[dba-Tech] Yahoo mail 1 TB?

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Mar 17 12:52:49 CDT 2014


Hi John:

According to tales, the programmer that wrote the original core to Yahoo, could talk fast and write code faster. He was so quick that a competitor would release a feature, maybe months in development and he would repeat the same feature in a morning. The only problem was that the guy programmed in LISP. 

Yahoo had become dependent on this fellow but as all high-end programmers do, they burn out and then die or retire. Can you imagine being the developer(s) who had to pick up after this code base? This may explain some of problems that still exist at Yahoo. ;-)

Jim

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This happens far too frequently to be end user related. Its Yahoo. There's something amiss there.

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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:48 PM
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Sign...some things never change. 

I wonder if the week link was at the Yahoo account or at the chair, in front of the keyboard?

Jim

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Hi Gustav,
I don't believe so as AT& users can login from the Yahoo.com UI.

Just this afternoon I had another home customer text me that their Yahoo account had been hacked. They do not have an AT&T email domain but a direct Yahoo.com account.  :-(

John B

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:05 PM
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Hi John

That doesn't sound nice. 
Would there be any difference between AT&T/Yahoo accounts and a general Yahoo account?

/gustav

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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
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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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