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Call me suspicious, but... #

By Ian Ferguson Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:16 GMT

...how did five million Iranians delete their Yahoo! mail accounts without access to Yahoo!?

@ Ian Ferguson #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:31 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...

Re: Call me suspicious, but... #

By Chris Williams Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:38 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

Googlebomb. #

By TeeCee Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 13:55 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.

@TeeCee #

By Steven Knox Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 15:38 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.

Superior google? #

By Jim Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 22:22 GMT

Why, yahoo offers pop3 & smtp, both over ssl - can't be more superior than that can it?

yup #

By Mike Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 10:36 GMT

Yeah, supier in that Google give that for free, whereas yahoo charge for pop + imap access

Yahypocrites! #

By Joe Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 12:10 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/

@Mike #

By Jim Posted Wednesday 27th August 2008 22:07 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...