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  2. Please disable all security warnings. I don't need to 'secure my account'. I don't have a mobile phone and wouldn't give out the number even

    Please disable all security warnings. I don't need to 'secure my account'. I don't have a mobile phone and wouldn't give out the number even if I did (yes, there are some of us in the IT biz who don't need to be wired 24/7!) How about we just be able to get into our email without a new warning and prompt every single time we log in? How about we can use our email, well, for email, for once?

    Also, how about some support at Yahoo rather than simply being referred to FAQs (not all of us are idiots;…

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  3. IF you want us to change our password on our accounts, it would help alot IF you would accept the new password that we enter!

    IF you want us to change our password on our accounts, it would help alot IF you would accept the new password that we enter! People with head injuries & memory issues have a hard time learning new things & have a limited number of things that we are able to be sure to remember to use as passwords!
    Incidentally...since you are pulling this nonsense on both of my Yahoo accounts, you can forget about replying to my yahoo e-mail since it looks like you will not allow me access to either one of them! Much better that you respond…

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  6. i hate basic and the new email, i want my old email back

    i hate the basic and new email i want my old email back now!

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  7. Why must I get a code EVERY DAY to sign into my mail when I have had the same account for years and the same computer for years.

    Stop making me get a code every day to sign in on the same computer and same account I have been using for years. What's up with you guys now? Seriously, this is exaspirating.

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  8. WHY CAN'T I CHANGE SIZE OF TEXT AND OTHER THINGS??!!

    Why can't I change the size of the text or the color, and what happened to the seasonal stationary that you had?! The text for this Basic Yahoo is horrible and so small to read...you keep messing things up and I'M TOTALLY FED UP WITH ALL THE UNNECESSARY CHANGES YOU KEEP MAKING!!!!!!!!! Yahoo Mail is the worst that I've ever known of, and I've been continually told to change to something other than Yahoo...SO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND PUT ALL THE THINGS BACK THAT WERE THERE BEFORE!!!!!!!!! I'M ALSO SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING TO CHANGE MY PASSWORDS AND…

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  9. yahoo has been hacked AGAIN - remotely.

    9/20 - It started with being unable to read my mail messages, plus "temporary error 4" - so I went onto help and noticed that I have seen TWO other people's names where MY name should be (both male names, and I'm female) when i went to yahoo help to "troubleshoot" and get an instant fix. So i hovered over the names, then get this message: "your account data may be out of sync. Refresh the page to see your account.

    People - DON'T. Change your password immediately. Not sure if this affects your security questions too! It may not…

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  10. I want the old email back, PLEASE!

    My email changed after a forced update by Windows. Can I please have the option to have my old (basic) email back?

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  12. Don't worry about my security!

    Most of my email is just SPAM! When a site wants an email address or cell phone number (unavailable) for log in.

    I use an email program because logging in to Mail.Yahoo.Com is pain, loading is slower, and there are no added benefits, like decent stationery.

    Rumor has it that advertisements can contain malware and tracking. Are they delivered via SSL from a reliable source?

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  13. I want my contacts back. Your changes are negatives. I hate your new version. Why do you think this is what we want? Get real.

    Why do you make changes without thinking? If it ain't broken don't fix it. I lost my entire contact list and there is no option to fix on the basic site because your changes are messing it up. Stop trying to make something people DONT want!

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  14. im not sure why you all dont have a delete all button on emails instead of us deleting 20 at a time i would like to delete them all at once

    have a delete all button so we have that option instead of going thru 50 at a time. takes up to much time when you can install a delete all button and zap there gone

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  15. 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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  16. deleting all inbox

    please can we have a button that empties the inbox all at once like the junk mail. please and thank you

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  17. 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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  18. Switch it back to the Yahoo Classic mail. The new version is the worst one available on the web...

    The functionality is non-existent. You have to click through every thing. Nothing is intuitive or where you expect it to be. There are Ads below the buttons, which makes no sense at all. Things take forever to load, upload, and attach. You have a dumb pop-up confirmation window that you have to click through after sending the message (USELESS! Give me a pop-up if it is NOT successful.) It looks like *, functions like *, and makes no sense at all how the page, button, and things are organized. All that being said, the Basic version is leaps…

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  19. i dont mind your ads at all BUT when ur ads are a video type of ad they freeze up my computer can u stop please

    your ads freeze up my computer I don't mind ads but when they are the video type and u have 2 or 3 going at the same time it freezes up my computer so I cant email or do anything id advize u to stop this procedure or you will loose a lot of people who use yahoo for business and personal reasons

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  20. I an getting sick of getting "verification code" requirements, and nag screens to get my cell phone number every time I log in!

    I an getting sick of getting "verification code" requirements, and nag screens to get my cell phone number every time I log in! Have to swim through enough garbage as you have it already to get to my email.

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