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lycos free email, no longer free?

Published Jun. 1, 2009
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There's a buzz around Twitter AND I just heard from a co-worker that suddenly, the free e-mail service offered by Lycos has gone up to $19.95 and users are being told they have to pay the $19.95 to access their e-mail accounts!!

Here are three comments pulled from twitter:

  1. DigitGirl: Without warning Lycos has stopped their free e-mail service and now I have to pay to get my email messages...I don't think so! FU LYCOS!
  2. sarahreido: Lycos email sucks. it won't let me log in without paying them $20 for an account. I've had a free account for over 5 years. what's up?
  3. alfee: Lycos is holding my email's hostage. Their asking me to pay $20 to retrieve them!!!!!!!!

Talk about outrage. No warning?? 

Are any of you with Lycos? Have you heard about this?

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i haven't heard about this, but something tells me that they will not make very much money off of this deal. who charges for email access these days?

From the Lycos site: The Lycos Mail Team is aware of an issue causing an outage for our free users. The problem is being worked on and we hope to have service back soon.

Amyrn: Thanks for posting that. I wonder how much damage will be done though. They are being bashed.

had the same issue with USamail(or something like that) free email for life years ago. When I called them they said the free email for life offer had been rescinded.

A free for life offer rescinded? That's classic!

angela...just don't get any ideas from this. i would hate to have to start paying $20/month for golo.

although...that would probably cut down on the number of multiple id's.

;)

Good one Slick!

Glad I already have my multiple golo IDs

do you remember when HOTMAIL was free.. i used to have hotmail back in the day and ditched it for aol. I tried some years ago to go back to that email, and it had been disabled bc I hadn't used it in a long time and they wanted to charge me for it!

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