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I lost 4 years' emails (1998-2002) because my account was inactive for a mere 6 months! Contacted Yahoo in 2002 but couldn't get my emails back.

• jinst8gmi 11y ago
  Ouch! Do they have any facility that I can use to back-up/archive my email externally?
  • kev6168 11y ago
    You can guess I haven't used their services since then, not sure if they let you do that easily now.
    • jinst8gmi 11y ago
      Yes, good point :)
  • PhantomGremlin 11y ago
    I also have a Yahoo account, but i haven't tried to back it up externally. Previously their paid product was called Mail Plus, and that was the only way you could get mail out in bulk. But a while ago they made a change. From an article I just found: What Yahoo does not mention is that Pop3 access is now available as well. While I cannot say if it was enabled previously for free users, I know for a fact that it was limited in the past to paying Yahoo Mail users. That doesn't say anything about IMAP, but I know that is also possible nowadays. I think they had to add that feature. E.g. my wife accesses her Yahoo Mail from her iPhone. Without IMAP, how could she get her messages? (Rhetorical question. Rhetorical answer: she couldn't!). http://www.ghacks.net/2013/10/08/yahoo-mail-plus-turns-yahoo-ad-free-mail-relevant-changes-explained/ http://www.ghacks.net/2013/10/08/yahoo-mail-plus-turns-yahoo...