My mom received a phishing email a few days ago from a @bellsouth.net email address. A company that hasn't existed for about 20 years now.
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I have a yahoo email. I made it a while ago before i realized how bad it is and now i am stuck with a lot of accounts connected to an email that rarely receives emails
Owning a domain name is still a reasonably good idea, but it was never a path to fame, even back then. A stepping stone, maybe, but even then, not strictly necessary.
Yahoo mail still exists - you can even set up a new one - but they got rid of the forwarding feature for free accounts a few years ago, so you actually have to make an effort to log in to the site and check. There's no way to access free mail accounts other than doing that. Of course, if you're willing to pay something, you can get forwarding back and maybe something like POP or even IMAP.
Of course, if you do pay, you'll be supporting some of the more questionable decisions made by Yahoo management.
I think the point of doing this first is not about getting fame, but to be ready for it. Once you are famous someone can claim the domain you wanted and hold it hostage so by doing this you don't have to deal with that later on.
I can access my mail on my yahoo address from fairemail on my phone and I'm not paying, isn't it through IMAP? I don't remember, the setup was very easy tho.
There’s no way to access free mail accounts other than doing that.
There are many Android Apps that connect to yahoo through the web interface and retrieve your email so you can read it in a normal place.
Get a good domain name
Uses a Yahoo email…
I see work vehicles driving around where they have spend hundreds of dollars or more to get a full wrap with fancy pictures and info and it has @gmail.com. And it's not a one off, but seems to be common. There must be a market gap in helping people get new owner operated companies set up with email at their own domain.
I know someone with a Juno.com email address.
**Juno Turbo Accelerated Dial-Up accelerates certain web page text and graphics when compared to standard dial-up internet service. Actual results may vary. Some web pages such as secure or encrypted web pages will not be accelerated. Juno Turbo Accelerated Dial-Up is not a broadband service and actual data transmission rates are not faster than standard dial-up internet service. Juno Turbo Accelerated Dial-Up may not be compatible with proxy based software services such as content filters or firewalls. Available only for Windows.
Wow.
There's a name I haven't heard in a while. My parents and older siblings had juno email addresses through our ISP way back in the day. If you check their website they're still not on https yet.
I can confirm yahoo still exists, and they're great for my junk mail since I don't have anything signed into it, it was made before you needed to link any personally identifying info so I think my name is still something like "fart boob" or something like that. 13 year old me thought it was hilarious.
Honestly if someone managed to hijack that account, either they'd quickly realize it was worthless or I'd be laughing as I tell them to have fun with their garbage, I'll be sending some more soon.
My dad uses yahoo. On a Linux mint machine I do the maintenance on and keep trying to nudge him towards duckduckgo.
Yeah, I get that they're getting privacy issues too but the options seem to have gotten distilled down to privacy issues or a subscription fee I not only can't afford but probably still comes with privacy issues and definitely comes with AI bullshit.