[dba-Tech] Yahoo mail 1 TB?

Hi Gustav,
I have a number of clients on Yahoo emails accounts - mostly because AT&T
has Yahoo managing their email accounts. That is nice because if they switch
to another ISP they retain their email. Unfortunately the AT&T/Yahoo
accounts have been hacked so many times over the last few years that it is
incredible that Yahoo hasn't corrected this problem. It is a well-known
hack. Hacker breaks password for account, go into account and set the reply
to address to a spoofed (similar looking email account), then emails all
contacts in contact lists, then deletes all contacts and all inbox messages.
I have this happening with at least two people again this week.

I've had an account there for years. I deleted everything in it and just
maintain it to be able to train myself on their constant changes. (It is a
very frustrating service.)

I wouldn't recommend using AT&T/Yahoo email to anyone. :-(

I too have found that MS has greatly improved their online email service. I
recommend people use it. They offer hotmail.com, live.com and now
outlook.com email addresses. (So if you want to be very "retro" you could
still a Hotmail account :-)

They also include OneDrive space, web apps (Word, Excel, etc.) and as you
mentioned, it is very easy to bring in other email accounts. And the limited
ads that you do see can be eliminated for a small fee.

I think MS did a good job on this service.

Regards,
John B

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:30 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Yahoo mail 1 TB?

Hi all

I created a Yahoo Mail account for some testing.
It claims to allow you to store 1 TB or about 54 millions e-mails for free?
And you have both POP3 and IMAP secure connections.

That's a lot. Any gotchas except that anything may not remain free, but
still?
It could serve as a zero cost backup option.

/gustav
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