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Do you mind if I ask where you are from? I have noticed that Yahoo mail is very common in Asia, but I (almost) never see a @yahoo email in the US. Short term I
by chrisBob 12y ago
Do you mind if I ask where you are from? I have noticed that Yahoo mail is very common in Asia, but I (almost) never see a @yahoo email in the US.
Short term I think contacting yahoo support is the only solution.
Long term I recommend spending the few dollars per year on a vanity domain for your email. My last name is Stockbridge, and all of my personal emails have been going to an @stockbridges.org email address for the last few years. My dad set it up, and it just forwards to whatever you like. I have previously used an account from my school's alumni association, but I have recently moved to an @icloud account, and no one else can tell the difference.
I also know that a lot of people love using the web based email, but I am not a fan, and one of the reasons is offline (or locked account) access to mail. If I lost access to my mail account right now then I could change the forwarding address, and be back in business in a few minutes since all of the old messages are saved by my desktop mail client. Even gmail supports this although it seems I am in a small minority that access gmail via their imap server.
- itry 12y agoMeanwhile, I do use my own domain for my primary email account. But the Yahoo mail has nostalgic value for me, because I have it for 15 years now.
- pwg 12y agoIf you do get back in (yahoo customer service) then I suggest you archive all that nostalgic email out to your own system, so should this happen again, you won't lose all the old email. Yahoo allows either pop3 or imap (you may have to pay for yahoo premium to get either) at which point you can extract out and archive all the old emails.