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Yahoo’s “Unlimited” Email Hits Its Limit

It seems that Yahoo’s “unlimited storage” claim was bogus.    The Wall Street Journal discovered that when you get to 55,000 messages, the system starts to seize up and go all wobbly on you.

Kudos to the WSJ for its investigative journalism (some real Watergate-style stuff there!) but let’s face it - who in their right mind stores 55,000 emails in their email account?   I am struggling to get past 2000 and I have 4 years worth in my account!     What is the WSJ storing?    Spam mails?   Pizza delivery confirmations?

Nevertheless, it’s still good to see Yahoo getting Yahooed by one of their own products again.

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