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  1. 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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  2. log in and password should be on the same screen

    I notice the last few days when I log in to yahoo im entering my SN on my screen and my PW on another. it doesn't even let me know im logged in its like I have to go to the drop down look for yahoo and click the link to open my Home page. WHY?
    log in and PW should be on the same screen and its asking me to save some weird ex: KTYSPJD.login to the computer for future log in. I get you guys are trying to keep up with times.. BUt I been having yahoo since…

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  3. Leave things alone. Quit asking me to update to newest version, it stinks!! Yahoo used to be my main e-mail. No More

    Every time you improve you downgrade your product. I used to use Yahoo as my main e-mail. The only reason I haven't closed the account is some old contacts don't have my new address. I never use the Yahoo search engine anymore, google has become superior in every way. What a tragedy.

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  4. basic

    Again..yes switching back to basic I am able (and as it gloriously was) to type one letter in the (TO) box and all the addresses pop up for me to chose ...wonderful..but again i do not get the extra conveniences associated with the newer versions(not this extra new one from Jan 10,2016.

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  5. WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE THINGS ALONE? Why do you always have to change what is working OK? Is there an itch in your arsehole?

    WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE THINGS ALONE? Why do you always have to change what is working OK? Is there an itch in your arsehole?

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  6. 89th ranked

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  7. Fix Yahoo Mail so attachments can be used 3/20/15

    AGAIN YAHOO MAIL will not do attachments when sending messages, fix it or stop your mail completely so users won't get so frustrated - been using Yahoo for years and it keeps getting worse every time you do a GREAT CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  9. Yahoo mail is infuriating!

    Yahoo mail has asked me to change my password three times this past week and has failed repeatedly to send my outgoing emails due to "suspicious activity". It fails to send them after forcing me to enter a captcha for every email to verify that it isn't spam and each email has only one recipient, not a very good spam idea you idiots! I have spoken to someone on the phone and emailed customer service repeatedly about this issue and continue to have service interruption that is costing me important meetings. I also hate the new version of the mail…

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  10. I would like to have a code sent by text to enter when a pw change is attempted.

    Upgraded Security. I had my email password changed without my knowledge and a code sent to my phone already listed would have prevented this. I would like to see this additional security step added when a password change is attempted.

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  11. OK!!! YAHOO/VERION!!!!! THAT'S ENOUGH. WHAT THE YOU KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??? YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO YOU??? HATE, HATE, HATE

    Hate, Hate,Hate your NEW version. It's awful and stupid. LEAVE THE OLD VERSION ALONE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP IT. Every single time I have to change it back. This sucks! JUST LEAVE THE OLD VERSION ALONE! Get it????

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  14. If you would just go back to the old colors and letter styles, maybe the new version would be okay!

    If you would just go back to the old colors and letter style then the new version might be acceptable to us! The new colors are hard to pick up and tend to look like neon colors which takes longer to use. It all blends together.

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  15. IAM VERY UNHAPPY WITH YOU SWITCHING OUT MY CLASSIC EMAIL! I HATE THIS NEW VERSION! IT SUCKS YAHOO!!!

    IAM VERY UNHAPPY WITH YOU SWITCHING OUT MY CLASSIC EMAIL! I HATE THIS NEW VERSION! IT SUCKS YAHOO!!!

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  16. get rid of the account key

    Go back to a password only. I cannot be texted as My phone does not work when I am out of the country , which I am now and every year about 3-4 months. The key is a pain **********. I have been with yahoo mail for at least 25 years and am very much considering leaving.

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  17. I don't want the new ********. I want my older, classic e-mail.

    Bring back the older, better, classic setup. And stop changing anything. You don't need to look like Outlook/Hotmail or even Gmail. That is what I see yahoo doing, copying other e-mail, and they need to stop, and stay unique. I don't want to look at one e-mail and forget what I am looking at. This new stuff, and hitting shift-k to mark messages as read is utter ********.

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  18. search still not working when I look for old emails

    search still not working when I look for old emails

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  20. Please help us get back the previous version.

    Help! We switched to the new Yahoo Mail and didn't like it. We tried to switch back to the previous version that we had and got Basic Mail. We wanted to land in between, which is where we were. Please help us restore what we had. We think that was Classic Mail. Thank you.

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