Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:24 GMT
...how did five million Iranians delete their Yahoo! mail accounts without access to Yahoo!?
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:36 GMT
"how did five million Iranians delete their Yahoo! mail accounts without access to Yahoo!?"
Probably through a proxy server.
A better questions is why they want it back, particularly after the supposed slight against them, and when the (superior) Google Mail never went away.
People are funny sometimes...
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:40 GMT
The services were closed to *new* registrations from Iran, as the article states. Apologies if that wasn't clear enough. That doesn't mean the 5 million claim is true, of course, and we have no way of checking.
- Chris
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 14:38 GMT
Sorry, but I am struggling to think of a good reason (okay, any reason) why anyone should want to search for "Yahoo Mail" with, er, Google.
Paris, 'cos even she can type "yahoo.com" and click on the mail link without looking it up on Google first.
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 15:47 GMT
Your mistake is in the assumption that people need a reason. I know a lot of people who simple type whatever they're looking for into Google search, even if it's the domain name of the site.
<- Evil Google Icon.
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 23:40 GMT
Why, yahoo offers pop3 & smtp, both over ssl - can't be more superior than that can it?
Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 10:49 GMT
Yeah, supier in that Google give that for free, whereas yahoo charge for pop + imap access
Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 13:02 GMT
"Yahoo!'s core values center on helping people around the world communicate and engage in free expression."
Such as Shi Tao, for example?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/07/yahoo_china_dissident_case/
Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 23:36 GMT
"Yeah, supier in that Google give that for free, whereas yahoo charge for pop + imap access"
Huh? I've been using it for years and ain't paid a penny yet...
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