BleepingComputer.com: Looking for Yahoo Mail alternative

I use Yahoo Mail through my ISP (Rogers). Yahoo made two really stupid changes today. First, they've added ads to the Yahoo Mail page. That will force a lot of folks to switch. But the second change really pisses me off. They have eliminated the ability to view RSS feeds in my Yahoo Mail inbox. They claim that it isn't popular enough. Of course they're lying. RSS is a niche so those of us who use it see through that BS. The real reason they're getting rid of RSS is they can't get it to work properly half the time. The least they could do is tell the truth. Their idea of a replacement is using My Yahoo. Of course this is ludicrous as nothing can replace the convenience of viewing RSS in my email inbox. So my plan initially was to move my feeds to NewsGator which I already use. but with Yahoo adding ads, I think I want to switch to another email client. It can be a seperate app or web based. But the main thing is it has to have the ability to view RSS in the email inbox. I was looking at Thunderbird and I'm not sure if it does that but I'm looking for suggestions. I'm not interested in Outlook Express. It also has to be free. With these changes, you may see a lot of folks looking to ditch Yahoo Mail.

See if Google Mail provides what you want. I'm not sure about feeds, though I think so, but it supports POP-Email clients (including Tb) and is free with a large amount of storage.
Regards,
John

This can be / is accomplished via 'google Reader' using RSS and Atom Feeds.

Plus any google email address is disposable as they say.

I want to keep the same email address and it's still Yahoo mail. So can Google mail be used with a Yahoo Mail address?

frankp316, on Nov 14 2008, 03:44 PM, said:

The short story is if you want your Yahoo email address you're stuck with Yahoo. And you will need another client for your RSS feeds.

I'm unaware of any email address portability. They aren't like phone numbers.

It is and it isn't. It's a Rogers address but they use Yahoo Mail for their webmail. I believe I should be able to set it up as a regular POP client. So I'm not sure how it should be handled. I'm leaning towards Thunderbird but I noticed this program Ypop which converts Yahoo Mail to POP and I wonder if I need that. Also, I haven't used a regular email client for years so I don't remamber how to set it up properly. I may call my ISP to clarify.





http://ypopsemail.com/

According to Rogers, the email address can be used with any email client. It works with Outlook Express but I'm leaning towards Thunderbird because of the built in RSS functionality. But I've never used it before so I need a little help like maybe a good turorial.

This article may be of interest too? Read RSS feeds in any e-mail client