Search in Yahoo! Mail – A Powerful Tool
- Posted May 29th, 2009 at 5:58 am by AndrewM
- Categories: All-New Mail, Classic Mail, Tips & Tutorials
With Yahoo! Mail offering unlimited storage, I find myself using the delete button less and less these days. And with the ability to move messages to folders with one keystroke (in the all-new version of Mail), it’s more important than ever to be able to easily and quickly find messages.
Simple Searching
With just [...]
Keyboard Shortcuts - Part 2
- Posted May 22nd, 2009 at 4:51 am by AndrewM
- Categories: All-New Mail, Tips & Tutorials
Last week we took a look at some of the keyboard shortcuts available in the all-new Yahoo! Mail. We looked at the basics: opening and closing a message, composing and sending, etc. Today I wanted to dive a little deeper and look at some shortcuts that really make Yahoo! Mail great and you [...]
It’s Quicker with a Keystroke – Keyboard Shortcuts in the all-new Yahoo! Mail
- Posted May 14th, 2009 at 11:33 pm by AndrewM
- Categories: All-New Mail, Tips & Tutorials
Now, I know, for most, when using a computer reaching for the mouse is almost second nature. You probably don’t even realize you’re doing it. I grew up in the age of DOS, if you can believe it (certainly shows you what a dinosaur I am). My first computer didn’t come with [...]
Not up for a chat?
- Posted March 6th, 2009 at 2:08 am by AndrewM
- Categories: Classic Mail, General, Tips & Tutorials
Back in January, Brandon Savage told you about the great new feature that integrates real-time Chat & Mobile Text from directly within Yahoo! Mail Classic. Back in January it was a sneak peak, but now more and more of you are now able to use this great feature.
What if I don’t feel like Chatting?
I’ve [...]
Top Three Tips for Spotting Online Scams
- Posted February 10th, 2009 at 8:25 am by AndrewM
- Categories: Address Book & Calendar, Anti-Spam, General, Security, Tips & Tutorials
This month in the UK, the Office of Fair Trade is promoting their annual Scams Awareness Month. In support of their efforts, I’ve posted some scam avoidance tips on the UK Mail Blog. Since they apply just as much across the pond as they do State-side, I wanted to share them with you [...]
Take a tour of Yahoo! Mail’s new smarter inbox
- Posted December 15th, 2008 at 1:01 pm by Mail Team
- Categories: Address Book & Calendar, All-New Mail, Anti-Spam, Classic Mail, General, Life of Liam, Mac, New Stuff, Screencasts, Security, Tips & Tutorials
As you may have heard, we’ve been working on a new smarter inbox to help make your life easier. We’re happy to announce that today, some of you will begin to experience the smarter inbox, and we wanted to give everyone a chance to see what it looks like and what it can do.
The [...]
Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop is ready for syncing with Calendar and Contacts
- Posted December 8th, 2008 at 4:24 pm by Ryan
- Categories: Address Book & Calendar, All-New Mail, General, New Stuff, Tips & Tutorials
Back when I posted about updates to the Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop beta (get the latest version here) many people were intrigued. It was, after all, our first real step into the IMAP world, and it also represented a great way for users with multiple Yahoo! accounts to easily keep track of them without the [...]
The Yahoo! Header gets an update
- Posted December 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pm by Ryan
- Categories: Anti-Spam, Classic Mail, Featured, General, Life of Liam, Mac, Reader Polls, Tips & Tutorials
Many of you have probably noticed that all around the Yahoo! network you are being greeted a little differently than you were before. Gone is the Yahoo! ID (often shortened for space constraints) and it has been replaced with your first name.
It doesn’t stop there, because it is also home to a new menu [...]
Having issues with YMail in Firefox 2? Could be a browser plugin conflict
- Posted November 25th, 2008 at 1:22 pm by Ryan
- Categories: All-New Mail, General, Tips & Tutorials
We’ve received reports from some users that they are experiencing problems getting their inbox to load completely in the All-New Yahoo! Mail. Our engineers have been sleuthing around and discovered that if you are running Firefox 2.0.0.18, and have the RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0 installed as a browser add-on, you may run into [...]
Screencast: Ways to get to Yahoo! Mail
- Posted November 13th, 2008 at 5:08 pm by Ryan
- Categories: All-New Mail, Anti-Spam, Classic Mail, General, Mac, Screencasts, Security, Tips & Tutorials
Despite my earlier efforts to share these visionary suggestions with screenshots, it seems that people continue to rely heavily on search engines to get to their Yahoo! Mail account. Now if you simply like that process, more power to you. But if you would like something with fewer steps, do I have the [...]