NBC Internet Merges Services, Changes Members' E-Mail Addresses

NBC Internet's Snap.com and Xoom will be merging their membership databases on February 23rd, adding a .1 to user names on the Snap service. For example, if your Snap member name was user, you would now be user.1. Normally this would be a
minor inconvenience, but Snap also provides Email.com, a free e-mail service which many people use as their permanent e-mail address, because it doesn't change with their ISP. Email.com states on their Web site, that "Your Email.com e-mail account is yours for life. That means if you change your job, school, home address or Internet service provider, you need not change your e-mail address." In an recent letter, Snap tells users to, "Please inform
everyone who sends you e-mail about this change since we will be unable to forward your messages." As compensation, NBCi is offering users a $10 discount on a purchase from BarnesandNoble.com. Full story to follow.