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Yahoo makes it difficult to leave its service by disabling email forwarding

125 点作者 italophil超过 8 年前

15 条评论

oridecon超过 8 年前
Just be careful about &quot;deleting&quot; your Yahoo account.<p>&gt; Register a previously used ID<p>&gt; A deleted Yahoo account ID may become available for future use, and you’re welcome to try to register it. However, Yahoo can&#x27;t specify how long until a deleted ID may become available, and we can&#x27;t guarantee that it will become available.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;help.yahoo.com&#x2F;kb&#x2F;SLN3060.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;help.yahoo.com&#x2F;kb&#x2F;SLN3060.html</a><p>And make sure it doesn&#x27;t get removed for inactivity:<p>&gt; If you rarely use your account, it will go into an inactive state and then be deleted. You can prevent this by signing in to your account using any device at least once every 12 months.
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ikeboy超过 8 年前
&gt;Update, 10&#x2F;10&#x2F;16, 5:30 PM ET –<p>Yahoo shared the following statement with TechCrunch:<p>“We’re working to get auto-forward back up and running as soon as possible because we know how useful it can be to our users. The feature was temporary disabled as part of previously planned maintenance to improve its functionality between a user’s various accounts. Users can expect an update to the auto-forward functionality soon. In the meantime, we continue to support multiple account management. ”<p>The headline heavily implies it&#x27;s permanent and intentional as an obstacle, which are not supported by available evidence.
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newscracker超过 8 年前
Since this is related to moving out of Yahoo, in a previous thread about the security breach at Yahoo, I had asked for suggestions on other email providers who&#x27;re better focused on privacy, security (and related to that, freedom). I came across a few suggestions that support custom domains, but found all of them wanting in some ways:<p>1. Fastmail - becomes very expensive if multiple people (say, in a team or family) want individual accounts even if their actual usage volumes are less. Pricing by user account is the barrier here, instead of pricing by usage (consider that it provides 600 aliases per user, which 99% of users wouldn&#x27;t use to the full extent, but charges based on user accounts). Provides support for IMAP&#x2F;POP, importing existing mails from other accounts and exporting mails out. A few hundred dollars a year for email is quite expensive for me.<p>2. Protonmail - no way to import mails from existing mail accounts or to export mails from the system. The lack of support for IMAP&#x2F;POP means one does not have the freedom to move out. Suggestions on these have been waiting for two years with nothing to show for. Pricing is somewhat similar to Fastmail, but offers more flexibility. This too could get very expensive even with lower actual usage per user.<p>3. Tutanota - much better on flexible pricing based on different parameters, but it&#x27;s similar to Protonmail in that it does not support importing existing mail or exporting mails out. It too lacks support for IMAP&#x2F;POP and states that it&#x27;s never going to support them for privacy reasons.<p>4. Startmail - quite similar to Fastmail on the pricing issue, but has IMAP support.<p>Are there any other providers who do better on all these fronts? I&#x27;d like to use custom domains, have multiple user accounts (with separate credentials), preferably manage storage across users, be able to import and export mails, and have IMAP&#x2F;POP support in order to use different systems (phones, tablets, computers with different operating systems). I don&#x27;t believe that web mail and custom apps ought to be the only way to use email.
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Vanit超过 8 年前
This is why you should use your own email domain so you can just shuffle it around providers as needed.
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MisterWalter超过 8 年前
I worked at a school helpdesk for a while, and I saw that whenever school email accounts were hacked, the attackers would set up forwarding to some other account. People wouldn&#x27;t notice the forwarding for weeks or longer, and would only come in to us by chance. In the meantime, a lot of information could be siphoned off.<p>There could be some legitimate security concerns there, especially since most yahoo accounts don&#x27;t have a convenient and free help desk to stop by, right?<p>(Disclaimer: I am only a novice when it comes to security, I could be totally off base)
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seccess超过 8 年前
Gmail, on the other hand, has takeout which allows you to export all your mail in bulk if you want to leave and take it with you: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;takeout.google.com&#x2F;settings&#x2F;takeout" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;takeout.google.com&#x2F;settings&#x2F;takeout</a>
bmuon超过 8 年前
&gt; (Disclosure: TechCrunch parent company Verizon is acquiring Yahoo.)<p>On the side:<p>&gt; Verizon wants $1 billion discount on Yahoo deal | Crunch Report<p>Hmmm...
hannob超过 8 年前
Almost all mail providers offer some sort of mail collection feature via POP3 which can be used as an alternative to mail forwarding. The disadvantage is that you&#x27;ll have some time delay (depending on how often your provider allows you to fetch mail). The advantage is that you aren&#x27;t relying on any feature of the old mail provider. As long as it still provides POP3 you&#x27;re all good - and I find it unlikely that yahoo will disable POP3.<p>(not saying this to justify Yahoo&#x27;s rogue move here, but to give advice to people who have this problem)
ghaff超过 8 年前
Just last week I noticed a charge on my credit cars from Yahoo Ad Free mail. There was an online link to cancel but no apparent way to request a refund.<p>I have no idea how I ended up getting signed up for this. I&#x27;ve long used Yahoo as pretty much a spam bucket when I have to give out an address to someone I don&#x27;t care to get emails from. (For all I know, I somehow got signed up a while back but I certainly am not aware of doing it and it&#x27;s not something I would normally have any reason to do.)
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vsloo超过 8 年前
We had a few customers complain to us that they couldn&#x27;t forward customer support messages from Yahoo to Reamaze. Now we know why. Frankly, a very un-customer move by Yahoo.
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fixxer超过 8 年前
I remember moving away from Yahoo! in 2008. It was like ripping off a bandaid, but after 3 months, I was able to stop checking it.<p>I replaced it with a personal domain with email hosting through gmail. Today, protonmail looks like an interesting alternative, and thanks to this setup, would be a painless transition.
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webwanderings超过 8 年前
Gmail lets you export your Yahoo emails to itself. I did that once a long time ago and abandoned Yahoo altogether. You then just enable permanent vacation responder and be done with it.
eeeeeeeeeeeee超过 8 年前
What a scummy move.
honkhonkpants超过 8 年前
No doubt they will try to find some way to further lock in Flickr users as well.
M_Grey超过 8 年前
Just another reason to never associate your real information with something like a Yahoo account, and always use different passwords for different sites.