Emails

Emailing has become an integral part of our lives.We communicate with our colleagues, friends and family using this wonderful invention.From our regular updates to any formal communication we use it incessantly.
But have we ever wondered what will happen to our inbox and all our mails after we die.Yes we all know and understand death is an inevitable truth of our lives.So what will happen to all the bank statements lying in our inbox or any sensitive, important data our kith and kin may need in our absence.And sometimes we save that first email from someone special.Won't it be a good idea to let the person know how we felt about him/her after we die.
Well I am relieved to find out that most of the popular email providers and networking sites do have a policy regarding this.Our next kin will get access to our account once he/she submits all the necessary documents to the providers that prove him/her to be our kin.More details can be found on respective provider's support pages.
But if you have a lot of hidden skeleton's in that inbox of yours and you don't want anybody else to access your inbox, even after you die, then you should choose Yahoo!! :-)

Comments

Sitara said…
Hmmm! That is interesting. So does Yahoo delete all details of an account not in use? It would be interesting to know how the email service providers view their clients. Happy blogging thru the year! :-)
January 12, 2010 at 2:59 AM
Code Delight said…
Well, Yahoo deactivates and removes an account after 4 months of no usage.As far as different providers are concerned,Google and Microsoft have a policy of keeping our mails even after we die and letting our next of kin to access it, whereas Yahoo refuses to supply emails to anyone, even after we die.Our next of kin can only ask for the closure of the account.I am not sure if there any exceptions to this rule.
January 12, 2010 at 3:56 AM
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