Streamlining a Classic!
As George Lucas found out after deciding that Greedo shot first, messing with a classic can be a delicate thing. The Yahoo! Mail team took a long, hard look at what happened to George and came up with a couple key takeaways:
- Of course Han shot first (actually only a few of us really cared about that one)
- When changing a classic it is better to do stuff people want, than to do stuff people don’t want (everyone agreed on that one).
So it is with those takeaways in mind (ok, probably just the 2nd) that the Classic team embarked on a journey to make some major changes to Yahoo! Mail Classic.
Yep, you read that correctly, Classic Mail will be going through some changes. I guess it was probably expected. After all, we did just celebrate the little fella’s 10th birthday. Isn’t that the time in your life when things really start to change?
A handful of you may have already noticed some differences in the interface (some subtle, and some not so subtle). Others may have heard the news coming all the way out of India, where it was just announced that Yahoo! Mail will be available for the first time in Hindi. Now you could be asking how those events would be connected … and I’ll tell you. The Classic team has been working diligently to fine tune the underlying technology for Classic Mail. That fine tuning is the foundation that has been critical not only in making the product available in Hindi, but also in making it easier to update features for all of Classic. In short, they are both part of the same overall project.
With all of the recent hubbub around New Mail, more than a few of you lit up the comments area on this blog asking about the future of Classic. I’m happy to say that I can now share with you some details about the future you’ve been so anxious about. In a nutshell there are features that have been added, changed, and removed. We’ve been keeping an eye on what functionality users have been requesting, as well as stuff that people just weren’t really using much (or in many cases at all). The changes span many areas, and we feel like you will be happy with the results. Some of the highlights that you will be seeing in the coming months include:
- Auto-save to Draft – Yahoo! Mail Classic now automatically saves a copy of the message you’re working on in your Drafts folder in case you lose your internet connection or your computer malfunctions.
- Simpler uploading and downloading attachments – In most cases, downloading now requires just one click!
One-Click Flagging – The new Flag column (just one column to the right of the check-boxes) makes it super easy to flag messages.- Folder Renaming – Rename and delete your personal folders directly within the folder view.
- More Intuitive Names – References to “Address Book” have been changed to “Contacts”, and your “Bulk” folder will instead be called “Spam” (since that’s what it is).
All in all there a lot of changes, so you should take a look at the “What’s different…” page to see everything.
***UPDATE: Some comments I’m getting suggest people think we are forcing people to change to the New Mail (formerly known as “Beta”) but this actually about giving those people who prefer Classic some of the features and changes that have been requested. ***
Ryan K.
Community Manager
Yahoo! Mail
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October 31st, 2007 at 9:02 am
To those of you who left comments last night, I apologize but the blog software needed to be upgraded and I lost all of your comments. They were not meant to be deleted or censored in any way, and I encourage you to leave them again.
Thx,
Ryan
July 17th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Have complained many times on Feedback, Contact Yahoo! Ask a Question, etc. to no avail and without and reaction. So am posting the following here:
1) I cannot access My Yahoo! page any more. I join all the others in saying that I do not like the new My Yahoo! and will not personalize it and will to another Home Page. Through yesterday I could at least switch from the new to the Classic(old).
2) On View mail the choice for viewing mail from my Contacts has disappeared for months now. Please bring it back. The choice now is limited to All, Unread or Flagged. Also why remove the small signs indicating which e-mails are from contacts?
October 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I can’t stand the new web page ! It is very difficult to switch around. Could some people still have the option of switching back?
October 13th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Can’t access the site today — and need to. Someone hacked my yahoo email and is spamming everyone in my email address book.
Trying to get access and get my addresses and then shut down the account down (and switch to gmail), but I can’t get in to do so!
And the spam button appears to be useless. I’ve clicked and clicked and still seem to get spam from the same people.
Some help would be appreciated.
George
October 31st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Love the Hindi functionality thing…but is this feature limited to Classic? Using my yahoo mail would be a great way for me to practice my Hindi…
Cheers yaar
October 31st, 2007 at 10:13 am
Why are you taking away “forward as attachment”? That was very useful because it retained the original headers. That was very useful in reporting spam, for example.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:31 am
PaulP,
I’ll pass along the feedback, but I also want to ask why you wouldn’t just click the spam button (instead of forwarding)?
-Ryan
October 31st, 2007 at 10:50 am
you know… this is stupid. LEAVE YAHOO ALONE!!!! that new format is awesome!!
October 31st, 2007 at 11:19 am
I will very much miss the “Forward as attachment” feature. On occasion, I would use that to forward messages to another account using Outlook. Since the original message arrived as an attachment, it was possible to utilize the forwarded e-mail directly in Outlook (e.g. respond to it, file it, etc.).
Why get rid of this?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:23 am
Mail Beta is great, works the way I think. MyYahoo Beta sucks – too many things moved around, modules not available and cannot be sized/placed where I want/need them
October 31st, 2007 at 11:34 am
Glad you’re keeping Classic Mail. I tried Beta Mail and kept switching back to find things I missed, like “printable view.”
I sure wish there was a way to attach photos into the body of e-mail. Or am I missing something? I hated to see Photo Mail go..it was so simple to send pics.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:56 am
i do not know what can i do with my e mail
October 31st, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Any plans to increase the number of mail folders from 200?
October 31st, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I would be enjoying the new style yahoo mail you’re raving about, or even the classic style as you now call it, but as all I can do is get a blue screen with a few links to Yahoo7 sites across the top and be told “sorry, you cannot go to your mail due to an error”, I am frankly not impressed with the new one. No stars!
October 31st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
“Forward as attachment” is also useful as described above because you can redirect messages to another system leaving the original info intact.
I do use the “spam” button to report spam to yahoo mail, but sometimes you have to send reports elsewhere like the originating ISP or the FTC (uce.gov).
I noticed that the spam filters are letting more through. Is there a way to “tighten” the settings a bit?
October 31st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
It says:
“Spam Folder = Spam Folder
Updated folder name from “Spam” to “Spam”. Because, well, that’s what it is!”
I guess you meant: ““Bulk” = “Spam”” ;)
October 31st, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Sorry to hear that the “Avatar display” is going to be removed. I kinda liked it :) (also, clicking on it would bring me directly to Yahoo! Avatars page) … so it’s a pity it doesn’t exist in New version of Yahoo! Mail – though there’s a place for it on the welcome page :) (next to date & time, for instance) …
October 31st, 2007 at 4:15 pm
How do I put my mail back to Classic? the new
one sucks, always wants to take me to Classic
anyway, but takes forever now and I have to wait
for the option to show up
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October 31st, 2007 at 6:55 pm
I have a problem – your “New Classic” does not load at least 90% of the time!
I continually get the msg. that it appears to be taking too long to load and to try the Classic Email. And that doesn’t work any better!!
IF YOU EVER GET YOUR —- TOGETHER LET US KNOW!
October 31st, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Classic Mail should have been left alone–dislike the changes–especially where signature is added at beginning of all replied and composed e-mails–Box under options is unchecked but still sig.gets put on all mail-and at the beginning too!!-much better the old way where check box was at bottom of the composed e-mail
October 31st, 2007 at 11:30 pm
I use both versions (Mail Classic and the New Mail) and I like them both!!
November 1st, 2007 at 1:08 am
The new mail takes for ever to load on my machine, especially when I am on the road. Now you seem to be reducing the feature set of Classic.
All the while gmail has now introduced IMAP (free). By the way as you know gmail has POP for free as well.
Are you considering IMAP or free POP?
(I have been with Yahoo since it started).
November 1st, 2007 at 2:17 am
Would really appreciate not having to sit through the “offer” to go to the new beta mail when I have already stated that I want the Classic version. How many times must I click on “No Thanks” for you to get the message?
Please help out us dial-up dinosaurs and make your software smarter! If somebody tries the Beta Mail and does not like it you should not continue to push it in their face. Thanks, but no thanks!!
November 1st, 2007 at 4:20 am
Personally, I like it. It will take a little getting used to, like anything new.
When going from Yahoo Mail back to MyYahoo it opens it in a new tab (Firefox). Not too crazy about that.
Now if we could get rid of those dang ads!!! :-)
November 1st, 2007 at 6:06 am
Boo. Bad news.
Two very useful Classic features are being removed:
1. Forward as attachment
2. Preview attachment
What is the rationale for this??
November 1st, 2007 at 6:34 am
As stated by others, forward as attachment is very much needed. The headers of the attached message are vital for reporting spam to their ISP.
Why would you take away this functionality?
November 1st, 2007 at 6:46 am
Personally, I like it. It will take a little getting used to, like anything new.
When going from Yahoo Mail back to MyYahoo it opens it in a new tab (Firefox). Not too crazy about that.
Now if we could get rid of those dang ads!!!
Comment by BadPaul — November 1, 2007 #
November 1st, 2007 at 7:10 am
I also agree with several others comments that “forward as attachment”, the “preview attachment”, and the “signature check box at the bottom” should be kept.
They are all very useful at times.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:06 am
I like the yahoo classic and can’t get my computer to stay on it, BETA needs work before you offer it to users.
I can’t open my mail and send it without a long wait time. Take it off and put it back in the production department.
Otherwise your going to lose your people, that like yahoo. something isn’t broke don’t fix it
Suzie
November 1st, 2007 at 8:16 am
Yahoo is becoming too grasping and complicated. I’ve had a group with Yahoo since forever but you guys are screwing my virtual life up. As unhappy as I am with Google (google earth putting our troops/country in danger), I’ve already started moving my stuff over there, just in case Yahoo becomes completely impossible to take. Save me from Google!
November 1st, 2007 at 8:16 am
I really hate where you have reduced the size of the forwarded mail to a little window. It makes it awfully hard to work on.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Yes! My forwarded mail’s window is a little window, too. Did you ever figure out how to enlarge? Also, when I respond or forward mail, I cannot automatically put in a contact name from my addresses.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Ryan,
Please keep “Attachment Preview” and “Save Message Text” and “Forward as Attachment”.
Please do the same streamlining (e.g. add the Spam flag back) to New Yahoo Mail.
General Comment: Would it be possible to ask the user community for feedback first BEFORE you make drastic design changes to either old or new Yahoo Mail? I don’t know how many people are in your design team, but your decisions are going to impact millions of users worldwide. Shouldn’t you be asking a few more people before you rush into these decisions?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:04 am
Please also bring back the Photo Attachment interface where you can select and attachment multiple files in one dialog. Please bring this to Classic and NEW Yahoo Mail.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:05 am
hahayz what happen to my adress i cannot recieve any mail pls. help me
November 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
I like several features of the new Yahoo format (specifically, I like the IM and text switch options), but I can’t insert addresses into emails I’m composing or forwarding anymore. I don’t want to go through my address book (contacts) every time I want to send an email to several people. Am I doing something wrong?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am
I really don’t like that inthe new email you cannot just view unread email….you can sort them to the top…but being able to view only unread really helps with deleting
November 1st, 2007 at 10:42 am
I would like to see free POP and IMAP support.
Both are available with Gmail!
November 1st, 2007 at 11:51 am
My email is rather slow coming up or changing from one phase to another. Tried Beta but after a couple of days, I ditched it & went back to the old email. It kept tangling & losing things. Can’t you just keep it simple? Like on / off!!
November 1st, 2007 at 12:01 pm
New Mail divides the screen into too many small windows.
Classic Mail has Previous and Next reversed, i.e. Previous goes to later email, instead of earlier email. Delete causes a Next, so one has to review emails in reverse order, i.e. the latest are read first.
Classic Mail has a security flaw. If I login at 07:05 on Monday, leave it idle overnight, and then access it at 07:00 Tuesday, it does not require a fresh login until after 07:05.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hi everyone,
I’m hearing you loud and clear on the “Forward as attachment” option, and I’m already relaying that feedback to the product managers.
-Ryan
November 1st, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I use Beta…. My spouse is techno challenged and stuck on classic….your changes in the classic have her screaming it’s broke and not working.
I expained the changes to her, but her reply is “if it won’t work for me it’s broken”.
kindly change it back and keep the refinments on beta for us geeks….
November 1st, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Hi Jacks,
Can you offer some clarification on what she said is broken? Just like the recent roll-out for the New Mail, the number of users who are switched over on day one is small. There also aren’t any dramatic changes that would cause it not work.
-Ryan
November 1st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I’m with the ‘forward as attachment’ crowd. Sometimes you need to report spam to someone other than Yahoo. If it was only about what mailbox it ended up in then it wouldn’t matter. But some of these are illegal and need to be reported to other sites… and the full headers are necessary.
Just my .02…
btw.. tried the ‘beta’. I have a 3.6 ghz system with 2 gig of RAM running Windows XP Pro and 3 mg DSL. And it was slow as dirt… so it’s not just the dialups that like the simplicity of classic.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:19 pm
So far not bad. But I miss the ‘Forward As Attachment’ option, I used that all the time to forward to another account. Also wish there was an option to have the web page open displaying the Inbox tab instead of the Home tab.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I seem to be getting lots more spam in my inbox than before. I haven’t changed any of my spam settings, so why is this happening??? Other than that, I do like the New Mail and use it every day in my business. Thanks.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
I hate the new mail, want the old clasic back. Print to small, window to small, whole thing sucks.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I’d be happy to use the new interface beta theta tomata whatever but my problem is more basic than that…the emails I think I am sending don’t always reach the recipient and I never receive an error message. yesterday I was told AT&T is experiencing problems with web based mail…ummmm call me kooky but in my mind that’s a pretty big problem dontcha think?
November 1st, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Well, tonight my “Updated Classic” loaded fine and I was able to see what others complained about.
I fully agree that the new small window version is obnoxious – would much prefer to stay with the old “Classic” full page version. Also, my spam continues to come in at a rate that is out of sight – “Bulk” box regularly has 300 +/- pieces daily – what happened to the “filter”?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I agree with the other users who decry the planned retirement for the “Forward as Attachment” feature. Earlier today, I was using All-New Mail and searching for that feature, and when I found out that it’s not a feature of All-New Mail, I was very disappointed and surprised that Yahoo! would eliminate such a feature. As others have commented, it’s an important aide in reporting spam, and for that reason alone I think the feature should remain.
I have used Yahoo! Mail as my exclusive e-mail program for almost ten years. I used Classic Mail until 1 1/2 years ago, and I thought it was a wonderful program. I really liked Yahoo! Beta and thought Yahoo! was on track for building an even more impressive program.
Ever since my account was upgraded from Beta to All-New Mail, many features of the program have not been working well, or not at all, in some cases. I did not experience the variety nor the quantity of problems with Beta that I now experience with All-New Mail.
I was seriously beginning to consider giving up on All-New Mail and switching back to Classic. Now I learn that features I was expecting to be available if I switch back – like PhotoMail and “Forward as Attachment” – have either been removed or are under consideration for removal.
What’s a Yahoo to do?
November 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm
I don’t like the “new” mail. I tried using it several times, but find it a little bit too cumbersome.
I have the Classic version, but I detect that I must have the old Classic, not the updated version. Did I miss somewhere how I can update to the updated Classic mail?
Thanks.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I would like to see a read receipt added to Yahoo Mail. Often you need to have proof or need to know when an email has been read.
Please see what you can do about this.
Thanks
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 am
I tryed the new Beta version. I don’t want the news feeds someone else thinks I need! I have a yahoo page set up to see what I want, don’t need yours too. I want to go straight to my mail! If you ever figure out how to link to my Yahoo page, you may be on to something. I move back to original Classic. Looks like I may not be happy with the new and improved classic either.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
IF IT AIN’T BROKE DON’T FIX IT.
I tried the new Beta when you first brought it out. Fifteen minutes later I was back to “Classic.”
I also noticed you upgraded “Messenger” to make it run at 5% of the old speed and added your special SPAM FRIENDLY™ feature so that every time I log on there are off line messages from “olde buddie” for R rated web sites for “HOT DAMES who need you.”
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Hey just wanted to say that I love yahoo mail (beta). Its alot easier to use. Also like the idea of updating yahoo mail classic. Have to say that I cant thing up of anything else to add to yahoo mail (beta). Thanks for the hard work.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
[...] That’s classic: For those who haven’t switched to the new Yahoo! Mail, you may have seen some of the updates we’ve made to Yahoo!’s Classic Mail. We’ve added auto-save to your email drafts, so no need to worry about computer malfunctions losing your work. With the new flag column, you can easily flag important messages with one click. And get more organized by renaming or deleting personal folders within the folder view. We’ve even deleted some of the features you told us were not as useful. For visually impaired users, we’ve enhanced our screenreader capabilities with easier navigation, html headings to help navigate the page, more shortcut keys, and hidden text that lets users know when there’s a picture or attachment in the email. Check out all the changes we made and read about what else the team has been up to. [...]
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Since I’m a techy guy, I tried the new email, and I did like it. However, when I tried to access my other Yahoo email accounts it error’d out. I turned in a trouble report and after 3 weeks of going back and forth with different support people who couldn’t understand the problem, I have someone who claims they fixed it. Howver, I find that since I accepted the push to try the new beta, I no longer have that option to go back to the “new mail”. I am awaiting an answer. Meanwhile, I found this blog/comment thing at the bottom, and figure I’d say something.
I’ve always been one for testing new technology, and would suggest you specifically stated in your push advertisement that you were looking for beta testers to test the new email, instead of offering an upgrade to everyone. Thanks for all your innovative work in lots of areas.
Chris Shannon
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
The beta sucked so I finally figured out how to switch back and I’m happy again.
Please leave it alone.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:40 pm
The feature I will miss most from “Improved Classic” is “Forward as Attachment”. This was very useful for keeping original message intact, including headers. There doesn’t seem to be any good workaround other than using a POP client.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:22 pm
I use the new mail and find it to be outstanding. The ability to get my emails anywhere in such a rich interface is a real benefit to me.
IMAP support would really be the icing on the cake – and something that I definitely be willing to pay for.
November 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 am
Somebody, please tell me how to get back to classic mail.
November 3rd, 2007 at 5:20 am
I like Yahoo Classic because it operates quickly. The Beta did not, it was too slow, so I won’t use it. I keep Yahoo as my home page because it loads quickly, unlike many other starting sites.
Keep it simple, sweetheart!
November 3rd, 2007 at 5:42 am
I agree: “If it ain’t broke, DON’T FIX IT!” Why eliminate a useful function like “Forward as Attachment”??!! Bad idea! I hope the development team has read the opposition to this plan and will reconsider.
November 3rd, 2007 at 6:17 am
Leave it alone. I’m a creature of habit and like the old Yahoo better. ed
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:56 am
new mail is way too small went back to classic mail
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:06 am
Yes–Free POP3 and IMAP would be great!
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I don’t mean this to be a “me too” comment, but my original post expressing my dismay at the loss of “Forward as Attachment” in Classic appears to be one of the ones that was lost. I do hope the developers take these comments to heart–I consider that feature to be indispensible.
November 7th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
I need an option in the More Actions menu of Yahoo Mail, the “Apply filters”
Because I created new filters, and I want to clean my inbox based on the filters, so I want to apply.
Please response when this is available.
November 12th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Why?
November 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Would it have been so hard to include an auto-save to Drafts feature for the new Yahoo Mail Beta as well? With all due respect, much as I like chatting with people through Yahoo Mail methinks that little updates to Classic would’ve been better than creating an all-new yahoo mail when you can’t even get the old one right.
November 15th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
I want to know if you have any plans to make an email notification window like MS Outlook. You guys have come a long way. The new mail looks awesome. It looks like MS Outlook (kind of), but what I think would be great (and I am only saying this as a paying customer) but to have a small flash window at the bottom of our screen to tell us we have mail. Obviously we might need to download an application to have this, but this might get more people to buy mail plus. That might be the only way to receive this feature.
Sorry if this is a dumb idea, but I wanted to put in my $.02.
Thanks,
Justin
November 17th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
hello,please help me here.i was been told my account be freeze for up to 48hrs but now has been more than that i.e.4 days now.I can’t send and reply to anything.What is happening here? Is there an unusual activity going on without my knowledge as i was been informed? I need to get back to my normal activity.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Could someone tell me where the “New Flag” is? On mine it is still to the far right.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:09 am
I’ve been switching back and forth between Classic and beta & now all of a sudden it tells me my operating system (Windows XP) is not compatible with the new beta version! What’s up with that?
November 21st, 2007 at 6:21 pm
The “new” yahoo mail has the flag shoved to the last column on the right which most of the time is covered up by the advertisment. Classic has the flag to the right of the check box. If has any value, and it does, why not make it to the right of the check box on BOTH versions. Having to move the stupid ad is a PAIN in the REAR on the “new” version. If I am going to work with flagged items, it is easier to switch to Classic and then back again…. (tell me how this is an improvement?)
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Hello my friend
please always you
rigester & support mail me
thankingfor read my post
good by.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I liked all of the options and ease of use of the Yahoo Beta, but even though it’s not an important option, I changed back immediately because you don’t offer the avatar option in the new mail versions, and as lame as it sounds to people I love playing with all of the options and changing her to match to seasons or moods I’m in…there does seem to be space in the new version to add this option, so I will change to the new version the day that is offered, otherwise, sorry, just will stick with the classic version.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
HELLO
December 5th, 2007 at 2:37 am
This has indeed affected virtually all my work. Could u pls help me get the Classic? I prefer it to this.
Thx
December 5th, 2007 at 2:38 am
I need it urgently. I can’t reply, mail etc
December 5th, 2007 at 2:42 am
I don’t like this beta. it is sucked. Classic the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 5th, 2007 at 2:43 am
What the hell is wrong with you guys???? At least informing us before changing this would have been the best!!!!!
December 5th, 2007 at 8:28 am
You have madee it very difficult for me to receive my emails by reqquesting a new ID and pass word every two weeks. I have tried at least seven time to make this change, each time your serve keep asking me to enter my ID and Pass Word. I am not sure what to do to retreive my service. Afrer trying several times without success. May be I should look for a new service.
December 5th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
My new yahoo mail does even load…java or some such reason. How can I get this fixed?
December 5th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
you know this rocks
December 5th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
classic! please tell us how to go back!!!!! thank-you!!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:32 am
updates clasics
December 6th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Please ajaxify the new Classic Mail! like Gmail . The current one is slow to be browsed.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:06 am
I want and can’t get yahoo mail classic to come up
first when I first enter my e-mail & password, how
do I go back to that?
December 7th, 2007 at 5:34 am
I can no longer go to to “my pictures”, then go to send to email recipient, add attach, and send,
What happened?
How can I fix as it seems to not support this and has affected other programs as well?
Can I re-install yahoo>
Is there an update?
Is there a repair?
I have some important pictures to attach and cannot………..very disappointed that it is affected other programs and their features…..
December 7th, 2007 at 5:40 am
Yahoo would serve themselves well and keep people from using other services if they would send notices and fixes to errors in the program.
I will have to print entire address book and manually reproduce in one of the other programs as the transfer process always fails. Does this happen to everyone or is my security set too high.
December 8th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
hello I cannot open my inbox and appear error in page Idont know what Ido please help me
December 10th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Please put my Yahoo Classic back on. Do not like Beta
December 11th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Please put my Yahoo Classic back on.DO not like Beta
December 13th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
I have trouble opening my messages, keep getting error and most of the time I have the advertisement on the far right which I believe is part of the reason that I am unable to open my e-mails…….I can not open them from work…..
December 14th, 2007 at 11:29 am
i can,t delet me e-mail or open it
December 15th, 2007 at 8:13 am
I have trouble opening my messages, keep getting error and most of the time I have the advertisement on the far right which I believe is part of the reason that I am unable to open my e-mails…….I can not open them from work…..
December 15th, 2007 at 8:15 am
have trouble opening my messages, keep getting error and most of the time I have the advertisement on the far right which I believe is part of the reason that I am unable to open my e-mails…….I can not open them from work…..
December 15th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I have used Yahoo Mail since the beginning… I do not want to use The new Mail – I am happy with this one, but since you are making changes, can YOU PLZ add the reading pane (to end the pain) ONE THING IS I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST:
NOW THAT IT IS FLICKR CAN YOU PLEASE ALLOW PHOTOS TO BE UPLOADED TO FLICKR and JUMPCUT
Make that the new photomail! JUNO allows you to hook up your webcam and take a picture and send right away! I dont want to compare, but I LOVE that!!
and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE IF MAIL- CHANGE THAT DAMN STATIONERY- YOU HAVE HAD THE SAME THING FOR 5 YRS AT LEAST- I know because of my premium acct and it has never changed..
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST:
YOU JUST ADDED STARWARS WEBMESSENGER – COOL! CAN YOU ADD THESE EMOTICONS TO THE MAIL TOO?
ANOTHER THING:
CAN YOU ALLOW US TO MAKE OUT OWN EMOTICONS LIKE IN MSN (any Graphic) can be used… I am on a roll- i love the Sweetim and Smileycons and you should get with them and add these – they are adorable
http://smileycons.com
http://sweetim.com
FOLDERS:
CAN WE HAVE SUB-CATEGORIES TOO
IF I DO NOT SEE A CHANGE IN STATIONERY – I JUST MAY CANCEL MY PREMIUM- AND
I AM A POWER USER FOR A SEPERATE ACCT(GROUP) AND DONT THINK THAT IT IS FAIR THAT IT IS EXACTLY FAIR THAT NON-PAID ACCTS GET ONE OF THE SAME MAILING FEATURE THAT I AM PAYING FOR – ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE, BUT PLZ ADD MORE FEATURES TO THE PAID ACCOUNT, LIKE MORE ADDRESSES OR WHEN YOU SORT
ALLOW YOU TO ZIP MORE THEN 20 THAT IS SUCH A PITA
Should i keep going or do you want to hear more-
i do hope that you see these comments and take note- i am not just Bs’ng i am serious
thanks
karylle
December 18th, 2007 at 6:36 am
What happened to the ability to set message width? The default width is too small for most of my messages and the option that used to be under “General Preferences” is gone.
And while you’re at it, I’d like to turn off the “news” panel. I already have news in “My Yahoo!”, I do not need it in E-mail.
If you want to force us over to the New interface, why don’t you just say so instead of messing up the Classic?
December 19th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
asdf
December 20th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
THIS IS WHAT I WANT IN YAHOO! MAIL CLASSIC:
1. FASTER BROWSING LIKE GMAIL – AJAX IT!
2. AUTO PREVIEW ATTACHMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO 2-TIMWA-CLICK IT BEFORE VIEWING IT.
GMAIL IS FASTER THAN YAHOO! MAIL CLASSIC. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:33 pm
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December 25th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
i woud like my yahoo to go back to clasic. i cant clik to nothing
December 26th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I cannot get my email. I keep getting some kind of error message and no email. What must I do?
it used to be great.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
my yahoo mail not working
December 26th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
i like cam back to yahoo classic bat i can’t clik , hi not woking , please , help mee now !
December 27th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Connection to yahoo mail impossible
Type error numero -2146823281
December 29th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Give me back my old yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This new version doesnt work for me
December 30th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
mostafa siam
December 31st, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Please help me get back to the way it used to be. I can’t get anything to work right. I want my old Yahoo !!!!!!!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Please help me get back to the way it used to be. I can’t get anything to work right. I want my old Yahoo !!!!!!!
January 1st, 2008 at 11:54 pm
so you want old yahoo i got my old yahoo back
cuz i didnt like new yahoo mail
c.l.k mail to old yahoo and save
January 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
can’t connect to email got bunch of error msgs. Help!!!!
January 14th, 2008 at 7:24 am
hi
i`m elham.and I want to you that changed my mail box to cassic type pleaze.
thank you..
January 15th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Pleaseeeeeeeeee change my 2 mail classic because it’s too hard!I cant even send emails,I can only reply n I want 2 send so many emails.
I want Mail Classic!
January 18th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
when will the new yahoo mail classic mail be updated. my yahoo classic is still the same. please reply back to
msbowler25@yahoo.com
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I keep getting a message of “Unusual Activity ” and my account has been suspended for 48 hours. WHY?????
January 25th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Please tell me how to go back to the Classic email from the Beta Version. It is either that or do I have to switch to a another mail service. If it is not broke don’t fix it. H S
January 25th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Please someone that has had success in switching back to Yahoo Classic please share with the rest of us that is having problems getting Yahoo mail Classic Back.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:54 am
dear sir i would like to get back into the old classic mail i don’t know how would please help me thanks ward winkelbauer.
February 10th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Please put my mail page to mail classic permanently
February 10th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I am pretty much satisfied with the classic version and have tried the new one but did not find it to be that much different. What I would like is the ability to insert images directly into the email such as can be done with Outlook and AOL. Also, the address book is sometimes not very easy to work with.
And, it would be nice to have some more and new icons to add in the smiley and objects.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
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February 12th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Hmmm, this was released on October 31st, 2007. It’s Feb 12, 2008 and it hasn’t even been released to f308, an early release server. I don’t use the classic, but that’s a long time for an update to take.
However, during this time a couple of those features managed to rub off onto the new Y!Mail. The auto draft save/delete is simply excellent. Also, while it still takes 2 Y!Mail clicks + browser download manager, the annoying “OK” Y!-mail msgbox that hung around got dropped. The new Y!Mail gets better and better.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Yahooo mail classic —-
Has anyone noticed that when you receive an emai that they have deleted the following:
“add contact to contact list”
“view contact details”
and
the “rolodex icon” next to the sender is
now gone.
I counted on the rolodex icon to know that I was getting a REAL email from someone I know and that it was not a spam email.
This is not a good idea to remove this iconor the above options
and you cannot add to contact list anymore either.
These were excellent and necessary features and should be put back on mail classic.
The only option now is to “add mobile alert”
Sure hope this gets fixed ASAP – LIKE YESTERDAY
antym5
February 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Yes, the rolodex icon indicating an email from a known contact was extremely helpful. I usually get over 120 emails everyday and most of them junk. Lately, I realised I was overlooking email from my contacts because the contact icon was not showing. Also, the ability to add contact from an email was fantastic. Please add these two features back.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:47 am
05 March 2008
When you have a lot of people paid to tinker and change things, you get lots of stuff tinkered and changed that should have probably been left alone (i.e., If it works, DON’T FIX IT!). This is the case with Classic mail. Example: I relied on the Rolodex icon that appeared next to each name I had listed in my Contacts. . .this told me at a glance I wasn’t opening a SPAM email. Now it’s gone. HOW IS THAT AN IMPROVEMENT?? It isn’t. I’d like to have that designation returned.
Those who need “change” can jump over to “Beta.”
March 7th, 2008 at 9:03 am
how do i want 2 upgrade my yahoo mail attachment??
March 14th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I hate the new mail, I want classic back, BUT when I click on BACK TO CLASSIC it does NOTHING! So now, I’m stuck and it’s awful, none of the clickable things are clickable! I’m finding a completely new email somewhere else. I sent a message for help and got NO response. Leave it alone if works already.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
i want classic yahoomail and im stuck on the new one and i hate it
March 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I want my classic mail back and it won’t let me go back or recieve my email on the new email.I do surveys and you are costing me money when I can’t get my mail.700 email and counting and I can’t get them.CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC MAIL.Get the picture????Now I have no email.All I have is loading and nothing ever loads and nothing will delete or will not let me go back where I belong……CLASSIC MAIL.I also have Windows XP and another person who sent a comment said they were having the same PROBLEMS I am having.PUT ME BACK ON CLASSIC MAIL.I never asked to be changed in the 1st place
March 21st, 2008 at 10:21 am
I hate the new update from classic mail and can’t get back. There is no option to click on classic mail on my screen ANYWHERE. I’m going to cancel Yahoo too much stress for something that was working fine.
March 22nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I’m stuck in a dizzying circle, too. I can’t get back to the old classic. I would use the new one if I could 1.) get emails 2.) read email 3.) reply to emails.
When I click to go back to classic, I get an error message. The pull down “Options” menu, another path to the old, doesn’t pull down.
I don’t want to sound picky but either make the new one work or let me have the old one back. The Yahoo Help folks are lost and sending me in circles. My apologies for sounding frustrated but I am.
trishah
March 28th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
i want my classic back, cant get into beta dont wont to, i cant read my mail. someone please help me.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
The new Yahoo mail interface does not work properly I’d like to come back to classic interface but id goes to new one agai and again. Please tell me how to change my setting to classic
April 5th, 2008 at 2:02 am
I am very frustrated! Can’t read my mail, can’t reply, can’t delete. Everything just hangs. I want to move back. Please get me out of this mess.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:19 am
when will the new version of classic yahoo mail be available i am still on the other classic yahoo mail
April 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am
i don’t even get the rolodex icon back in my classic yahoo mail anymore. it’s a drag to have to open the contacts tab to update someone’s contact information. help me
April 10th, 2008 at 11:36 am
“Forward as attachment” is also useful as described above because you can redirect messages to another system leaving the original info intact.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Want to return to the “old CLASSIC” mail system.What is the procedure to get it back? There are many of your customers that are not happy with this new E-Mail set-up, that feel the same as I do. Is it possible to return to the OLD SYSTEM???? Be kind to answer this NOTE. Explain the process, how to get back to Yahoo Classic E-Mail,to those of us that want it,to be happy again!!!!!Thank you
April 18th, 2008 at 4:17 am
WHY do we get the box after we say EMPTY the spam folder asking if we really want to do this? Never got this with the junk folder. Wish you would take it away. If I click on EMPTY, then just empty it don’t ask me again.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:58 am
get rid of the “flag”…it just takes up space and now i can’t read the whole subject line…why did yahoo have to mess with yahoo classic when it worked just fine??????? i hate this update!!!!
April 20th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I have a real problem with the new version of classic and it cost me hours and hours before I finally found this blog!!!
All of a sudden every time I reply to an email the email I am replying to is automatically appended to the one I am composing.
I used to be able to turn this off.
Now I have a truncated general options screen.
I sent in a help request to the Yahoo help team and they told me to alter some registry setting on my computer and delete cookies.
This screwed up my computer system badly.
NOW I find that my account is probably the streamlined version 9as it lacks the avatar picture).
Why on earth didn’t they know?
Why couldn’t you have just sent me an email to let me know that you were altering my account.
And PLEASE can I have my general preferences options restored!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Why is html not properly formatted in the new yahoo classic? The P tag no longer is formatted properly as a p tag with margins so all of my e-mail that i now receive with html looks jumbled together… Is there any plans to correct this!?!?! G-mail and even HOTMAIL (*GASP*) doesn’t have this problem… it’s a major problem and i’m surprised people have not complained more about it.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
For those of us who are seniors,we don’t have the time or inclination to spend some hours being frustrated while learning a system that was fine for our needs. WHY not do this new “classic” the same way as beta,by giving people an opton of the new mail that you want to still call classic and the real classic you had a 2 weeks ago.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:40 am
I have tried so earnestly to be patient with Beta (Yahoo) but today was the clincher. I could not even load mail with Beta. Had to switch to classic again. It is frustrating. I think too much messing around with a system that works is the problem. If it were up t to me, I would get a good system working, then leave it for your subscribers to enjoy and learn.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:19 am
What the %^&* have you done to the forwarding
capabilities of Yahoo Mail ? I now can not edit messages before
forwarding an attachment any more (forward as in line text). A dialog box
continuely opens up asking if I want to download outlook ! Do I ?
Opening attachments has become a bit of a PIA also.
Don’t change something unless you make it better ! PLEASE let me have the previous version back !
April 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
hi, my old yahoo mail dun get update while my friends have it automatically, please teach me how to upgrade to new Classic Mail, not Yahoo Beta because it’s too heavy and slow, sorry for bad english
April 25th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
When opening an attachment in Yahoo now, Outlook Express pops up, and to download there are about three or four “clcks” you have to go through to get the darn thing open. Before, all you had to do was click on the attachment, click download and there you were! PLEASE, how do I get this option back?? I have tried to switch back to the older version of Classic Yahoo and can’t. Any way that I can get back to the Classic Yahoo that I have enjoyed now for eight years? Thank you for your time.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I admit that after about 60-80 comments requesting the original or old format back that I stopped reading but I have only found TWO users that likes the new format?!?!? I have to ask: Ryan where are these users that “requested” these changes?
I don’t want to be the bad guy here but let’s admit that this was not exactly a good decision and correct the problem. Give the users that want the old format back.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I can not preview my yahoo mail
I recieve a message of lacking Javascript
while I can preview the same mail from another PC
April 27th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Why change a thing that is working? My email buddy at Hotmail is complaining that the font size is huge?? I haven’t changed a thing?? Please, please give us back the old mail or at least the option to choose. I don’t care if the “draft” is saving or the little flags are there! I don’t see any positive comments to this change so why do it!
April 28th, 2008 at 1:44 am
We are expecting yahoo classic mail client
April 29th, 2008 at 4:06 am
I guess this is yahoo’s version of Vista….maybe Microsoft already took over yahoo and we just don’t know it yet!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 7:30 am
For the last week or so I’ve been routed to Y-Mail…for me it’s NoGood….I have 2 other friends with yahoo emails here at work on the same computer and it’s Yahoo Classic….
and there’s is fine mine is jiberish…just text down the left side…….With all the complaints….WHY DON’T YOU LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE….thank you!
May 1st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Well, if you want to create new mail styles, that’s fine! but don’t force users to change there moods, and keep the old classic versions as another options to people who likes. So you will make more users satisfied.
I like the old “FORWARD” button with two optional way of forwarding.
Thanks.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
iwas very very with the old way. i will close e-mail for good over this it doesn’t show the time the e-mails. i don’t changes, I’m just getting use to the old yahoo.com the good morning, good afternoon good evening prefer the old one. from pamela smith.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
sorry for the miss spelling busy with my kids.but i was very,very happy with the old way i wanna go back. pamela smith.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I agree with Jason F above. The Paragraph tags now are all bunched up and render incorrectly! This wasn’t a problem before. This is a MAJOR BUG, the P tag is basically the most popular HTML 4 tag! Please fix this ASAP, legitimate companies and users alike should take note.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Yahoo Mail never connects within the time alotted and then allows you to go to the Yahoo Classic which works fine. How do I get ride of the Yahoo Mail and just use the Yahoo Classic?
Thanks
Jim
jim@intek.net
May 27th, 2008 at 8:46 am
New Mail sucks eggs. Not that Classic was great. But, I’d choose Classic over New as long as I don’t have to keep clicking on the righthand advertisement pane every two seconds so that it’ll close.
By the way, haven’t the Yahoo people noticed that there’s a link that gets hidden behind the Inbox tab? It’s been like that since the beginning of New, and has never been corrected.
I opened my account today and — hmm — it’s been changed to New Mail. Funny. I don’t remember changing from Classic to New. Is this a hint from Yahoo?
Well, I’ve hesitated for a long time from going over to Gmail because I like Classic better. But, I guess it’s time.
June 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
HELLO ,
I like Yahoo Classic because it operates quickly. The Beta did not, it was too slow, so I won’t use it. I keep Yahoo as my home page because it loads quickly, unlike many other starting sites.Please put my mail page to mail classic permanentlySomebody, please tell me how to get back to classic mail.
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
I prefer the classic because the new one does not work on my computer. It takes forever loading and in the end never suceeds in loading until I am asked if I want to go back to Classic. Of course I want to go back to Classic since the new one just does not work for me. Very annoying and frustrating. I am thinking of trying something else that I have never tried before — maybe Hotmail? Any suggestions what is the best email client anyone? Thanks Desmond
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
Why are the people who are sabotaging Yahoo Mail Classic not fired immediately? I thought at first I had a bug or maybe someone was phishing my account. Why does Yahoo employ people who do not know what they are doing? Does anyone at Yahoo read these letters? No one seems to be in charge. No answers coming from Yahoo. I know absolutely nothing about computers but maybe I should apply for a job with Yahoo. I’m a complete idiot at computers so I should qualify for Yahoo? No? Why not? Desmond
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
I WANT THE OLD FORMAT BACK!!!!!! Sorry for shouting. Desmond
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
HOW DO I GET BACK TO THE OLD CLASSIC MAIL SYSTEM
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
I SUSPECT THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE VIRUS ATTACK ON YAHOO CLASSIC MAIL AND YAHOO IS NOT YET AWARE OF IT BECAUSE NO ONE AT YAHOO READS THESE POSTS.
Desmond
June 4th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I agree with PaulP – Why did you take away “forward as attachment”? That was very useful because it retained the original headers which I need in reporting spam and troubleshooting.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I never used Beta and now all of a sudden the classic has become the “new classic” to which if I can’t get back the more user friendly “old classic” I will look for another Home page…..
June 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I agree, why couldnt you just leave the ‘classic’ email alone? yahoo has a new mail, theres no point in messing with something that has worked so well for so long.
A previous poster said that we should just use the spam button.
The problem is, what happens when we use this button?
Does someone at yahoo go to the site, find out information about the owner/register, then fwd the complaint to the hosting company?
When you can fwd a spam with full headers to a hosting server showing that these people are sending you spam, you get immediate action.
Without the ability to send full headers, you cant get results.
Yahoo responded to a post saying that theyve deleted features that some people said were not useful. The issue is that these people didnt use them, and because they were “OPTIONS” didnt have to use them. Now the people that did use them, cant do anything now.
Please give us old classic mail back, and mess around with the new mail to your hearts content.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Add me to the list of users who want the OLD Yahoo Mail Classic back. I, too, miss the attachment preview feature.
I’m also MEGA bummed that Drafts are no longer still saved after I send. For places I email frequently with the same format, that feature was very useful!
Furthermore, I would like to see more of the subject header without having to hover my mouse over it — you know, like it used to be.
Also miss “forward as attachment.”
I’ve been loyal to Yahoo for years and I despise Gmail. Please don’t make me defect!
June 7th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I tatally hate the upgrades to classis email, it takes forever to load and act haphazardly
June 13th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Poor release on the new yahoo mail. I cant reply, forward or attach attachments any longer. Unless the product they are putting out does not start working quickly my ten years with Yahoo mail will be at an end. I can get free email from a lot of different sites but I wanted Yahoo mail and now with this new roll out of this product and the issues with it, well I cant wait for Yahoo to figure this out and unless they get this figured out quick it will be time to move on… Looks like I am not alone in my complaints either.
June 14th, 2008 at 12:46 am
At last, Moira, someone who agrees with me that saving drafts after sending is very USEFUL! As she says, it serves as a template, while allowing for some modifications particular to each recipient. Can’t we have it back? the “what’s new” just chirpily said we can just refer to the “sent” copy. Referring is not the issue– recycling drafts is! Forwarding the “sent” just tells next recipient they are getting stale-mail, with the big blue, un-eraseable margin line. To reuse the format, NOW, one has to open a new ‘compose” doc., then copy and paste. WOW! What an improvement!–So NOT.
Also agree that “New and improved” (sic) should be an opt-IN, not the opt-OUT you have made it. New mail and My Yahoo page formats look as cluttered as a @#$%&* Fox News screen!
June 14th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Oh, and another thing, while I’m kvetching…
1) the changeover happened on my system JUST when I was going to send “one more quick email” for the night, which then turned into another hour and a half of “learning curve.” Thanks for that.
2)Ever since the changeover, I’ve been getting al sorts of error messages when system refuses to either save a draft OR send it– just get the “sorry for the inconvenience” (no, you’re not, or you wouldn’t make it so hard to reach you), but try a, b and c and if that doesn’t work, please feel free to contact us w/ Error Code xyz. Cute, since clicking onto that supposedly linkable blue text suggestion is a ticket to NOWHERE!
3) might be unrelated, but can’t find this answer either– the feature allowing one to hover over a yahoo headline to get longer highlights just disappeared on me. Any idea where the hover feature went?
June 14th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Am I nuts? probably….Yahoo hasn’t done away with forward as attachments…They forward everything as attachments. Now, I cannot forward in-line text and clean up the garbage that comes with most forwards before I send them on. Isn’t this also ironic because I am sending on others’ addresses who do NOT want their e-mail address published.
Also, the print is extremely small and so is the box. Guess I’ll have to switch to Hotmail. This stinks and I can get no answers from Yahoo.
June 14th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
why change something that is great already. what about asking your users of mail classic if they want changes first, after all it is there site.
June 15th, 2008 at 11:07 am
I have exactly the same problem as sandra jernigan — the ability to forward messages as quoted text. I’d really like Yahoo Mail Classic to go back to the way it was, with the option to select *from the button* whether I want to forward as quoted text or as an attachment. There are times when I need to do one, and times when I need to do the other.
There’s a short note on the “What’s New” page [new.mail.yahoo.com/classic] that says: “Windows users can still forward a message as an attachment by holding down the Ctrl button on the keyboard and clicking on Forward.” And [help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/classic/basics/whatsnew-01.html] says: “You can still forward a message as an attachment by holding down the Ctrl button on the keyboard and clicking Forward.”
But that’s not my problem! EVERYTHING forwards as an attachment. And I’m not using Windows, I’m using a Mac running OS X 10.4.11. Pressing the Command key when I click Forward doesn’t do anything, nor does pressing Shift, Control, or Option.
Didn’t anyone *test* the changes before they released the new version?!
I tried New Mail and decided I liked Classic the way it was. Now you’ve changed Classic — WHY?
June 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I hate the changes to yahoo classic mail. If it is different, it isn’t actually classic, now is it? If you want to offer the new classic yahoo mail, fine, but you should still allow yahoo mail users to select the old classic version, if they prefer it. Major problem is the loss of forwarding as inline text. I like to forward emails, but not include who sent it to me. None of others business who I got it from. WAKE UP! Some of us liked things just fine the way they were. Quit jacking around with things and just change them back the way they were, and you can offer an option for the so called “improved” version for those who so choose to use it. Yahoo mail was very user friendly the way it was. Just make it simple. Put it back the way it was. Nuff said.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:07 am
If desired it was possible for me to save the letter(with attachment also) in Draft Folder even after sending the same, but now I am not able to do this. Has Yahoo removed this feature? Pl.clarify and see that the feature of retaining the letter in draft folder even after sending is restored.
Early reply with details reqested
Ramesh Babu
June 19th, 2008 at 7:29 am
I don’t think it takes too many brain cells to work out that Yahoo have instituted radical changes degrading the standard of Yahoo Classic so that people get so fed up they revert to their Mail Plus option at £11 a year, which they seem to be advertising as the be all and end all.
I for one object strongly to this. If I want Mail Plus – and I hated the beta – I won’t be railroaded into it using these kind of ridiculous tactics.
I have been with this email service since it was btinternet.com, and am disgusted by what is happening.
Yahoo Classic has been clearly degraded to make Mail Plus more desirable – and the changes that have been made have been made with any notification to users. It’s sharp practice in my view. The changes to Classic are certainly not for the better. The preferences you used to have have been removed. You cannot view full headers any more, the viewable header is not sufficently informative, and it appears to be more buggy. I cannot search for emails properly now, almost every other search ends with various error messages, most commonly automated saying they are working on a fix. Well I don’t believe they are working on a fix every couple of minutes. It’s either that or they cannot see the user profile and try again in ten mins.
I have had this before and Yahoo did change me to another server (apparently). But the problems never end.
The spam filter has and always has been rubbish. Even when you educate it to accept emails from a certain source, it still sees it as spam. The spam filter is chaotic, to say the least. I have to keep an eye on my spam folder all the time and I get loads of emails, just because I know a good number of legit emails will be filed as spam. Ridiculous. But that has always been the case.
I have emailed Yahoo customer service and the executive department about these problems several times now since the beginning of June but had ZERO response. Which says it all. I think it is time to find another reliable email service.
I really would not have minded possibly swapping over to Mail Plus but these sneaky tactics are not on.
Also what possible encouragement is there to any user to use the paid-for Mail Plus when they do not respond to emails querying what on earth is going on.
Yahoo used to be great. Now truly and utterly dogpoo.
People should be bombarding Yahoo with complaints. What has been done is disgraceful.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:21 am
MJW and everyone,
The scary thing is Yahoo is getting many complaints about Yahoo Mail Classic — here and in individual feedback — and they aren’t doing a thing about it. The negative response here goes back to October 2007!
Yahoo, PLEASE revert to the old Yahoo Mail Classic before you lose all your loyal users!!!
June 20th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I am sad to see inspite of repeated request to yahoo, I am still not able to forward email or attach anything on new email. In fact I have not changed spam setting but I seem to be spammed in truck loads by x, y ,z. What has happened to the lovely yahoo mail, which I was enjoying since last 10 years. Is it not going to be the same- user fiendly, problem free again? Ufff… Its really painful
June 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Inface I agree MJW and Moira.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Yahoo.–CHANGE CLASSIC BACK THE WAY IT WAS——– Or atleast give people the option of the original. youve created a security problem, not letting us clean up address in the forwarding mode. Get your heads outta your butts. Maybe theyre trying to get everybody to leave yahoo mail and than they wont be able to sell it in a buyout?
June 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
change my yahoo classic back, the new one sucks
July 9th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Is anyone else missing the “select all” button formerly found at the bottom of the inbox page and the “spell check” button which used to be on the compose page ?
I just finished clicking 200 spam e-mail messages in my inbox in order to dispose of them. Used to be able to do this with two clicks – what a waste of time !
Why would anyone remove these items ?
July 16th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Hate it! I miss the avatar, and especially printable view…
But what I like the least is how I see news headliness every time I check my email, which are always depressing and are always about the US ((not everyone who uses yahoomail is an American, OK?)). Why isn’t there any way to turn off the news feature? If you have to change things make it more customisable, not less.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:09 am
heyif anyone gets this will you type me back please