Question posted by Anonymous-17665 on August 29th, 2010

Emails Are Not For Everyone To Read

Is there any way to keep others from reading my emails and also stealing them. I have used yahoo for years and I sure hate to change, but I cant put up with this.

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on August 29th, 2010 4:01 PM
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Unless you use encryption software, no emails (from whatever service) can be guaranteed to be private. Sorry.


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