[solved] problem with Yahoo

[John Moore 3rd]

Mark Doliner wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:25 PM, John Bailey<rekkanoryo at rekkanoryo.org> wrote:
>> Mark Doliner wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if "whatever at yahoo.com" is a valid login ID?  Or is
>>> it safe to always strip "@yahoo.com"?
>>>
>>> I think we might unconditionally strip @yahoo.com from yahoo names and
>>> I can't recall anyone complaining about not being able to log in.  I
>>> should double-check though.
>> I assume you mean Meebo does that.  If so, it might be safe.  I've been
>> reluctant to do that because I though I had seen cases before where the
>> @yahoo.com was necessary to log in.
> 
> Yes, at Meebo (sorry--meant to mention that).  I just checked and yes
> we do strip @yahoo.com from Yahoo usernames before attempting to log
> in.

Yet, with the addition of ymail.com it might be necessary to include the
full address with the 'New' domain(s) for Yahoo Mail to preclude
confusion with duplicate Yahoo ID's.  :-\

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Friday 17 Jul 2009, 22:16  --400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

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