Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous Share your opinion of the email service you're using. Post general email questions and discussions that don't fit elsewhere.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 17 Jul 2024, 01:44 PM   #1
xiaoyunlong
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2024
Posts: 5
What do you know of mailbox services that have disappeared?

All I know of is everyone.net, and there are a few other small mail service providers. I wonder how many mail service providers used to exist
xiaoyunlong is offline   Reply With Quote

Old 17 Jul 2024, 06:58 PM   #2
jeffpan
The "e" in e-mail
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Macao
Posts: 2,311

Representative of:
tls-mail.com
Quote:
Originally Posted by xiaoyunlong View Post
All I know of is everyone.net, and there are a few other small mail service providers. I wonder how many mail service providers used to exist
As large as skiff and excite run away too.
Nothing about scale.
One of my often used acct @fsmail.net gone too.
jeffpan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17 Jul 2024, 08:22 PM   #3
dryoldlime
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 95
lavabit went away (or did it come back as a paid-for service?).
myway.com was nice for a while and then left.
lycos.com allowed people to join for email but no longer offer this.

And some people may remember CompuServe.
dryoldlime is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17 Jul 2024, 08:31 PM   #4
dryoldlime
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 95
One more thing about CompuServe:

If you visit the site, CompuServe.com, and click the big golden-brown button on the left side for "CompuServe Mail", that will take you to a Sign-In page for ...... AOL.
dryoldlime is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17 Jul 2024, 10:33 PM   #5
jeffpan
The "e" in e-mail
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Macao
Posts: 2,311

Representative of:
tls-mail.com
Quote:
Originally Posted by dryoldlime View Post
One more thing about CompuServe:

If you visit the site, CompuServe.com, and click the big golden-brown button on the left side for "CompuServe Mail", that will take you to a Sign-In page for ...... AOL.
compuserve.com is an ISP and bought by AOL, is it? it has also a @cs.com domain.
jeffpan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18 Jul 2024, 06:16 AM   #6
dryoldlime
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 95
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffpan View Post
compuserve.com is an ISP and bought by AOL, is it? it has also a @cs.com domain.
Maybe still allow activity for cs.com accounts? But anyway, the AOL part of it does not seem to allow for creating another compuserve email account.
dryoldlime is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18 Jul 2024, 06:27 AM   #7
jeffpan
The "e" in e-mail
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Macao
Posts: 2,311

Representative of:
tls-mail.com
Quote:
Originally Posted by dryoldlime View Post
Maybe still allow activity for cs.com accounts? But anyway, the AOL part of it does not seem to allow for creating another compuserve email account.
That?s rihght
As netscape.net owned by aol too
You can use it for old acct
New acct can?t be created.
jeffpan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18 Jul 2024, 06:53 AM   #8
TenFour
Master of the @
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 1,866
Check out the Early Warning discussion for lots of disappeared providers over many years. I wonder if POBox.com is going away?
TenFour is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18 Jul 2024, 06:53 AM   #9
hadaso
The "e" in e-mail
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Holon, Israel.
Posts: 4,991
onebox.com disappeared more than 20 years ago.
Actually they did not disappear. They warned people in advance that they are closing.
There were zillions of mail services that used to exist and then closed.
hadaso is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18 Jul 2024, 02:10 PM   #10
RFK
Essential Contributor
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 265
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffpan View Post
That?s rihght
As netscape.net owned by aol too
You can use it for old acct
New acct can?t be created.
I still have @netscape.net account. It is an alias to my @aol.com email.
RFK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18 Jul 2024, 11:20 PM   #11
odedp
Master of the @
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
Posts: 1,684
Quote:
Originally Posted by TenFour View Post
I wonder if POBox.com is going away?
I think they are going to close POBox but not before moving all their customers to Fastmail.
odedp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 31 Jul 2024, 03:39 AM   #12
xylon
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2023
Posts: 64
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffpan View Post
As large as skiff and excite run away too.
Nothing about scale.
One of my often used acct @fsmail.net gone too.
Fsnail.com?
xylon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 1 Aug 2024, 10:44 PM   #13
Bamb0
The "e" in e-mail
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 2,022
Welcome to EMD!!

Alot more have shut down than starting sadly.........
Bamb0 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 3 Aug 2024, 01:18 AM   #14
Tsunami
The "e" in e-mail
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown
Posts: 2,359
Gawab

They had a long list of domains to choose from, some of those domains were cities in the Middle East (I remember ramallah.cc to be one of those domains to choose from). Gawab was an Egyptian provider. They received some very good feedback on this forum.

Not sure exactly when they disappeared.
Tsunami is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 6 Aug 2024, 02:27 AM   #15
xylon
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2023
Posts: 64
etang.com, the email provider that disappeared more than 10 years ago
xylon 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 02:13 AM.

 

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