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One of my friends had years of correspondence stored in a Yahoo Mail account, including letters from people who had then passed away. She did a study abroad, a

One of my friends had years of correspondence stored in a Yahoo Mail account, including letters from people who had then passed away. She did a study abroad, and when she came home a year later discovered that Yahoo had closed the account. All of that correspondence was gone forever.

reitanqild 10y ago
Classic from old Hotmail as well. Don't think hotmail do this anymore but I am sure I fell victim to it 16 or so years ago.
- vecinu 10y ago
  Likewise. It was a really sad day when I realized I couldn't find e-mails I sent and received when I touched the internet for the first time. It would have been quite a ride down nostalgia lane.
- ryanburk 10y ago
  hotmail / outlook does still delete email from inactive accounts, and then the account itself. you have to log in every <270 days (9 months) to keep the system from deleting your mail and in <12 months to keep your email address/account alive.[1] but you will get emails to your secondary email address as a warning before this happens. gmail also does the same, but likely on a longer time horizon[2]. [2] I worked on outlook.com and http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-orestoremail/deleted-hotmail-account-due-to-inactivity-i-need/252611c1-94d6-4b48-974c-005038ea46f7 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-... [2] https://www.quora.com/Will-Google-deactivate-my-Gmail-account-if-it-is-not-used-After-how-long-does-it-deactivate https://www.quora.com/Will-Google-deactivate-my-Gmail-accoun...
  - msravi 10y ago
    The quora link you posted also says that gmail does NOT do that anymore - the clause was removed from their policy.
- snnn 10y ago
  I worked for a listed game company. We often delete inactive account for making a better revenue report. Once an account is deleted，all the money he paid can be immediately confirmed as revenue.
- riskneural 10y ago
  I still remember too. 28 days? I was easily off-grid for 28 days. At the moment, we are heavily focusing on "exit strategies" for outsourcing agreements in regulated industries. Banking is leading the way, followed by insurance, but it's hard not to recommend to any CRO in a company with business to lose.
lmm 10y ago
I would think a whole year is a more than reasonable time for a free service to keep your account for.

reitanqild 10y ago

Classic from old Hotmail as well. Don't think hotmail do this anymore but I am sure I fell victim to it 16 or so years ago.

vecinu 10y ago
Likewise. It was a really sad day when I realized I couldn't find e-mails I sent and received when I touched the internet for the first time. It would have been quite a ride down nostalgia lane.
ryanburk 10y ago
hotmail / outlook does still delete email from inactive accounts, and then the account itself. you have to log in every <270 days (9 months) to keep the system from deleting your mail and in <12 months to keep your email address/account alive.[1] but you will get emails to your secondary email address as a warning before this happens. gmail also does the same, but likely on a longer time horizon[2]. [2] I worked on outlook.com and http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-orestoremail/deleted-hotmail-account-due-to-inactivity-i-need/252611c1-94d6-4b48-974c-005038ea46f7 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-... [2] https://www.quora.com/Will-Google-deactivate-my-Gmail-account-if-it-is-not-used-After-how-long-does-it-deactivate https://www.quora.com/Will-Google-deactivate-my-Gmail-accoun...
- msravi 10y ago
  The quora link you posted also says that gmail does NOT do that anymore - the clause was removed from their policy.
snnn 10y ago
I worked for a listed game company. We often delete inactive account for making a better revenue report. Once an account is deleted，all the money he paid can be immediately confirmed as revenue.
riskneural 10y ago
I still remember too. 28 days? I was easily off-grid for 28 days. At the moment, we are heavily focusing on "exit strategies" for outsourcing agreements in regulated industries. Banking is leading the way, followed by insurance, but it's hard not to recommend to any CRO in a company with business to lose.

lmm 10y ago

I would think a whole year is a more than reasonable time for a free service to keep your account for.