Inbox after we die

What happens to your Inbox after you die ?
Saving that parting email from your first love ? Well, chances are, after you pass away, your spouse or the entire family will know the long held secret.
This is because web services like Gmail and Hotmail do not let users specify what should happen to their messages when they die!
Are you aware that internet giants like Microsoft & Google have a policy of preserving your data (can hold up to 7GB – roughly 70,000 messages) to let your next of kin or the executor of your property access it.
When it comes to deleting the data, Gmail leaves it to the next of kin while Microsoft’s Hotmail will remove an account if it is inactive for 270 days.
Of the top 3 providers, only Yahoo refuses to provide emails to anyone after the user has died. The user’s next of kin can only ask for the account to be closed. The only exception is if the user specified otherwise in his/her will.
(TOI – Nov 5 2009