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   Brian Reay to Nick   
   Re: Lefty Yahoo confirms more than one b   
   30 Jan 17 14:23:47   
   
   XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: no.sp@m.com   
      
   On 15/12/16 19:51, Nick wrote:   
   > On 15/12/2016 19:34, John wrote:   
   >> "Nick"  wrote   
   >>   
   >>> So the question is, if it was as apparently obvious as that why are we   
   >>> only hearing about it now.   
   >>   
   >> The real question is why does anyone use Yahoo!   
   >>   
   >> John.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > It is a good email to use for usenet and other spam vulnerable purposes.   
   >   
   > I use google for real life, which just works.   
      
   In the main it does but it has some worrying 'features'- ie forwarding   
   messages to 'near match' Email addresses and confusing 'real' Gmail   
   accounts with those set up by systems using the Gmail 'backbone'.   
      
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