Yahoo mail does not exist

@peachpurple (13962)
Malaysia
September 17, 2017 3:46am CST
Do you experienced such message when you logged into your Yahoo email account? Honestly speaking, I have 5 different email addresses at Yahoo which I had created for different purposes. Only two of them are activated , had been using all these years while the remainder 3 were left stagnant since they are used for unimportant emails, mostly junk emails which I don't open them. Yesterday when I tried to log into these 3 stagnant email accounts, the message promptly read, Yahoo mail does not exist. Then I further investigated , realized that emails that are left dormant for more than 2 years are automatically closed without further notice. No wonder my Yahoo email s are gone!
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8 responses
@weevee18 (2065)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
Oh dear. I think my yahoo email will be deactivated too. I've not been using it for years
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 17
better go log in today , if the message says not exist, it means, wiped out
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
@weevee18 tryforget password
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@weevee18 (2065)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
@peachpurple thank you. I think I don't remember the password anymore
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
I don't have a yahoo email anymore from the time I shifted to hotmail. I had several problems with yahoo so many years ago, it couldn't even receive a mail from Naver nor could it send one that I had to shift to hotmail. Never used yahoo ever since.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
19 Sep 17
@peachpurple why are you using yahoo for your PayPal?
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
@toniganzon nine years ago, my brother in law told me to use yahoo, so i stick to it. Can i changed it to gmail?
@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 17
yes, yahoo have some problems, so I used Gmail instead. Only paypal using yahoo
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
18 Sep 17
Yes, some of my mail s are not working anymore.. it's because I did not use them for too long
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
19 Sep 17
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
@prashu228 Remind me not to open new account for no reason
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
me too, luckily they are not important emails
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@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
@peachpurple I guess if there's no activity happen to the email that will be closed..
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 17
yes, no activities for 3-4 years at all.
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@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
@peachpurple maybe that is the reason why. I'm not 100% anyway. hehe
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
I don't know about that. It had been so long that I have not opened my Yahoo email too!
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
oh dear, do check, just in case
17 Sep 17
Yahoo is one of the mailing services that still allow recycling of email address. Thus, if you no longer using your email, theyll close it so the email string would be available to others. AFAIK they wait at least 90days of inactivity before they do that.
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 17
thanks for your information, My 3 emails had been dormant for 2-3 or 4 years already
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 17
@Mistletoe11 you are right, i have one under gmail
17 Sep 17
@peachpurple you're welcome. Switch to gmail. They dont recycle emails. Who wants to use an email that has been used by someone before?
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@jobelbojel (35646)
• Philippines
17 Sep 17
I have Yahoo mail as well. I open it from time to time because I don't want the address to be deactivated.
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 17
good idea, that is why yours are still activated
• Japan
17 Sep 17
Well, that will never happen to my Yahoo but maybe I should check my other account periodically!
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 17
yes do check them out, 3 of my emails that are dormant had been closed automatically.