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  1. Include more options when completing the Restore Request (i.e. "Saved Draft Missing")

    Include more options in Yahoo dropdown list for us to check when completing the Email Restore Request (i.e. "Previously Saved Draft Missing"). If this is not implemented, how does Yahoo tech know the issue relates to a missing "PREVIOUSLY SAVED" DRAFT? Also, Yahoo needs to clarify what their definition of an email is (i.e. does it Include "draft"?)

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  2. SPAM

    WHY IN THE **** DO YOU STILL SEND MY VERY MUCH "WANTED" EMAILS TO SPAM??? HOW EFFING STUPID CAN YOU BE AFTER I HAVE BEEN CLEARLY BEEN MARKING THEM "NOT SPAM". I EFFING HATE YOU YAHOO!! YOU'RE BEYOND EFFING ANNOYING!! BURN!

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  3. Fix browser recognition

    Yahoo Mail is not recognizing Vivaldi, a browser built on the Blink rendering engine, which is also used in Google Chrome. I strongly suspect Vivaldi can render Yahoo Mail just fine, and I'm not going to "upgrade" to one of the big three browsers just for Yahoo Mail.

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  4. Your News articles are SO fake they make one sick! If you cannot report the truth-don't report anything!! #BOYCOTT Yahoo, WW!!

    Get rid of your FAKE news reports! If you cannot report the truth, don't report anything. We can arrange a WW Boycott for Yahoo--Do you think you would get the point??!!

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  5. UNABLE TO DELETE YAHOO MAIL SEARCH HISTORY AND ITS AUTOSUGGESTIONS

    UNABLE TO DELETE YAHOO MAIL SEARCH HISTORY AND ITS AUTO SUGGESTIONS. WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SOLVE THIS ISSUE

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  6. Blocking email addresses

    It would be great if I could block email addresses from spammers without having to put in the entire address for instance, requiring only
    @(domain).(com)(net)(org) etc. to be entered.

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  8. Yahoo! should be embarrassed. I had to change to the basic email settings because the no part of the new settings are not functioning right?

    Yahoo! you should be embarrassed. I had to change to the basic email settings because the no part of the new settings are not functioning right? In addition, how about adding a option to turn off the videos that appear all sections of the users email accounts. They annoying.

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  11. Mail filters would be nice!

    Your help section says to just go to Mail Settings and there the filters will be. Well...I've just tried out Basic Mail, New, and the mobile sites. Not only is there no Settings link (it's called Options, now), but apparently there's no filter function. I'm suddenly getting loads of Spam in my inbox and having filters back would be nice! Or at least update the help section!

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  12. I want to have list of unread messages only

    Let there be a button that shows only unread messages rather than having to search for unread message in the mist of read message(s). This is really necessary because recently, a message that has been read over 3 week ago will suddenly appears as unread and now, you need to start searching for the message in an ocean.

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  13. In "Recent Activity", eliminate "Sign Out".

    It makes no sense to allow someone to "sign out" an entry in the "Recent Activity" list. If I can sign out (and eliminate the listing of a session) then so can someone that's compromised my account.

    Also, "sign out" is a bit misleading. It sounds like the user may still be logged in somewhere (even if they've most certainly logged out). It should just be called "delete", because that's more apt to what you're doing. But again, I don't think being able to delete entries from this list aligns with the goal of a recent activity log.

    I would…

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  14. i want the old yahoo and **** all these facebook messages just for it to take me longer to clear my e-mails -- i,ll rather use g-mail or so

    it seems everyone wants old yahoo back -- why take something that works fine and call yourself fixing something not broke -- i,ld rather go to g-mail or something if we can,t have the old yahoo

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  15. Why Yahoo only give me an opiton to " Disable security questions " when I try to modify / update my security question ?

    Why Yahoo only give me an option to " Disable security questions " when I try to modify / update my 2 security question ? Could you add an option " Edit " next to the enable/disable security question ? Thanks.

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  16. Yahoo is no longer user friendly

    You have upgraded the email system so much that it is no longer user friendly. Back off the upgrading, remove the last upgrade and give me my email back. I have switched back to basic because this new system is too difficult to maneuver. The upgrades you are doing SUCK! and it just looks like someone is upgrading **** to keep their job.

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  17. I no longer can add or delete contacts in a group... I want group maintenance back. This new basic edition does not live up to old standard

    I suddenly got switched with asking to be... Are you trying to lose users by doing things without properly testing them...

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  19. Can't change number of messages per page in Basic OR Full Featured Mail

    Please make the number of messages per page an option with Basic AND Full Featured Mail. It is no longer possible. Options should be 25, 50, 100 and 200 at least.

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  20. I think you need to supply people with actual live customer support for problems because, your help section is nothing but run around.

    Add contact info (real info) not a 800 # with a recorded message telling you to go to your site for help. Your site is nothing but run around and offers no real help. Especially to people that have had their info hacked or changed making it impossible to fix or do anything you suggest. It's a joke you offer nothing in the form of support but robo responses. Add live chat support. A company this big who has been buying up others services can surely do this and afford it. Show you truly care about the people who use…

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