Yahoo disables email forwarding

[Kevin Lancaster]

Yahoo disables email forwarding

Yahoo has disabled email forwarding following embarrassing revelations about security, and now says “this feature is under development”.

 

[hawker]

People still use Yahoo? Time to move into the 21 century surely with Google Inbox/Gmail.

Know a few people that do - probably too much hassle for them to switch.

I deleted my Yahoo account after the breach was made public (didn't have much in it) but yeah.

 

[ToxicBunny]

People still use Yahoo? Time to move into the 21 century surely with Google Inbox/Gmail.

People use all sorts of email services. They all have pros and cons, Gmail/Google Inbox is not the be all and end all.

 

[ToxicBunny]

With a billion active users p/m I disagree.

It is the most popular, yes.. does not mean it is the be all and end all.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Lol Office 365/Outlook? I'd let it go to my GMail so I don't have to use that abortion but don't want to mix work and personal email. Even Thurrott recommends Gmail...

Keerist, are you this dense on purpose or just the worst kind of fanboy in existence?

 

[Today]

From a security perspective most email providers suck, including Gmail, Yahoo, Office 365, Amazon Workmail etc.

They suck because these services are all completely insecure by design. If you think your data is safe sitting on their servers then you are naive and delusional.

At least services like ProtonMail attempt to implement some form of public-key encryption.

EDIT: I'm not recommending ProtonMail either. I'm just saying that at least they make an attempt to implement a secure service.

 

[Today]

Is it out of beta and not deleting your mails anymore eg https://protonmail.com/blog/missing-emails-restored/ ?

You are missing the point.

 

[ToxicBunny]

You are missing the point.

Don't bother....

Its clearly the worst kind of fanboy in existence.

 

[thatshowiroll]

With a billion active users p/m I disagree.

The last time I checked Yahoo is still the largest email provider in the US, ahead of gmail:
https://gigaom.com/2012/10/31/gmail-finally-beats-hotmail-according-to-third-party-data-chart/