Jama weighs in on Xtra mail. Xtra didn’t integrate their ISP mail with Yahoo! mail, which is terrible for consumers, but the logical move for a monopoly seeking to slow its demise.
If Xtra members were switched to Yahoo!, then even less would hold them to Xtra as an ISP. Given Xtra’s terrible performance at providing their promised service that could lead to mass exodus to the smaller ISPs.
I wonder why anyone would ever (and strongly advice against) use an ISP for email. I change ISP’s frequently as I move cities, countries and deals, but my Yahoo! mail address has remained with me since 1996.
I have a domain name for email (Well actually I have quite a few), probably will until domain names cease to exist, or I die, which ever comes first. US$8 a year plus hosting (I host my email on my own server, but I think you can get free email hosting with your domain from GoDaddy) means I never have to change email address.