On 28 Jun 2000, 8:08, Paul Bender wrote:
> If you haven't done so already, it's time to drop Softhome like a hot
> potato...
>
> I have two accounts with them, and recieved three ads from them this
> morning. At first, I thought they were spam, but then noticed they
> claimed I had OPTED-IN as terms of accepting my account. Well, they did
> include a link to turn them off, so I visited the page and it contains
> the following:
>
> "Ad Free Email
>
> SoftHome Ad Free Email will be available soon. Please return next week.
> We are currently preparing our payment system.
>
> SoftHome makes its money by advertising to its users. If you prefer to
> not receive these ads, you can opt to pay for your service directly."
>
> So, it looks like they'll be filling up our mailboxes with their crap
> soon.
>
> Seeing as their reliablility has always been low, I think it's time to
> dump their service permanently.
Paul, on the surface here, I think you make some sound advice. And to
be sure, I dumped my Softhome accounts long ago when I saw the writting
on the wall.
Consider though, there is another POP3 service that we all use that
does the very same thing and we are generally favorable to this
service. I speak of Yahoo Mail. When we opt for POP3 access for
Yahoo, Yahoo makes it clear that they will be sending us their "Yahoo!
Delivers" opt-in commercial messages. This was acceptable to me
because I found these messages to be not too intrusive nor frequent and
I found them to be easily filterable into the trash. Today, I hardly
ever see them.
I used to think the service at Softhome was abysmal, too. That had a
lot to do with my decision to abandon about six or seven accounts I had
with them. I don't miss them any more.
Softhome almost makes it a threat to you to pay for their service.
Yahoo, on the other hand, gives you a friendly choice, but does not
threaten you to pay or else get spammed.
Alan
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