<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
is	O
an	O
email	O
service	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
American	O
company	O
Yahoo	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	O
email	O
was	O
previously	O
available	O
with	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
manage	O
their	O
mailboxes	O
using	O
webmail	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
,	O
accessible	O
using	O
a	O
standard	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
accounts	O
also	O
supported	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
standard	O
mail	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
(	O
POP3	B-Protocol
and	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2015	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
also	O
connect	O
non-Yahoo	O
e-mail	O
accounts	O
to	O
the	O
webmail	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
accounts	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
accounts	O
,	O
use	O
yahoo.com	O
as	O
the	O
email	O
suffix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
choose	O
ymail.com	B-Application
or	O
rocketmail.com	B-Application
as	O
a	O
suffix	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
country-specific	O
suffixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
countries	O
were	O
available	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
yahoo.co.uk	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
yahoo.fr	O
in	O
France	O
(	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
francophones	O
)	O
and	O
yahoo.it	O
in	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Japan	O
Mail	O
,	O
a	O
separate	O
service	O
,	O
offers	O
both	O
yahoo.co.jp	O
and	O
ymail.ne.jp	O
as	O
suffixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
service	O
providers	O
using	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
made	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
online	O
communications	O
company	O
Four11	B-Application
for	O
co-branded	O
white	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marvin	O
Gavin	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
at	O
Four11	B-Application
as	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
international	O
business	O
development	O
,	O
said	O
"	O
We	O
always	O
had	O
a	O
bias	O
about	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
acquired	O
Four11	B-Application
for	O
$96	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
behind	O
acquiring	O
Four11	B-Application
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
RocketMail	B-Application
webmail	B-Protocol
service	O
,	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
chose	O
acquisition	O
rather	O
than	O
internal	O
platform	O
development	O
,	O
because	O
,	O
as	O
Healy	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Hotmail	B-Operating_System
was	O
growing	O
at	O
thousands	O
and	O
thousands	O
users	O
per	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transition	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
was	O
not	O
easy	O
for	O
many	O
Rocketmail	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mary	O
Osako	O
,	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
During	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
website	O
was	O
changed	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
this	O
new	O
design	O
,	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
implemented	O
,	O
including	O
drop-down	O
menus	O
in	O
DHTML	B-General_Concept
,	O
different	O
category	O
tabs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
user-customizable	O
color	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
9	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
acquired	O
Oddpost	B-Application
,	O
a	O
webmail	B-Protocol
service	O
which	O
simulated	O
a	O
desktop	O
email	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oddpost	B-Application
had	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
drag-and-drop	O
support	O
,	O
right-click	O
menus	O
,	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
a	O
preview	O
pane	O
,	O
and	O
increased	O
speed	O
using	O
email	O
caching	O
to	O
shorten	O
response	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
an	O
updated	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Google	O
announced	O
its	O
Gmail	B-Application
service	O
with	O
1	O
GB	O
of	O
storage	O
,	O
however	O
Gmail	B-Application
's	O
invitation-only	O
accounts	O
kept	O
the	O
other	O
webmail	B-Protocol
services	O
at	O
the	O
forefront	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
major	O
webmail	B-Protocol
providers	O
,	O
including	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
soon	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
,	O
enhanced	O
performance	O
,	O
improved	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	O
integration	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
watch	O
YouTube	O
videos	O
straight	O
from	O
email	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
new	O
interface	O
became	O
mandatory	O
for	O
users	O
,	O
some	O
users	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
reported	O
slow	O
typing	O
speeds	O
,	O
contradicting	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
claims	O
of	O
faster	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
interface	O
overrode	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
right	O
mouse	O
button	O
(	O
making	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
opening	O
mails	O
in	O
new	O
tab	O
windows	O
unavailable	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
objected	O
to	O
the	O
unannounced	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
changes	O
through	O
an	O
online	O
post	O
asking	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Then	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
China	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
warned	O
that	O
all	O
emails	O
,	O
contacts	O
,	O
and	O
account	O
settings	O
would	O
be	O
inaccessible	O
,	O
unless	O
users	O
migrated	O
to	O
the	O
American	O
version	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Individuals	O
who	O
made	O
China	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
number	O
of	O
usernames	O
and	O
passwords	O
were	O
released	O
to	O
hackers	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
security	O
breach	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
release	O
introduced	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
As	O
many	O
as	O
three	O
web	B-Protocol
interfaces	I-Protocol
were	O
available	O
at	O
any	O
given	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
traditional	O
"	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
2005	O
version	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
interface	O
,	O
drag-and-drop	O
,	O
improved	O
search	O
,	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
,	O
address	O
auto-completion	O
,	O
and	O
tabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
improvements	O
to	O
performance	O
,	O
search	O
,	O
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
current	O
Webmail	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
does	O
not	O
tolerate	O
this	O
practice	O
and	O
terminates	O
accounts	O
connected	O
with	O
spam-related	O
activities	O
without	O
warning	O
,	O
causing	O
spammers	O
to	O
lose	O
access	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
prevent	O
abuse	O
,	O
in	O
2002	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
activated	O
filters	O
which	O
changed	O
certain	O
words	O
(	O
that	O
could	O
trigger	O
unwanted	O
JavaScript	B-Language
events	O
)	O
and	O
word	O
fragments	O
into	O
other	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
mocha	B-Language
"	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
espresso	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
expression	O
"	O
became	O
"	O
statement	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
eval	O
"	O
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
evaluation	O
"	O
)	O
became	O
"	O
review	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
these	O
changes	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
explained	O
that	O
the	O
changed	O
words	O
were	O
common	O
terms	O
used	O
in	O
there	O
privacy	O
dashboard	O
and	O
were	O
blacklisted	O
to	O
prevent	O
hackers	O
from	O
sending	O
damaging	O
commands	O
via	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
HTML	B-Language
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
before	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Incoming	O
mail	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
addresses	O
can	O
be	O
subjected	O
to	O
deferred	O
delivery	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
incoming	O
spam	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
delay	O
delivery	O
of	O
mail	O
sent	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
office	O
provided	O
technical	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
Chinese	O
authorities	O
about	O
the	O
account	O
of	O
journalist	O
Shi	O
Tao	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
subsequently	O
sentenced	O
to	O
ten	O
years	O
 '	O
imprisonment	O
for	O
"	O
leaking	O
state	O
secrets	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Congress	O
began	O
an	O
investigation	O
into	O
Yahoo	B-Application
's	O
handling	O
of	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
congressional	O
panel	O
criticized	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yang	O
stated	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
February	O
2006	O
hearing	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Several	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
discovered	O
that	O
the	O
document	O
provided	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
this	O
action	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
an	O
exploit	O
for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
was	O
sold	O
for	O
$700	O
by	O
an	O
Egyptian	O
hacker	O
,	O
allowing	O
hijackers	O
to	O
hack	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
From	O
2007	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Telecom	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
,	O
Telecom	O
announced	O
that	O
despite	O
the	O
issue	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
retain	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
3	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
reported	O
that	O
all	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
user	O
accounts	O
,	O
approximately	O
3	O
billion	O
,	O
were	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
previously	O
announced	O
August	O
2013	O
theft	O
of	O
accounts.Yahoo	O
themselves	O
stole/deleted	O
emails	O
from	O
11.03.2020	O
to	O
11.08.2020	O
in	O
many	O
ymail	O
user	O
accounts	O
to	O
cover	O
up	O
Presidential	O
Election	O
Fraud	O
along	O
with	O
MSM.LQD	O
This	O
information	O
updates	O
the	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
announcement	O
that	O
more	O
than	O
1	O
billion	O
user	O
accounts	O
were	O
hacked	O
in	O
a	O
breach	O
that	O
had	O
occurred	O
back	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
that	O
year	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
contents	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
messages	O
are	O
scanned	O
for	O
the	O
purposes	O
of	O
targeted	O
advertising	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
its	O
main	O
competitors	O
Gmail	B-Application
(	O
which	O
ended	O
the	O
practice	O
in	O
late	O
2017	O
)	O
and	O
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(	O
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)	O
.	O
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In	O
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,	O
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Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
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The	O
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for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
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