Maybe related to this semi-breach? http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/75083532312/important-security-update-for-yahoo... Looks like someone took a previously leaked DB of emails/passwords and ran it against Yahoo's servers. On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:19 PM, David <wb8foz@nrk.com> wrote:
On 1/30/14 2:20 PM, jim bell wrote:
(Raising the question: Is there a reasonably straightforward mechanism
to allow a disgusted user to (easily and automatically) transfer all of his emails from one system to another? Obviously, email service providers are motivated to try to lock in users, but maybe there's a way to fight this.)
IMAP.
I have IMAP set up on my Yahoo account:
Server: imap.mail.yahoo.com Port: 993 Username: xxx@yahoo.com SSL/TLS
Then I can just transfer messages to another IMAP account.
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