Did altavista have mail

A blast from the past!

Altavista was one of the first popular web search engines, launched in 1995 by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). At its peak in the late 1990s, Altavista was one of the most widely used search engines on the internet.

As for your question, Altavista did offer email services, but it was not a full-fledged email client like Gmail or Yahoo! Mail. Instead, it provided a simple email address and basic email services, such as sending and receiving emails, as part of its overall search engine platform.

In 1998, Altavista launched its own email service, called Altavista Mail, which allowed users to create an email address with the @altavista.com domain. This service was designed to be a simple, web-based email client that integrated with the search engine.

However, Altavista Mail was not as popular as other email services, and it eventually phased out in the early 2000s. Today, the Altavista brand is no longer associated with email services, and the company has largely disappeared from the internet landscape.