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I received this email from Yahoo:

Dear Yahoo! Briefcase user,
We will be officially closing Yahoo! Briefcase on March 30, 2009. Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to download your files back to your computer. You will need to take action before we close, after which any files remaining on Yahoo! Briefcase will be deleted and no longer accessible.
To access your Yahoo! Briefcase account, click the link below:

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/

If you are a Yahoo! Briefcase Premium subscriber, your current subscription will be canceled on March 30, 2009. We will refund the unused portion of your Premium subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. So please make sure that your billing information is correct and up-to-date. For more information, please visit https://billing.yahoo.com.
For additional information or to review a list of our frequently asked questions, click the link below:

Briefcase Help

We appreciate your being a Yahoo! Briefcase user.
Sincerely,
Yahoo! Customer Support
Please do not reply to this message. This is a service email related to your use of Yahoo! Briefcase. To learn more about Yahoo!’s use of personal information, including the use of Web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
Go to Web beacons: http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/
Go to Privacy Policy: http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/

I know a lot of colleagues who were big fans of the Yahoo Briefcase. I am not sure if the email is authentic, but if they are indeed closing, then goodbye to Yahoo briefcase. Anyways, Microsoft has their own online storage via Live services.

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