Yahoo! to Shut Down Its Mail Service in China on August 19, 2013

Frankly speaking, it’s a bit sudden. Who may have thought that Yahoo China, the old email service would leave the Chinese market by this way? Anyway, what we can do now is move our mails in accordance with the methods provided by the figure below before August 19, 2013.

Clearly, from the notification the relocation recommended mail service given by the official China Yahoo is their closely related Ali cloud. (Behind Yahoo is Alibaba.com). Of course, if people have other methods, they may turn to the POP service to complete the movement. In short, no matter which method users will choose, it’s better to get used to their “new home” as soon as possible.

Partial Translation:
“Today (April 18), China Yahoo Mail officially launched the overall migration and stop the service on August 19, 2013, and thereafter all the user’s messages and related account settings will be deleted and cannot be restored.

For people who own a Chinese Yahoo Mail, we provided the following two official options:

First: If your mailbox suffix is @ yahoo.com.cn or @ yahoo.cn, you can register and binding a new ali cloud mailbox. This mailbox will automatically save the history of mails in your Yahoo Mail, and it also accept mails that will be sent to your Yahoo Mail before December 31, 2014.

Second: You can also apply for China Yahoo Mail POP service to move your mails to Yahoo.com or any other third-party e-mail suppliers.

Before August 19, 2013, you can still normally use your original Yahoo Mails, but then if the above operation is not performed before the date, all of the original Yahoo Mail messages and related account settings will be deleted and is not able to be restored…”