Switch from Yahoo Mail to GMail?

Why to switch from Yahoo Mail to GMail?

GMail edges out Yahoo! Mail because of its speed and spam blocking. Yahoo! has too much spam, including IM span. Also POP access and disposable addresses require paid account. Here are some reasons why you need to switch from Yahoo to Gmail;

• Faster access to mails and general speed in sending & receiving mails. Powerful search function for e-mail similar to Google. Filtering out e-mails with .exe attachments possible.
• Better spam blocking and less spam. Yahoo has too much spam including IM spam. Yahoo! also sucks to differentiate b/w legitimate and spam mails.
• Automatic forwarding for GMail.
• Supported E-mail client access for GMail:POP3, IMAP, SSL/TLS supported, SMTP restricted. Yahoo supports only POP3 that too for certain regions. (This feature is to be noted as it's useful in the article)
• Gmail localization for 52 languages, Yahoo 27 languages
• GMail has text ads only in viewing mail box, not in messages. Yahoo has ads in interface and mails.
• Domain name customization possible in GMail using Google Apps
• Custom From address can be set up in GMail
• Address modifiers available in GMail (userid followed by + followed by tag)
• IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera only compatible with new version of Yahoo Mail.
• Account expiration on inactivity 9 months in Gmail that too at Google's discretion vs 4 months for Yahoo Mail.
• Other special features in GMail: Messages grouped into conversations, Basic HTML view gives faster access for slower net connections, Labels are used in GMail instead of folders in Yahoo.

Source: Techsupport.com