Lycos to discontinue unprofitable activities

It was sad to see the email from Lycos saying that they are going to shutdown their unprofitable activities which includes their email service.  Most probably they will also be shutting down their hosting service “Tripod” too.  The end date as mentioned in the mail is on February 15 2009.

Lycos is one of the leading European portal providers and online advertisers operating a network of websites in seven languages in Europe and the USA. The company's combination of search, communication services, online communities, content channels, shopping, homepage building and domain names registration addresses a wide range of target groups. The trouble was started late last year in Nov 2008

Below is the mail that was sent by Lycos team to all users. If you were using the paid service of email then they will be reimburse the amount to your bank account very soon. Also finding another provider by Lycos seems too be very doubtful, so it is better to inform all your contact about your new email address soon.

Dear User,

We regret to inform you that our parent company has decided to discontinue all unprofitable activities.

One of the activities that will be discontinued is our E-mail business division. For this reason, we are hereby terminating your account as of 15 February 2009. Currently, we are still working on finding a solution to provide you the service through another provider. If we should succeed to do so, we will inform you within the next 4 weeks. But as this is currently doubtful, we would like to ask you to assume the end of the service.

Prior to this date, you may continue to log in to your e-mail account and receive and send mail as usual. After this date, however, we will close your account and delete all content and access authorizations stored with Lycos in relation to your e-mail account, in accordance with legal requirements.

You will then no longer be able to receive or send e-mail under your e-mail address. The contents of your mailbox will also no longer be accessible. For this reason, we ask that you back up all important data from your Lycos e-mail account in the next few days and switch to another e-mail provider.

Should you still be entitled to services for any additional paid options, we will of course reimburse the balance to the bank account you provided.

We regret this measure and would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in us.

Kind regards,

Your LYCOS Mail Team