Maybe related to this semi-breach? http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/75083532312/important-security-update-for-yahoo-mail-users
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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > SSL/TLS > > > Then I can just transfer messages to another IMAP account. > > > > > > > -- konklone.com | @konklone <https://twitter.com/konklone>
