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Yahoo! Mail

Image: eBay user Neuse River Collectibles
Image: eBay user Neuse River Collectibles

Before Google’s Gmail had all our messages fed into its algorithms, Yahoo Mail managed our correspondence through the browser. The service launched in 1997, though I didn’t switch from Hotmail until 2001 when my family got DSL through AT&T. The company had us sign up for SBCGlobal email addresses to log in, which were a part of the Yahoo network.