Yahoo to issue inactive mail accounts to other users

June 13, 2013

Yahoo is resetting email accounts that have not been used for at least 12 months and issuing them to other users. The company said in a blog post that it was freeing up the dormant email IDs to give its current and new users the opportunity to sign up for “the Yahoo! ID they’ve always wanted.” “If you’re like me, you want a Yahoo! ID that’s short, sweet, and memorable like albert@yahoo.com instead of albert9330399@yahoo.com,” wrote Jay Rossiter, Yahoo’s senior vice president for platforms, in a blog post Wednesday. By mid-July, users will get to apply for IDs of their choice, and will find out which one they have got by mid-August. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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