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I opened a new yahoo account, but it wouldn't accept my zip code?
It said that the "postal code" was not valid for my country, when it certainly is. I had to make up a fake zip code to register the account.
I'm thinking the programmers designed the system not to accept "postal codes" with a leading zero, like we have in New England. Does anybody know anything about this?
That's what I did. It just seems odd that they changed it so it no longer accepts valid zip codes, and you have to make up a fake one.
I once lost control of an account, and I got it back based on the fact that I knew the information I opened it with.
Also, people used to locate me with a geographic search using the old profiles, though most of them actually thought I lived in a city on the other coast by the same name.
I'm not sure if new profiles are searchable.
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- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
Just make up a number.. I have used Yahoo for a looong time and don't ever remember a time where the zip code made a difference.
