email woes

my email isn't working! in fact, i can't get into any of my yahoo accounts, because i was having trouble with my instant messenger, so went to change the password. brilliant idea, considering what happened next.

the fact that i had registered with an alternate email (so they can send the new password to the alternate email) didn't seem significant to me until i realized that my alternate email was my old work email... an email that no longer existed.

i spent a few frustrating hours trying to figure out how to fix this from yahoo's "help" section, and finally found an email address to contact for help. i immediately got an automated reply sent to our home email... telling me stuff i'd already read (and which also didn't help me).

so i sent a strongly worded email venting my frustration to the hapless folks at yahoo who were stupid enough to send me another email, cheerfully asking me to give feedback on my situation.
i could look at it this way. although i've lost a million addresses, and it will take ages to get them all back...

i was getting a ton of spam every day, so that's sorted now. guess i won't be getting any more spam.