How Old is Your Yahoo Account?

Indonesia
May 23, 2010 11:37pm CST
Well, the first time i have yahoo account is when i am enter high school, but at that time, i rarely use it, so i awlays end up forgetting the password. At that time i make many yahoo account only to end up forgetting the password. I rarely use it since at that time i never use yahoo messenger. But all is change, In my 2nd years in college. I start using Yahoo Messenger, after that i never change my yahoo id. Now My Yahoo id is about 7th years old. How about you? How old is your yahoo id? And tell me the story about how you maintan using that id for that long. Thanks.
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• Boston, Massachusetts
25 May 10
I am maintaining two yahoo mail accounts. The first one is about 9 years old and I used for my personal mails. The other one is for business and official mails and is three years old now. However, my youngest yahoomail account is the account that I used for facebook. I am using them both for YM too. It's hard to be changing your account from time to time. so i maintained this so that my friends will not have difficulty in tracking me. I love my accounts and i am used to it.
• Boston, Massachusetts
29 May 10
i created the other account just to segregate my personal mails to those business and official mails. it's much better having both mails. i am more organize with my mails and easy to track down correspondence.
• Indonesia
1 Jun 10
Well yes, but as for me, i don't use yahoo mail for bussiness mail since i have office mail, it is kinda hard if i need to use both yahoomail and my office mail to do bussiness relation. The bad side of this is, when i resign from that office, it will be hard for other bussiness relation that i make to contact me, since most of them might only remember my old office mail. Thanks.
• Indonesia
29 May 10
Wow nine years old is really are old. The other one is pretty young, did you create the account when you get a new job or something. Also i do use other mail account for joining facebook, although i rarely use them for mailing purpose since no body know that mail account. And i agree with often changing mail will make people hard to track us down. Thanks for responding to this discussion my friend.
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• Pakistan
24 May 10
Hey ! well for me my first account got hacked after a long time but i still remember the e-mail address of that account ...if somebody has any way of finding your password .... not those of what yahoo provides by itself i will really appreciate that a lot.. xoxo
• Indonesia
25 May 10
Well too bad for you. I hope you get your account back. Anyway, in what year actually you make those yahoo account, and it what year the account get hacked? Have you been created other yahoo mail account after that, or you just give up and make other mail service account. Thanks.
• Indonesia
29 May 10
Well yes, usually we have more than one active mail account at one time. This is to prevent us to use our main mail account for joining site that are most likely will become a spammer. Also we some time use other mail to contact with a different group of user. Thanks.
• Pakistan
25 May 10
yeah i made another one than after loosing the first one... side by side i also made other e-mail accounts. xoxo
• India
24 May 10
First of all I hate Yahoo service. Some of the conformation mails from various sites that I sign up doesn't arrive to my mail box at all. I left the service years ago. But still I am left with only one mail for subscribing to some of my favorite yahoo groups as well as to keep up professional email-ID. You know when yahoo introuduced Ymail and Rocketmail domains I am one of them who signed earlier to get my name as email-ID. Gmail is much better and I use it frequently and my ymail ID is some 2 years old, up and running.
• India
24 May 10
Treating a genuine mail as spam is too much. Yahoo should stop this. Till then I would consider Gmail as the better option.
• Indonesia
24 May 10
Well, i don't think yahoo will stop this thing, i think it might getting worse. With so many account to manage, some e-mail that are highly suspicious as a spam will most likely they block. I think they don't want their server to be flooded by junk mail like that. At least that what i think.
• Indonesia
24 May 10
I agree that many Verification mail that are sent to our yahoomaill account is rarely arrive, although some come to the spam folder, most of them just not delivered to our yahoo account since yahoomail server reject the e-mail. I think it is a double edge sword since this kind of attitude protect many yahoo user from unwanted mail. Although you could get frustated because of this since yahoo also make you cannot join a certain site. As for me, i usually use different mail account ( a gmail account ) when i register to any site that require verification e-mail that are not work in yahoomail. Thanks for responding to this discussion.
@excellence7 (3647)
• Mauritius
24 May 10
That's a nice questions. I think mine is around 4 years.
• Mauritius
24 May 10
I used my yahoo account for so long because I have actually lots of contacts with it and using my yahoo messenger with same yahoo ID itself. That's why I don't want to change it because many old friends and contacts know me through this mail address itself. Regards
• Indonesia
25 May 10
Oh yes, If you have one id for so long, people will start depend on that id. Because if you change it, people might still send message to that email address and not all of your friend will be updated about your new e-mail address. That is also the reason of why i am not changing my e-mail adress. Thanks for responding this my friend.
• Indonesia
24 May 10
Well that is a very short answer, but it is really answering my question, although it is not answering the question about the story / reason why you keep that yahoo id for so long. Please share it your experience with us about why you decide to keep using that id. Or did you actually already give up using it. Thanks for responding to this discussion.
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• Malaysia
24 May 10
i've got a Yahoo account that i created when Yahoo was still new.. it's my only account on the internet that has a 4-letter password. it's so cool
• Indonesia
24 May 10
Wow your account must be really old now. Even when is the first time i join yahoo, as far as i remeber, they minimal password length is 6 chacaracter. I don't know how old yahoo is, but i think it is exist even before i using The Internet for the very first time. Well anyway, did yahoo ask you to change your password now? Or did you still use the account at all. Thanks for responding to this discussion my freind. Happy my lotting.
• Indonesia
29 May 10
Really??? Well maybe yahoo will think that no one will use the same password for a very long time, so they decide not to mail people to change their password. Or maybe they just too lazy :p . Anyway, thanks for responding to this discussion again, sorry for the late reply.
• Malaysia
25 May 10
yup, it's still active i just logged onto it without a problem just now. curious enough, i never did receive any note from yahoo to change my password thought..
@wahsher (175)
• India
24 May 10
Can't exactly say how old my yahoo id is only can give a guess. I have yahoo id for more than 3 years definitely. I have also had 2 accounts before this, they expired because I didn't visited them for more than 90 days. Yahoo ids are very helpful. The service of Yahoo mail is completely reliable. I have experienced no problems at all with yahoo account.
• Indonesia
24 May 10
Well i know what you mean with an account being deleted after 90 days of inactive. I think i have experience that a few times. Anyway, 3 years is quite a long time, did you still use it now, or you use other mail account? I agree with you, yahoo account is realiable. Although i have experience issue with them, but it is only temporary, and at that time, no data was lost. It just missing or unaccessible for a few days. Thanks for responding this discussion my friend.
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
21 Jun 10
In my experience, unless you cancel your account, yahoo will not delete it, the mail part will just be deactivated but you can still use it for messenger and other yahoo services.
• Indonesia
22 Jun 10
Well they actually will deleted your mail inbox if it was not active for a long time, so even if you recover your mail, all your data will be lost. At least that what happened to one of my friend account about 5 or 6 years ago. Anyway, i don't about the rules now. Thanks.
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
21 Jun 10
Mine is 10 years old now this 2010, i made my first yahoo account when i was 15 years old. Its not my primary email anymore coz it is full of spam mails, but i still open that account every now and then.
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
21 Jun 10
Mine is 10 years old now this 2010, i made my first yahoo account when i was 15 years old. Its not my primary email anymore coz it is full of spam mails, but i still open that account every now and then.
• Indonesia
22 Jun 10
So you are about 25 now, aren't you? It is quite a long time. Did you often use it the first time you have it, or it is just another second account for you. Well it is been a while although now it is full of spam. Thanks for responding this discussion my friend.
@tonyllenium (6252)
• Italy
24 Mar 11
ahh it is old i thnk more than 7 years in reality!!i mantain this id because i already use it as mail or other things on yahoo and so it will be actvie as normal..
• Indonesia
7 May 11
well for now i actually have a 7 years old id too. This is what yahoo email for me: "Dear [My Name] Thank you for being a Yahoo! Mail user for the past 7 year(s). We look forward to bringing you an even faster, safer, easier-to-use Yahoo! Mail very soon. In the coming months, we will ask you to upgrade to the newest version of Yahoo! Mail for your account [MyEmail]. All Yahoo! Mail customers will be asked to upgrade. But in the meantime, you don't have to wait, you can have the newest Yahoo! Mail today. " Wowww, its been awhile sorry for the late reply
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
6 Apr 11
Hi. lordcaocao2025. I think that one of my yahoo accounts could be at least four years old as of now. This is to my remembrance. I have been using this Yahoo account for many years, and I have also developed many other accounts using half of this username too.
• Indonesia
7 May 11
oh i see, well you actually have a few yahoo account. Did you use a lot of them, or you just create it and then let it die with time. It is hard to maintain a few e-mail account, especially from the same site since you can always login one of them at a time. Anyway thanks for the reply ( sorry if u wait too long for this since i hardly online now )
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
21 Jun 10
its 8 years old. but i have one that is even older but i dont use it anymore. i have never changed my email because everyone knows it and it is the one i use for personal matters.
• Indonesia
22 Jun 10
Yes, when there are many people who already know your e-mail, it iwll be hard to change it. People usually lazy to update their contact, so even if you change it, some people actually will still send mail to your old account. The same thing also apply to cell phone number. Thanks for responding this discussion my friend.
• United States
24 May 10
I have a few yahoo ids, but I think my oldest one is eight or nine years old now. I do not use it as my main email account anymore but I still use it for various yahoo sites like yahoo answers and avatars. As for how I have been able to use it for so long...I really do not know. I make my passwords something that only I would know...but I can easily remember and I try to make the username as simple as possible or as "me" as possible.
• Indonesia
24 May 10
Wow it is actually older than my yahoo account. Since you don't use it as your main mail account, what you actually use for you main mail account. As for me, i use yahoo as my main mail account, although for office purpose i use my office mail address. Do you use yahoo messenger software to chat, or do you not use it? Because if you use yahoo messenger then there is a big chance that you will often use the mail account. Anyway, yes, thanks for the tips for user name and password. Happy mylotting my friend.
• United States
24 May 10
I use my yahoo account for certain yahoo sites. I really enjoy going on Yahoo Answers, Yahoo Groups, and playing around with the yahoo avatars. I don't really use the yahoo messenger anymore though...
@boymelvs (138)
• Philippines
26 Aug 10
i started and learn to use the internet when i was a college student way back 1999. since then up to now i am still using my yahoo account.right now i have 4 yahoo account including the old one. i used to register a new account to separate my personal and the one im using for business,social networking and making money online.
• Indonesia
7 May 11
Oh yes, i actually used other email for my business related email. I don;t want them to mix up and i got screwed because of that. I used email from my office for all business related stuff. I use my primary mail for other purpose. I used my unimportant mail for joining unimportant site.
• India
13 Mar 11
well i started using internet when i was in 4rth std , i made my first and last yahoo mail account in 1999........till today i m regularly using my yahoo account that is govinda_alwani@yahoo.com............ so my yahoo account is 11 year old and is has never been inactive ........
• Indonesia
7 May 11
Wow, its old man. By the way, i think it is not wise to share your mail account here ( or anywhere in the internet ). Since it will make people start spamming your mail account with many money making program, or spamming you with tricky evil mail trying to steal your id or pass. Anyway, thank and sorry for the late reply.
@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
25 May 10
My yahoo account is probably more than 5 years old. I am not really sure because I didn't actually kept tracked of it. I used to have hotmail but at that time a hotmail account expires when you don't get to open it for quite a while. So, I decided to sign up for a yahoo account because of good feedback I got from some friends.
• Indonesia
29 May 10
Well actually the thing that happened to your hotmail actually apply too in yahoo mail. I think i have my account deleted by yahoo and mymail become gone for being in active more then 90 days. I don't know if the rules still apply now since i almost login and check my mail every days. Anyway, thanks for responding this discussion my friend.
@sachii315 (488)
• Japan
25 May 10
Hi lordcaocao2025! I have used my yahoo account for about 4 years but recently I have abandoned my yahoomail. I had been receiving so many spam messages on my yahoomail and these mails were not filtered as spam. I just got annoyed by it. I also use Yahoo messenger seldom because I still find it to be a bit laggy. I'm using skype now. Nevertheless, yahoo has served me well in the past few years and I am still using my account to bid items on yahoo auctions. Happy mylotting!
• Indonesia
29 May 10
Well, i think the only reason you got many spam mail is because you showed your mail in the internet or you join many site that are really good at selling mail or doing spamming, most of them usually a making money site or an adult site. If that happened, keep using the block facility that yahoo give you, in time the spam will die. Thanks
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 May 10
I have had the same yahoo ID for as long as I've been using yahoo and I started using yahoo when I was pregnant with my daughter. So, that would mean that my yahoo account is about eight years old. I've never had a problem with remembering what my password is because yahoo was the first time that I was able to make a password for myself and I choose something that is very easy for me to remember. I like things simple and I choose to keep them simple.
• Indonesia
29 May 10
Well it is good then, then your yahoo account age is not much different than your daughter age, and there is no way you could forget your daughter age. Well it is good to keep thing simple, hard to guess password could also simple, as long it is hard to guess by other. Thanks.
• Philippines
30 May 10
my oldest yahoo account was the one that i created and use since college and that was 8 years ago, and that includes my whole name on it since its my first yahoo account so i didnt use it, i created another one last 2007 and thats what im using up to now and its exclusive for my family and close friends only theres no strangers nor outsider in it, though for my public email i normally use msn coz i can closed it anytime, in yahoo theres no way to delete your acount there, i dont know why.
• Indonesia
1 Jun 10
Well how long before you decide to stop using your oldest account ( accoutn that you created about 8 years ago )? And what so special about yahoomaill that make you decide that the e-mail account is for family and close friend only? Anyway, thanks for responding this discussion.
@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
25 May 10
I opened my yahoo account sometime in 1999 at our school library, and though I've had a lot of email addresses since then, this yahoo account is still my main address. I guess the mere fact that I open the account to check mails as often as I can keeps the account going. I regret, though, that in the olden days (hihihi) the memory was not so big so I had deleted a lot of old mails, and I didn't keep copies of mails. Besides, everytime I open up an account in some other site, the sites usually ask for an e-mail address and I almost always use this old yahoo address.
• Indonesia
25 May 10
O i see, well, i actually the same with you. Since in the old days i rarely see email and at that time internet connection is slow and very expensive, so i rather delete any mail that i don't think important. Although i kinda regret it by now, but i think it is ok. Thanks for responding this discussion my friend. Happy mylotting to you.
• Indonesia
7 Jun 10
okay, this the first. i use yahoo account when i stand in junior high school. that time i studying in boarding school for girl . so i need to know, all my friend at outside boarding school. there for i rarely make yahoo account but , but i have a big trouble in boarding school cause we must have a chance twice a month to use the internet. there for i haven't account regularly until i studying in the university. and now, i should have an yahoo id is about 5th. thanks
• Indonesia
22 Jun 10
Well thanks for your information my friend. Well i never enter a school where people there are man or girl only, i don;t think i can survive that. That kinf of situation the you have is hard for me. That is why i will need the internet to talk to other friend. Thanks for sharing it with us.