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  1. The basic version is better

    I use the basic version of Yahoo Mail (and not the "newest" version) for two reasons. 1. The list of my folders (and I have many) is more readable in the basic version. Less text cut off. And 2. When I have briefly used the "newest" version I had loads of pop-ups telling me about things I did want to know. So Basic is better.

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  2. Fix your SERVERS!

    Verizon cannot spend $10 million to upgrade your servers?? This has been an ongoing issue with Yahoo Mail for at least 2 years now.
    Bells and whistles are nice (it keeps your young programmers employed, I guess) but you need to get back to basics, or keep losing business to Google.

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  3. you suc now

    can't change back to classic. setting will not open. can't delete email, can't open emails, it all freezes. thank God there's Gmail. you were my top email, now you're top of the heap. fix yourselves.

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  4. Stop vulgar spam coming from **** sites!

    Stop vulgar spam from **** sites!

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  5. I do not like the new appearance

    I don't know what happened, but yesterday my e-mail page suddenly looked different. I do not like the new appearance. It is disorienting.
    There used to be lots of different options for how to personalize your page (different colors, etc) and now there are none. Please change it back to how it was two days ago. 12/6/17

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  6. New version won't load

    I cannot get the new version of Yahoo mail to work. It will not load at all . I am having to work in basic mail. What's up with that? What have you done to the mail?

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  7. it stinks, put my old mail back

    I have an idea read what everyone is saying, what is wrong with you

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  8. Would you please re-activate the automatic draft save on a e-mail in process?

    Would you please re-activate the automatic draft save on a e-mail in process?

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  9. keeps me signed in even when i uncheck the box! FIX IT!

    keeps me signed in even when i uncheck the box! u make it so i need a crazy password because security is so important but make it so i stay signed in on a public computer if I don't pay attention even when I uncheck the stay signed in box. Wow that's top notch security!!!!

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  10. Have a problem, can't get phone number to change for another one of my yahoomail accounts, the other number is nonexistent.

    Have a problem, can't get phone number to change for another one of my yahoomail accounts, the other number is nonexistent.

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  11. Update your browser list

    "Yahoo recommends you upgrade your browser to enjoy all the features in the new Yahoo Mail."

    Do you realize that there are more than 3 browsers? Vivaldi (Chrome-based), Pale Moon (Mozilla-based)… In any case, add "not interested" checkbox to that warning or just stop showing it every time mailbox is loaded.

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  12. OMG!!!!!!! This stupid BASIC MAIL is just so not user friendly, I want how it used to be before this stupid Basic Mail!!!!

    OMG!!!!!!! This stupid BASIC MAIL is just so not user friendly, I want how it used to be before this stupid Basic Mail!!!!

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  13. Give me back the old system, we don't like the new one, cant change fonts or colors. Bad choice in this selection.

    Why do you think you are helping folks you only make it worse and worse each time you think we need something changed. No font changes or colors. Change it now. We older folks want the old way NOW. Are you uneducated people or ignorant to the world. Not everyone wants the system changed.

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  14. Yahoo, I hate, hate, hate, hate your newsfeed!!!!!!

    Newsfeed is ATROCIOUS!!!!!! When I'm trying to browse down through the newsfeed, the new stories and pages feed soooooo slow that I'm constantly skipping past stories and have to decrease the font so small, I can barely read what's on the page. What MORON(S) designed this page? PLEASE DO A TOTAL REBOOT!!!!!!!

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  15. Hello again,dear Yahoo! Do you so kind to disable Yahoo Account Key?

    This new type of Account Key is not helping me.I wish to use my old type of account with password. I tried to disable the Yahoo Account Key but you don`t let me this option. I see a lot of Yahoo costumers complaining about this Account Key and you continue with this.How do you help us? Annoying you? In my case,I expect the return to the old formula. Thank you!

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  16. the worse email system I have seen in my life

    I have been working and teaching technology for the last 20 years and the email has got to be the worse email system I have seen in my life. My idea start over!

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  17. I am having to re identify myself via msg sent to my phone, as it indicates that it is a first time signing in on my pc device????

    I am having to re identify myself via msg sent to my phone, as it indicates that it is a first time signing in on my pc device????

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  18. Fix the ******* mail instead of breaking everything you own!

    I had to switch to "classic" style because all the **** ads and trash you pile into the mail page bloats the ****** till it can't fit through a hanger. And then the mail randomly switches itself back to "new" style for a couple days before going back to what I actually set it to. The same with everything else owned by yahoo, it gets bloated, useless **** crammed in that no one ever uses and causes everything to fall apart, but instead of fixing the initial problem and getting rid of the bloat, you add more to it while…

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  19. 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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  20. unable to increase the font size, clouring .. bold and italic .. high-lighting the words

    unable to increase the font size, coloring .. bold and italic .. high-lighting the words .. I need the old format please

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