Rocketmail
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Rocketmail
Rocketmail was one of the first major free
webmail services and was a product of Four11. For a brief time, Rocketmail
battled with Hotmail for the number one spot among free webmail services.
Four11, along with Rocketmail, was bought by
Yahoo! in
1997. All
Rocketmail accounts were integrated into Yahoo! accounts. Currently the
Rocketmail website redirects viewers to the
Yahoo!
Mail website.
While at the time of the takeover, Rocketmail was very popular, many
remaining users flocked away from Rocketmail. Few Rocketmail users completed
account transitions to
Yahoo!
Mail and of those that did, few remain today.
Today, remaining Rocketmail users carry a mark of distinction. Since Yahoo
does not allow new registrants to use the Rocketmail domain, remaining users had
established their accounts prior to 1998, making them among some of the first
internet webmail users.
Current Rocketmail users use "username.rm" as their Yahoo! ID
and are able to receive the same services as all Yahoo! users.
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