[165563] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yahoo is now recycling handles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy)
Sun Sep 8 18:32:51 2013
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 15:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Randy <randy_94108@yahoo.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <81A3201B-4795-4039-97CA-0F73C8D4165C@marrowbones.com>
Reply-To: Randy <randy_94108@yahoo.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0A> From: Kee Hinckley <nazgul@marrowbon=
es.com>=0A> To: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>=0A> Cc: =0A> Sent:=
Sunday, September 8, 2013 2:21 PM=0A> Subject: Re: Yahoo is now recycling =
handles=0A> =0A> =0A> On Sep 7, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf@d=
essus.com> wrote:=0A> =0A>> =0A>> The appropriate party to inform would be =
the FBI ... The word fraud comes =0A> to mind, and millions of 50 centses p=
uts company officers in prison for a long =0A> long long time.=0A> =0A> The=
charges did indeed expire rather than get posted. None of which excuses =
=0A> Yahoo!'s complete lack of customer support (and broken charge system),=
but =0A> at least there's that.=0A> =0A=0ASo, Yahoo *actually* had a worki=
ng cust-support at some point?=0A=A0=0AI obviously missed that boat.=0A=0AI=
have had three perfectly valid handles reclaimed in the last three weeks (=
my yahoo addr.book is tiny!)=0A=0AI just let the holders of said handles k=
now the implications of what happened and asked they let everyone else know=
NOT to use said handle@yahoo=0A./Randy
