How long does it take for an email ID to expire if you don't login? Do mails sent to such IDs bounce back?

It takes 4 months for before your account is deactivated due to inactivity. Once an account is closed then e-mails will start bouncing back.


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

How long does it take for an email ID to expire if you don't login? Do mails sent to such IDs bounce back?
emails will bounce back


If you do not sign in for 4 months your account will be deleted


When an account is deactivated, you won't be able to access it, regardless of whether or not email has been received in the account during that time.


And sorry, but you can't retrieve any of the information that was formerly stored in it.


You will lose access to your Yahoo! ID, Yahoo! Mail, and profile names. yahoo will also delete your account data and settings across the Yahoo! network. This includes any contents in:


Yahoo! Mail


Yahoo! Address Book


Flickr


Yahoo! HotJobs


GeoCities


Yahoo! Briefcase


My Yahoo!


Yahoo! Groups


Finance Portfolio


PAY ATTETION TO THIS


( Any other area of Yahoo! that can only be accessed with your Yahoo! ID and password )


CREATE NEW EMAIL ACCOUNT


https://edit.yahoo.com/registration?.int...


https://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_regis...