§pectre: Yahoo or the other big free ones
did that From the internet: "On July 15th, Yahoo will be closing down inactive accounts (
accounts that have not been logged into in the last 12 months) and releasing them to the public to claim. (date: July 10, 2013)"
plus:
"
Yahoo! Mail China officially announced its shutdown on April 18, 2013.
Users were warned that all emails, contacts, and account settings would be inaccessible, unless users migrated to the American version of Yahoo! Mail."
So, it looks to me as if these closedowns have been announced
before they took place - which fits exactly my own experience of the past:
my first
(free!) eMail provider sent out a warning (
like Yahoo obviously did) to all its users, that it was about to shut down in a month or so, and that everyone should switch to a different provider, asap.
And - I don't know about you, but I check my eMails regularily...if you don't log into your eMail account for 12 months(!), then any negative consequences out of this neglectance, is 100% on you.
I mean - you don't let your snail mail laying in your apartment building's entrance hall, and then - when you finally find the time to check it out after 12 months(!) - complain that it is gone, do you?
§pectre: and
it's obvious if someones paying a subscription for email it stops when it isn't being paid.
Well, yeah, sure...if you pay a subscription fee for a service, then
of course the subscription will end if you stop paying...that's how subscription services usually operate.
But you can hardly complain about that, if you could easily prevent this from hapening, by simply continuing to pay your fees.
Sorry, but what was your point again?