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Grokenstein

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5. A month ago my Y! mail account started signing me out every time.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 03:09 PM

Sep 2022

They really really REALLY want my mobile number "so (I) don't get locked out." But I don't have a mobile number (yeah, I'm old and don't need a celly, sue me) so each time I have to sign in, reload the page to eliminate the "don't get locked out" beggery, and enter my mail account via their trashy Currently-dot-com page. I've tried cookie deletion and other browsers, same results. It's deliberate.

What they want: More of my info to sell.
What they're gonna get: One more deleted account.

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Yahoo mail doesn't work most of the time now [View all] bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 OP

Yahoo: the AOL of the future! ret5hd Sep 2022 #1

You get grandfathered in and it's a lot of work to change bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #6

Mine is working fine. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2022 #2

Mine are full of ads above the headers (or whatever you call them) halfulglas Sep 2022 #3

Mine is working fine but they are really selling an upgrade. underpants Sep 2022 #4

A month ago my Y! mail account started signing me out every time. Grokenstein Sep 2022 #5

change now while you can Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #7

I quit them yrs ago, when my acct got hacked childfreebychoice Sep 2022 #8

works fine here nt msongs Sep 2022 #9

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