unbeleivable - my Yahoo mail account has been deactivated

by ir » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:46 am

??

by **banned** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:52 am

I know if you don't use them regularly they are deleted--I got sick a few years ago and was offline while, and lost the account I used for my genealogy correspondence. They didn't even email me at my primary email which I had given them when I registered to tell me they were going to do it.

by ir » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:13 am

is there anything to do ?

by ir » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:29 am

and I just heard that my Dad passed away..

by **banned** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:35 am

...something is seriously wrong, or someone is messing with you <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/frown.gif ALT=":("> I was offline a long time--3 months--when I lost my account. If they messed with my current account I'd probably drive down to Yahoo and raise hell, but I only live 20 minutes away from their world HQ! First try the Online Support Help at: <a href="http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_feedback?from_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fhelp%2Fus%2Fmail%2Fmail%2D03%2Ehtml">add.yahoo.com/fast/help/u...D03%2Ehtml</a> If they can't solve your problem you might try contacting this person, she's listed on the corporate page as being in charge of Mail: Karen Mahon karenm@yahoo-inc.com Don't know if you can call longdistance, but her phone # is 1-408-349-4152. Other contacts are listed at: <a href="http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/contact.cfm">yhoo.client.shareholder.c...ontact.cfm</a>

by **Gouda** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:36 am

From their Terms of Service. Could be anything: <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr>13. TERMINATION You agree that Yahoo! may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your Yahoo! account, any associated email address, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (f) extended periods of inactivity, (g) you have engaged in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (h) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Services. Termination of your Yahoo! account includes (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to Yahoo! Mail, Groups, Messenger, Chat, Domains, Personals, Auctions, Message Boards, Greetings, Alerts and Games, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in Yahoo!'s sole discretion and that Yahoo! shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.<hr></blockquote> And if they followed this strictly, it would ban 95% of users: <blockquote>Quote:<hr>You agree to not use the Service to: upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; harm minors in any way; impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Yahoo! official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service; upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights"<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"> of any party; upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping rooms) that are designated for such purpose (please read our complete Spam Policy); upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges; interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service; intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; "stalk" or otherwise harass another; and/or collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs a through n above. You acknowledge that Yahoo! may or may not pre-screen Content, but that Yahoo! and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Yahoo! and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Yahoo! or submitted to Yahoo, including without limitation information in Yahoo! Message Boards, and in all other parts of the Service. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Yahoo! may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Yahoo!, its users and the public. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You understand that the Service and software embodied within the Service may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by Yahoo! and/or content providers who provide content to the Service. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Service. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Service, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.<hr></blockquote> Try this? : <a href="http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/edit/cgi_feedback">add.yahoo.com/fast/help/u...i_feedback</a> "Feedback" via email has been notoriously worthless, though, in my experience. I like to find a phone number and give them hell, in a calm, but fierce manner.

by **banned** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:41 am

...that "law enforcement" or "other government agencies" might be after? Quote:13. TERMINATION You agree that Yahoo! may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your Yahoo! account, any associated email address, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to....(b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies....

by ir » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:42 am

a few days ago I had a dream which I now think was predicting the loss of my email box. I think they will re activate but I will lost all my saved emails, important stuff ! in the dream I tell someone "but what about all my stories ? they are gone..". someone is surely messing with me. that's nothing new.

by **banned** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:46 am

...don't use any of the free services. Download your mail to a good email program and archive it regularly, and be sure you have good virus protection. Even without someone messing with you, a glitch can erase your mail as long as it remains on the server.

by **FourthBase** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:47 am

Sorry to hear about your father. Was it expected from a long-term illness, or unexpected? Please also let us know what you hear from Yahoo. Don't assume the worst for now. But if you find reason to believe there's been funny business, let us know.

by **Gouda** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:49 am

ir, solidarity and strength to you, with you. - G

by ir » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:38 am

My father has been for a while, but more so we have been estranged for the last decade. I am trying to figure a way how to mourn a father who was never a father, and who "died" for me a long time ago. Strangely, last year I changed my name back to my maiden name, his surname, the one he was born with and has changed later. It was a need to reconnect with roots. He changed his name when he was sent by the ISraeli military to the USA, for a year training in Radar/Air force technical issues, i believe in Alabama, during the 50's. Only recently, did I connect this fact with perhaps darker issues in our family. What happened in the US air force ? he changed his name under a law, then, that israelis on state mission had to use a Hebrew name, not their old exilic name (ours is German sounding, we originate in Russia). In the last year, I tended to see him more as a victim, i looked at the entire context, of US-ISraeli relations, the colonizaiton, the military connections, the abuse coated in sugary words. Like Harold Pinter says. So I was more forgiving, but we did not resume relations. I was also starting to dig up family history, more than a 150 years ago, when his great grandfather immigrated to Palestine for unclear reasons. (prior to ZIonist movement). He was a very beautiful man, talented, artistic, charming, who fell pray to the realities of a war torn region, turbulent times, and personal weakness or inability to cope. More than anything he is a victim of US imperialism in Israel, disguised as "Foreign Aid" and militarization. He was not supposed to be a military man, he was an artist, a very talented carpenter/painter, and he spent his life and family on crap, selling arms, going back and forth to the USA, serving the masters of destruction. He was not happy about it, but then it is very hard to leave those roles, once you get into them. He was a pawn for the evil allignment, and he inheritted it to me, all of his children, and I don't feel the issue has been resolved, certainly not with me and my position in Israel, and vis a vis the military junta. 2 of my sisters died in the USA, my last remaining sister is part of the corruption and has moved last month to New Jersy. I am the last one, here in Israel, and I don't actually live, in the full sense of the word. The ghosts of his allignment, all those air force, aircraft industry thugs are hovering over me, wanting me to accept them, or to join the legacy. I still don't see a way out. At least, I made my position clear. I am doing my symbolic intifada, or "strike". not joining the game. but this leaves me no other game, or avenue, right now. What a family. May he rest in peace !

by **jenz** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:22 am

I'm sorry about your father IR. our families are important even when they are wrong (and so often wronged by outside forces). you have a little cyber family to add on now, the misfits here at RI. I'd wondered about your email, and decided you must be ok because I found posts from you here. I've had mine messed with a few times, that's why I have such a funny pseudonym now, started as a joke after the umpteenth attack, and touch wood that one's been left alone.

by ir » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:43 am

thank you, i liked the "family of misfits"...description. cyber one, of course. well, the email is a webmail yahoo, so my pc has been working, but apparently the mailbox had been hacked and now it is GONE, can't believe this is happening. i relied on it, BECAUSE it is web based. and what a timing. i received a hatemail message last night, possibly just before it was deactivated. the writer calling himelf ISH1 wrote - "you are either hearless and cynical or very naive with respect to the people evacuated from Gaza Strip", god knows I have no idea what he was referring to. I checked the email address via google and reached a very scary thread/website Delta Green <a href="http://www.delta-green.com/about/index.html">www.delta-green.com/about/index.html</a> and this <a href="http://www.bio.net/hypermail/VIROLOGY/1996-July/006364.html">www.bio.net/hypermail/VIR...06364.html</a> he wrote in english transliteration of Hebrew (namely its an israeli living in an english speaking country). it was creepy. Another weird happening a few hours earlier was - a neighbor whom I don't know met me in the playground and was ALL OVER ME with niceness and schmoozing, she has kids too, i ended up in her apartment with the kids and all, and then she was cryptic about her employment/job, eventually she said she was working for COmbverse, and was asking me questions as if she had already been briefed about me (like where I was born etc.) and then she was talking about being on the internet etc. etc. She handed me her business card, saying she was a Doula, that she had now changed her career fomr Hi tech business to new age alternative doula stuff. I checked the maternity ward she was telling she is interning, nobody knows her. THen she said her husband owns a big firm that does PR for the large Pharma corps. I then figured she can produce a business card very easily for any "doula" stuff she likes. It gave me a feeling of someone not being honest, who are actually corporate types with various agendas. well, i'm not going to meet her again, for sure, but i also left my favorite sweater at her place...shit. I keep being paranoid about those corporates, like AMDOCS and COMVERSE, they seem to be replacing the good old military juntas, and now I am also possessed with Masonic discovery of yesterday. Not a good day, today, I will it slide. and rest for now. very worried. thanks for support, hope to regain my email soon. even without old contents in it. *Shame !

by **Dreams End** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:29 pm

Sorry about all your troubles IR. Yahoo sucks in so many ways. There is a free service called "hushmail" <a href="http://www.hushmail.com/.">www.hushmail.com/.</a> I SHOULD be using it, but I just use the email through my internet provider. Hushmail makes privacy its number one issue and is actually not just an email provider but also an encryption service, so should you feel it necessary you can send encrypted email (to those you've authorized to receive it.) I would highly recommend, despite the fact that hushmail and other services will store email and files for you, that you download them directly to your computer. If your situation doesn't allow that, then hushmail is likely more reliable than yahoo. HOWEVER, I think you only have a period of three weeks of non-use for the unpaid accounts before they disable it. Paying the fee eliminates that, or just make sure you constantly check email. There are other free email services out there as well. Here's another free email service specifically for leftists! Don't know much about them except that a guy who sends me a newsletter every so often about the New Orleans situation uses them for his email list. (And I don't think you have to take a test or anything to make sure you have the "correct" politics...they are just activist related.) <a href="http://riseup.net/">riseup.net/</a> Onto your mysterious emails. Here's the information about Delta Green. First off, it is some kind of roleplaying game, like Dungeons and Dragons only in a 1920's, Lovecraftian setting: <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Delta Green is a game setting for Call of Cthulhu, the popular horror roleplaying game published by Chaosium, Inc. Call of Cthulhu is a game about mystery, discovery, and horror, in which the characters are more or less ordinary men and women who slowly unravel terrible mysteries about the utterly alien powers at work in the universe.<hr></blockquote> Admittedly, that doesn't really make it "uncreepy" but that's what the site is. Here's the "whois" information about the site...owned by the Tynes Cowan corporation, as the website itself says. <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Tynes Cowan Corporation 5536 25th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 US Domain Name: DELTA-GREEN.COM Administrative Contact: Tynes Cowan Corporation paganbiz@aol.com 5536 25th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 US 206.528.7665 fax: 206.528.0199 Technical Contact: Bourov, Anthony hostmaster@addr.com Addr.com 1608 W CampBell Ave Suite 368 CampBell, CA 95008 US 1-877-ADDRCOM fax: 408-516-9488<hr></blockquote> I assume that the person who wrote you is Graeme Price? He's the guy who answers the virus question on the second link you provided. Also get a lot of hits about him and his involvement in role-play gaming and evidently he provides content for the Delta Green game. The Delta Green game has a weird, conspiracy background so maybe he's just too caught up in the game? (I noticed, for example, that one of the "scenario books" talks aobut MJ-12, which, according to the legends, came about in 1947). I have to go right now, but I think it will be interesting to continue looking into this guy and how he relates to "delta green". I must admit, I am actually somewhat familiar with roleplaying games and I've never heard of it before.

unbeleivable - my Yahoo mail account has been deactivated

unbeleivable - my Yahoo mail account has been deactivated

Is this one you use regularly?

its my regular, very much in use email

well, they wrote back

If you've been using it and it's deactivated....

Re: its my regular, very much in use email

Is there anything in your email....

thank gouda, will email this lady/call her

If your email is vulnerable...

IR

Re: its my regular, very much in use email

thank you

family

jenz - not a good week, something like "stripping the c

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