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AltaVista announces end of free e-mail service

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 20 February 2002 - 10:13 · no comments & 601 views

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AltaVista Co. announced Tuesday it will end its free e-mail service next month as part of its effort to focus on making money from its online search engine.

About 400,000 e-mailboxes maintained by AltaVista will be closed March 31, the company said Tuesday. Only half of those e-mailboxes were actively used, AltaVista said.

The Palo Alto-based company offered free e-mail accounts while trying to develop a multipurpose Web site similar to Yahoo.com. In late 2000, though, AltaVista switched gears again and concentrated on developing the search engine software that originally made its site a Web favorite.

AltaVista notified its e-mail account holders of the decision Tuesday to give them ample time to save important messages and line up an alternate service, company officials said.

News source: Nando News
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