Yahoo's quiet purchase of Oddpost over the weekend brings up a lot of questions. Once the press gets back from its vacation perhaps it will ask some of them:

• If Oddpost is a clone of Outlook, how fast will Microsoft sue?
• If Oddpost is so great, why did its makers sell out so quickly and quietly?
• Does this mean the Tech IPO market isn't as great as Google makes it out to be?
• Will a decent spam filter be the "magic bullet" Yahoo needs against Gmail's 1 billion byte promises?
• If this is such a great deal, why won't Yahoo discuss its terms?
• Will Oddpost's interface become the Yahoo mail standard or will it become a paid "extra" since it was costing people $30/year?
• If this is one of the big deals of the summer, what does that say about the tech market generally?