<s>
eGroups.com	B-Application
was	O
an	O
email	O
list	O
management	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eGroups	B-Application
was	O
bought	O
in	O
August	O
2000	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
became	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
FindMail	O
,	O
then	O
renamed	O
eGroups	B-Application
,	O
grew	O
to	O
250,000	O
users	O
before	O
taking	O
a	O
venture	O
finance	O
round	O
of	O
$	O
810,000	O
from	O
Atlas	O
Venture	O
in	O
May	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1998	O
,	O
with	O
1.2	O
million	O
users	O
(	O
growing	O
at	O
12,000	O
users	O
per	O
day	O
)	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
offered	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
company	O
for	O
$40m	O
but	O
the	O
company	O
decided	O
instead	O
to	O
take	O
$5.1	O
million	O
more	O
investment	O
money	O
from	O
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1999	O
,	O
eGroups	B-Application
started	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
but	O
instead	O
merged	O
with	O
ONElist	O
,	O
with	O
13	O
million	O
users	O
exchanging	O
more	O
than	O
1.3	O
billion	O
email	O
messages	O
each	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
18	O
million	O
users	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
$432m	O
in	O
a	O
stock	O
deal	O
and	O
became	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Verizon	O
bought	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
permanently	O
shut	O
down	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
Groups	I-Application
effective	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
