(auto): From the looks of it, Oddpost is a very slick web-based email system. They’ve implemented a clone of Outlook Express in DHTML, and it works remarkably smoothly.

Oddpost email

Saturday 13 April 2002This is more than 23 years old. Be careful.

From the looks of it, Oddpost is a very slick web-based email system. They’ve implemented a clone of Outlook Express in DHTML, and it works remarkably smoothly. I haven’t signed up for my own account to try it out, but I’m thinking about it.

I use Yahoo mail, but they have been continuing their descent into desperation. In addition to their recent sleazy re-working of marketing preferences that included setting everything to “yes” (and not providing a “set all to No” button), now they are going to charge for POP3 access.

So, for $30/year (if I sign up immediately, only $20), I can use Yahoo’s clumsy browser interface, and get advertising and spam. Or for $30/year, I can use Oddpost’s drag-and-droppable, keyboard short-cuttable, advertising-less, POP3-able email. Hmmmm....

To be fair, I know that Yahoo has taken on a tougher coding problem, since they don’t rely on IE5, as Oddpost does. But I only use IE5 and higher, so what do I care? As Nicholas Cage said in Moonstruck, “I’m no friggin’ monument to justice!” And I know that Yahoo has a much better chance of being around a year from now than Oddpost does. But still...

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