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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 i
by 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 agoI 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 agodude, what? That's pretty bad... Nice way to "recover" old accounts on various sites, I guess, eh? Jeez...
- hombre_fatal 7y agofastmail.com recycles accounts too once you stop paying.
- saganus 7y agoOh 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 agoSomehow, 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.
- x2f10 7y agoI registered a Fastmail account a year ago. Next thing I know, I had multiple stores (Steam, Target, etc) sending me e-mails that relate to a specific user account. Sad.
- ssully 7y agoYikes. I was still using an old yahoo address for some old accounts. Just signed in and you are correct, they wipe the inbox after 12 months! The accounts I use it for aren't important, but I guess I need to migrate them to another email provider this weekend.
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