# \*uck you, Yahoo! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uck-you-yahoo/58231 "2001-03-16T15:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uck-you-yahoo/58231/21 "2001-03-19T07:03:30Z")
**Zette** , I share your concern. But what the fuck does “\*uck” mean? It’s **FUCK** , goddammit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AlanParson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@AlanParson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlanParson)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uck-you-yahoo/58231/22 "2001-03-19T07:59:29Z")
Yahoo (or Yahell, as I will now refer to them) and HotMail (now HotFail) are both substandard. In addition, don’t get me started on AOL (now known as AOHell) Yahell failed in trying to make themselves so big, they can’t run anything decently! I use Y! messenger. I would log on many times before with my ID, and no problems. Now, I have to log in with 2 other yahoo IDs, and then log out, just to talk to my friends and business contacts. Also, Yahell DID sell my e-mail address. They had to have. Nobody had my Yahell e-mail, and I only signed up for . (but then again, if you want to try and guess for somebody’s yahell account, just try [this\_yahoo\_id@yahoo.com](mailto:this_yahoo_id@yahoo.com), and if it works, then Hey! You just got their account! I also know that Yahell is not secure, due to the fact that my password has been retrieved from their servers many times. I now change my password every week, and my account is secure once again. Now, for HotFail, half the time they work, but my e-mail doesn’t get sent or recieved. The other half, I can’t access the fucking thing, but I receive emails just fine. As a resort, I use [Freeze.com](http://Freeze.com), as well as [Visto.com](http://Visto.com). [Visto.com](http://Visto.com) doesn’t sell your name. Neither does [Freeze.com](http://Freeze.com). Now, as for AOHell… don’t even take me there. (Why would you pay more for less? _shrugs his shoulders_) Maybe if we all boycotted Yahell, HotFail, and AOHell, they would get it into their heads that they need to improve their services. Sorry for my ranting. This is a topic me, and MANY others in my field agree upon. Good day! ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uck-you-yahoo/58231/23 "2001-03-19T20:21:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > hahaha, Zette, did they set up a “Bulk Mail” folder for you? > > Before I had a bulk mail folder, I NEVER got spam or bulk mail. Which tells me Yahoo set up the bulk mail folder because they feel guilty about selling my address to spammers. > > Oh, that took the fucking cake. A “bulk mail” folder? How about you just don’t deliver that shit to me? Leave me alone! I do not need to lengthen or strengthen my penis, I am not impotent, and I do not want to see “hot teen sluts”. > \*\* No shit! Boy did that ever piss me off. I have never given my Yahoo (nor my Hotmail) address to anyone I don’t trust, let alone posted on some site or signed up for stuff with it, etc. I **never** got junk mail until the very day they set up my “bulk mail” folder. It was pretty obvious to me that they sold/gave my address to _somebody_. I don’t know the number of e-mails I sent asking them about it, asking for an explanation, etc. but all I ever got back was a canned response explaining that they set up the “bulk mail” to _protect_ me from the spam. HELLO! I wasn’t even _getting_ it until you stepped in, Yahoo jerks! Grr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uck-you-yahoo/58231.md?page=1)