No Yahoo Upgrade, Cousin Lucky; Then No Yahoo Mail For You!!
(2011-09-25 at 11:39:56 )

No Yahoo Upgrade, Cousin Lucky; Then No Yahoo Mail For You!!

Sometime near the end of July Yahoo put up a countdown clock onto some
of my Yahoo email accounts advising me of a Yahoo " Upgrade "!!

I scanned their requirements which indicated that to use the Upgrade I
needed to use a Firefox browser, which I refuse to do because I do not
like the way that Firefox takes over the operation of my computer.

At a quick glance I also noticed that Yahoo had a new " Terms Of
Service " and Privacy Policy that I would be agreeing to if I clicked
the " Upgrade Button ".

Like most people I had never read all of that legal Mumbo Jumbo that
are prevalent on the Internet. I am not a spammer, or a criminal, or a
terrorist; I am just an honest old man using a home computer.

I started looking at more than just the page containing my email and I
discovered that Yahoo had automatically enrolled me in their " get
updates from your family and friends " social network where Yahoo matched
all of the contacts in my address book to people that were on line trying
to introduce us to comunicate with each other so that Yahoo could jam ads
down our throats while we chatted.

I learned that Yahoos new " Upgrade " was just legal authority for them
to investigate me more than the F.B.I or the N.S.A. or even a Licensed
Proctologist.

Yahoo Needed To Know Everything There Was To Know About Me So That They
Would Know Exactly Which Ads Were Going To Catch My Attention.

Yahoo Claims That They Need This Authority To Pay For Providing Me
With Their " Free Email "!!

I Figured That Yahoo Was Copying Gmail In That They Were Setting
Everything Of Theirs Up For Broadband Users And Would Provide Us Dial
Up Users With A HTML Version.

Well I Was Wrong. When 8-13-11 Came And Went Yahoo Removed The Link To
Its " Classic Email " And Blocked My Access To My Email Account Because
I Had Not Yet Clicked Their Yellow " Upgrade Button "!!

That Email Account Had A Lot Of Mail That Was Dear To Me In It That I Will
Not Have Access To Anymore Because I Happen To Be A Republican Libertarian
That Will Not Bend To Arm Twisting, Threats, Or Overt Coersion.

Another yahoo Account Of Mine Had A Countdown Clock On It Set For
8-27-11 So I Knew I Had A Week To Get All Of My Email Out Of There.

Every Crisis Has A Silver Lining; And My Savior Is A Member Of The
Linux Forums Website, Named Ozar, Who Told Me About The Great Email
Service That He Uses!!

I Bought Paid Replacements For All Of My FREE Yahoo Mail There, And I
Just Love It. I Now Have 8 Non-Intrusive Email Accounts There!!

Yoo Too Can Have Ad Free Great Email For $4.95 A Year By Enrolling At:

Fastmail.

I Will Be Using Fastmail More And More For The Rest Of My Life Because
It Is Way Beyond, Far And Above, ANY FREE INTERNET EMAIL ANYWHERE!!

As For The Many Folks Who Made The Mistake Of Upgrading Their Yahoo
Mail I Post Here, Just One, Of The Many, Many Complaints:

I am equally fed up with Yahoo. I foolishly "upgraded" to their new
interface, which was supposed to be much faster (and they said you could
always go back to the old one if you preferred it). Actually it is
incredibly slow and they have taken away the option of going back.
Yesterday I could not even get a pop3 connection from sylpheed, though I
could today. There is a story going around that Yahoo wants to do away
with pop3 access except for paying customers, which may explain why they
cut it off, periodically.-Yahoo should be Sued for using the word " Upgrade "!
Ms Heather Rheece, the great of author of A Good Inheritance:

A Good Inheritance



And Bringing A Smile To My Old Wrinkled Face Was The Widespread News That
On September 6, 2011 Yahoo CEO Ms Carol Bartz Was Fired Over The Telephone!!

Yahoo Fires CEO


UPDATE September 24, 2011 Yahoo has blocked two more of my Yahoo email
accounts with a new Upgrade Notif ication Demand!!

NO THANK YOU, Yahoo!!