Yahoo’s plan to release inactive accounts

Microsoft and Yahoo updated their search partnership in April to allow more flexibility in searches and end Yahoo's exclusive sales force role with advertisers.

Microsoft and Yahoo updated their search partnership in April to allow more flexibility in searches and end Yahoo's exclusive sales force role with advertisers.

Published Jun 13, 2013

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San Francisco - Yahoo is trying to breathe new life into inactive email accounts by giving away the identifications beginning next month.

The program announced on Wednesday will give Web surfers an opportunity to claim a new handle that had previously been unavailable. It also represents a last chance for Yahoo users who haven't logged in for at least a year one final chance to keep the address.

Yahoo plans to release the inactive accounts unless the current owner logs in again before July 15. After that, the identifications will be available to all comers and will be ready to use again in mid-August.

The Sunnyvale, California, company isn't specifying how many emails are in the dead pool. A Yahoo spokesperson predicts a substantial number of IDs will be freed up. - Sapa-AP

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