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Starting tomorrow, MySpace plans to start use of its own webmail.  They already have IM and a messaging service when you are actually logged into the site, but now users will have their own email address ending in “@myspace.com.”  I can see younger demographics, and artists/bands really liking the new concept, as it will give them an email that also links people right to their MySpace page.

Granted, many think MySpace is so yesterday.  But for some demographics, it is still the social networking site of choice.  With their latest venture they may be playing the vanity card even more.  Since MySpace reports 130 million members globally, should most of the users begin making use of the email, it could feasibly end up being one of the top email providers out there.

It is set to be a soft launch with full roll out slated by the year’s end.  A limited number of members already have use of the email, as part of testing for the service, and it is being tweaked according to their feedback. 

No word on what, if anything, sets this mail apart from anything else out there other than the fact that it’s got a vanity name going for it.  Personally, I’m not on board the MySpace train anymore, so I can’t see myself running to sign up for my handy-dandy new MySpace email.  Plus, it also seems to me like a hacker or spammer’s dream.  They will now know email addresses for every MySpace user out there (assuming that the address does in fact match your username on MySpace, since, if it doesn’t what’s the point?)

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