> Maybe they updated their TOS to allow them to do something new with the users data (selling it, storing it in another region, etc) and they want to get rid of accounts that haven't accepted the change.

My Yahoo! Mail account is from about 2001 and I still select “I’ll do this later” when I sign in on a new device. I think whatever new owner buys us next has to continue this.

while im 95% sure you know, Yahoo's web client is or at least used to be open to a lot of exploits. Be safe with these dinosaur email providers :)

Yahoo will also clear your entire account if you don't log in for a while.

Happened to me. Lost all my old emails from high school. Sure, that's on me for not having my own local backup, but they still did it with no warning that I ever saw.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

:(

I tried it out on an alternate Yahoo! email address that I don't need and sure enough I got this message

> Setting up your mailbox

> A fresh mailbox is being created, since the old one was inactive for more than 12 months.

https://i.imgur.com/VMHxeyH.png

thank you for the heads up