Unofficial Yahoo Weblog gets in on new Yahoo Mail beta

yeah. until yahoo goes back to offering free pop or imap access (read, never), i'm sticking with gmail.

No Safari support - wah.

I'm just curious about how this fits into the Mac theme of this blog. You mind as well write about anything then.

Please, lets clear things up here... POP vs. IMAP ? Not even a question, there is *no* challenge. POP is a tool to get your mail off a server. True, you can leave it there, but that is not a real server storage option. IMAP: true server storage with folder support. Bi-directional functionality (you can upload mail from your Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail clients to your IMAP account). Header downloading for faster mail preview... So much more functionality. Google uses Linux technology (mbox or maildir, I don't remember now), a (simple and productive) webmail interface to it, and provides a POP implementation for those willing to download mail to their usual desktop clients. Now, concerning this Yahoo interface, it looks great. I don't plan on opening yet another account to try it out, but this looks like it is probably the best attempt at a desktop-like webmail. Another good one come with the windows MDaemon server, their webmail interface has a fantastic Lookout skin.

Actually gmail is closer to IMAP, even tho it is using POP technology (i think it can use IMAP as well but i don't see the point/difference). You can use thunderbird or mail or outlook to view it on your own comp and you still have a nice gmail interface if you need to view stuff on the road or at another person's computer.

who cares gmail = free pop mail... Yahoo is still my junk mail account and always will be shiney interface or not.

While gmail is a very nice step away from hotmail and the rest, I must say that there are no web-based email clients that I really enjoy using. From the sound of things this is the closest thing to a desktop client experience in the webmail market. I'll have to keep my eyes on this one.