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http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2848 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2848 9 years later and still spot on. Just waiting for the day they “sunset” Yahoo

by SllX 7y ago

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2848 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2848 9 years later and still spot on. Just waiting for the day they “sunset” Yahoo! Mail and delete everything.

ghaff 7y ago
In the meantime, they seem to be sneaking in charges for things. I saw a Yahoo Pro Mail the other week. I can’t imagine the circumstances that triggered that as I’ve barely glanced at my Yahoo Mail for years. Customer service claimed to have trouble dealing with it. Eventually had the credit card company deal with it.
- binarymax 7y ago
  I still use the Yahoo! mail address that I registered in the year 2000. Around 2008, back when it was still a decent mail experience, I actually paid something like $25 for a pro account for a year, just to support them somehow. The payment hid the ads in the sidebar. Oath went all in on mining the data and showing me useless promos. I have a gmail account that I use for all my personal correspondence now, but my yahoo account is registered with 20 years worth of signups and accounts. I have been counting the days where I have to figure out how to migrate all those accounts to a different email. When I need to do that, it will probably be under a domain that I own so that I never have to go through with it again.
  - ghaff 7y ago
    I forwarded any emails that contained info I might want to search for. When tabs got good with Gmail I pretty much stopped using Yahoo for signups and the like. Whatever still defaults to Yahoo isn’t anything I care much about at the moment. I should have a backup address but I should probably just use Microsoft for that.
draw_down 7y ago
Man. I certainly lived through all this and remember it, but I cannot imagine ever being so enraged at Yahoo, nor even the notion of a Yahoo employee defending the company. Sure they were the Titanic, maybe they still are. Companies make mistakes and die off, it's ok.
sp332 7y ago
Yahoo Mail already recycles inactive accounts after 12 months. So if you haven't logged in for a year, they'll unsubscribe you from all the mail they can find in your inbox and delete all your mail, then let someone else sign up with your username, receive password reset emails for your accounts, etc.
- rosybox 7y ago
  I was able to password reset my ancient ebay account by recreating my old email on yahoo that I had deleted 10 years ago. This impersonation issue is a real problem because I used it to get back into that old ebay account.
- amatecha 7y ago
  dude, what? That's pretty bad... Nice way to "recover" old accounts on various sites, I guess, eh? Jeez...
  - hombre_fatal 7y ago
    fastmail.com recycles accounts too once you stop paying.
    - saganus 7y ago
      Oh wow. Any links to read more on this? So either don't stop paying, or move everything out before stopping? On the other hand, I guess if you have limited resources, why would you not optimize the use of them?
    - jolmg 7y ago
      Somehow, I got upset at the thought of Yahoo! wiping accounts, but not of FastMail recycling accounts. I have some weird psychology going on there. Somehow I have the expectation that a free service would keep my stuff for me indefinitely, but not that a business would when I stop paying. Do you know if they recycle immediately or do they give some time to catch up on payment? What would suck is if there are services that don't allow you to change your email, which might be used to identify yourself to their services.

by SllX 7y ago

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2848 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2848 9 years later and still spot on. Just waiting for the day they “sunset” Yahoo! Mail and delete everything.

ghaff 7y ago

In the meantime, they seem to be sneaking in charges for things. I saw a Yahoo Pro Mail the other week. I can’t imagine the circumstances that triggered that as I’ve barely glanced at my Yahoo Mail for years. Customer service claimed to have trouble dealing with it. Eventually had the credit card company deal with it.

binarymax 7y ago
I still use the Yahoo! mail address that I registered in the year 2000. Around 2008, back when it was still a decent mail experience, I actually paid something like $25 for a pro account for a year, just to support them somehow. The payment hid the ads in the sidebar. Oath went all in on mining the data and showing me useless promos. I have a gmail account that I use for all my personal correspondence now, but my yahoo account is registered with 20 years worth of signups and accounts. I have been counting the days where I have to figure out how to migrate all those accounts to a different email. When I need to do that, it will probably be under a domain that I own so that I never have to go through with it again.
- ghaff 7y ago
  I forwarded any emails that contained info I might want to search for. When tabs got good with Gmail I pretty much stopped using Yahoo for signups and the like. Whatever still defaults to Yahoo isn’t anything I care much about at the moment. I should have a backup address but I should probably just use Microsoft for that.

draw_down 7y ago

Man. I certainly lived through all this and remember it, but I cannot imagine ever being so enraged at Yahoo, nor even the notion of a Yahoo employee defending the company. Sure they were the Titanic, maybe they still are. Companies make mistakes and die off, it's ok.

sp332 7y ago

Yahoo Mail already recycles inactive accounts after 12 months. So if you haven't logged in for a year, they'll unsubscribe you from all the mail they can find in your inbox and delete all your mail, then let someone else sign up with your username, receive password reset emails for your accounts, etc.

rosybox 7y ago
I was able to password reset my ancient ebay account by recreating my old email on yahoo that I had deleted 10 years ago. This impersonation issue is a real problem because I used it to get back into that old ebay account.
amatecha 7y ago
dude, what? That's pretty bad... Nice way to "recover" old accounts on various sites, I guess, eh? Jeez...
- hombre_fatal 7y ago
  fastmail.com recycles accounts too once you stop paying.
  - saganus 7y ago
    Oh wow. Any links to read more on this? So either don't stop paying, or move everything out before stopping? On the other hand, I guess if you have limited resources, why would you not optimize the use of them?
  - jolmg 7y ago
    Somehow, I got upset at the thought of Yahoo! wiping accounts, but not of FastMail recycling accounts. I have some weird psychology going on there. Somehow I have the expectation that a free service would keep my stuff for me indefinitely, but not that a business would when I stop paying. Do you know if they recycle immediately or do they give some time to catch up on payment? What would suck is if there are services that don't allow you to change your email, which might be used to identify yourself to their services.