For users who don’t have unusual names!

Ok, the subtitle isn’t strictly true but, you have to admit, it is quite difficult to find a simple Yahoo email address.

The two new domains, ymail and rocketmail, have been created to alleviate the problems many users are experiencing when trying to use their own name for email. Yahoo Mail is about 11 years old and currently has approximately 260 million users - now you see why it’s almost impossble to create an email address with the name such as ‘Bob Smith’!

Account creation on the new domains mirrors that of Yahoo Mail and there’s another bonus - unlimited mailbox size. In addition, current users of YMail will be able to migrate emails and contacts to the new domains.

The most sought after names have been reserved by Yahoo and will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to Jerry Yangs retirement fund charities such as The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, The Point Foundation, Right to Play and World Wildlife Fund.

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