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e mail address deleted?
If you don't use you email account on yahoo, how low does it take to get removed
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- Chillin-itLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It really depends on which one. They seem to vary from one to the other.
To deactivate your Windows Live Hotmail account, click Close account. All stored messages are permanently deleted and incoming e-mail is refused.
Your e-mail address is reserved for 120 days after closing your account. After that time, it may become available for other people to use.
To reactivate your account once you have closed it, sign in within 120 days.
http://help.msn.com/(ZmlsdGVyPURIX0ZSRUUmcHJvamVjd...
A Gmail account that hasn't been logged in to for six months.
You can still receive mail if your account is dormant, but you need to log in to keep your account active.
If you don't log in to Gmail within three months of it being labeled dormant -- or for nine consecutive months -- Google may delete the account.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answe...
For Yahoo! it is four months of inactivity before it gets deleted.
