Comment Yahoo has APIs for mail access... (Score 1) 249
meaning that third parties can implement their own interface to Yahoo! mail.
http://developer.yahoo.com/mail/
This may be what Fairpoint is doing to give users access through their branded portal. These same APIs mean that any user can implement their own non-Fairpoint approved access mechanism for their webmail.
It may not be a solution for all users, but at least yahoo's opened up enough that there are options available in the case of abusive network access providers.