
I used to call 1-800-My-Yahoo from a payphone to listen to my emails when the library was closed
I was utilizing this service late 2001. An automated voice would instruct you to enter your email address and then password via the keypad then you could progress through your emails with the pound key. It was a totally free service that was an effective way to receive communication through email when you couldn't access a computer. Soon I acquired a pager and would receive certain codes from my significant other to go to a preplanned payphone they had the number for at a certain time so they could call me when I had no quarters to call them. Early 2000s communication was much like being a spy when you were impoverished and/or in love.