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Yahoo Sold To Verizon !?

2K views 20 replies 12 participants last post by  arabian knight 
#1 ·
............I was just perusing The Terms of service for Yahoo\Verizon , but couldn't figure out IF , Verizon is going to try and charge for the Yahoo Email service , I'd been using for Free for years ! The TOS has so much crap it's hard to make any sense out of their verbage ! Of course , they're not responsible for anything , and the user is responsible for everything !
............So , I suppose I'll have to wait and see after the takeover and see what they do ! , fordy
 
#8 ·
And they are doing that because. Over the next several weeks Verizon will be preparing to leave the email business.~! So I guess then Yahoo E Mail stuff will also go over to AOL if as it seems true that Verizon is getting out of their E Mail side of things. And BTW they do own AOL. LOL So there you have then Yahoo mail service will go to AOL as well.
 
#17 ·
The sale to Verizon is not new news but some of the upcoming changes may be interesting... I have a Yahoo Mail Account but it is what I use as a "Scruff Mail" account.... when I register to a site (which I don't trust or want to trust) or for some "product registration" that requires an email, I aim it at yahoo... Any spam, junk mail (see product reg) etc goes there and is of no consequence.... Never use it for "Real E-Mail". It has served very well in that capacity and hope it keeps working that way.... BTW: Never linked it to my other "Real E-Mail" addresses, never download the messages to local machine (only access via website) and keep the address book empty (so it can't be grabbed and used).
 
#20 ·
Yahoo is also changing its name to Altaba but of course the email domain name must remain the same so your actual email address should not change. I understand using it for an old secondary account but we tend to toss resumes with yahoo email addresses in the bin automatically... In most cases it or an aol address is seen as a signal that the person isn't technically literate
 
#21 ·
I bet a few years down the road all will be a AOL address for a e mail. If Yahoo is getting out of the e mail business why would THEY want to keep the domain then? I have switched ISP's 3 times in all these years and never have switched to one of these outsider ones. And sure as heck never would have wanted a aol one in the first place. It has been sold so many times over the years it is surprising they ARE still around. LOL I only use my ISP's e mail service and never will switch to some other. Even IF I have a Yahoo account with its own e mail addy I never have used it nor never will. Same thing with those at MS, people seemed to believe you HAD to have a Hotmail addy to sign up for MS Messenger years ago. Never did, but I still had MS Messenger and used it. LOL And the only reason I have a YAHOO account is the tons of YAHOO group boards. LOL
 
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