Thursday, Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) announced the launching of ymail.com and rocketmail.com, two new e-mail domains that will make millions of new e-mail addresses available to the online community. Many desirable e-mail addresses for the yahoo.com domain were unavailable to users who wanted to personalize their e-mail IDs.
"We recognize that people want an e-mail address that reflects who they are, whether they are signing up for an e-mail address for the first time, or simply updating their e-mail pseudonym to reflect the stage they are at in life," said John Kremer, vice president, Yahoo! Mail.
The new e-mail addresses will have the same Yahoo! Mail features like - unlimited storage, integrated instant messaging and text messaging, protection from spam and viruses, and country-specific e-mail account.
Users can learn more about and register for a new e-mail at ymail.com and rocketmail.com at http://mail.yahoo.com.
In many markets, Yahoo! said it will help users to transfer their e-mail and contacts to their new address and notify friends of their new e-mail address.
Yahoo! has reserved a number of desirable e-mail addresses - all related to charitable organizations - using the new domains and will put these e-mail addresses up for charity auction beginning on Thursday, June 19.
Yahoo! Mail, launched in October 1997, has more than 260 million users worldwide and is the number one Web mail service in the world, according to comScore Media Metrix, April 2008 survey. The number of e-mail users worldwide is forecasted to reach 1.6 billion in 2011, according to an update from Radicati Group.
YHOO is trading down $0.28 or 1.27% at $22.62 on a volume of about 1.67 million shares.
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