Rocketmail

RocketMail!

RocketMail was a free web-based email service that was launched in 1996 by a company called RocketMail, Inc. It was one of the first free web-based email services, and it quickly gained popularity due to its ease of use and lack of advertising.

In 1998, RocketMail was acquired by America Online (AOL) for $300 million. AOL continued to operate RocketMail as a free email service, and it became one of the most popular email services in the world, with over 40 million users.

In 2005, AOL announced that it would be discontinuing RocketMail and replacing it with a new email service called AIM Mail. AIM Mail was a rebranded version of RocketMail, with some new features and a new interface.

Today, the RocketMail domain is no longer active, and AOL has replaced it with a new email service called AOL Mail. However, many people still remember RocketMail fondly as one of the pioneers of free web-based email services.

Some interesting facts about RocketMail:

• RocketMail was founded by David S. Weekly, who was just 19 years old at the time.
• RocketMail was initially funded by a $1 million investment from a venture capital firm.
• RocketMail was one of the first email services to offer a "spam filter" to help block unwanted emails.
• RocketMail was also one of the first email services to offer a "web-based" interface, allowing users to access their email from any computer with an internet connection.

Overall, RocketMail played an important role in the development of the internet and email services, and it remains a nostalgic reminder of the early days of the web.