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199 results found
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You made searching emails WORSE! and it was already sketchy. You can't search on a keyword in the email.
Put BACK searching for a keyword in the email. It sucked but it sometimes worked at least. Now it's gone completely.
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Why can I only see 20 messages per page? If it would be more (like it was before) then it is much each easier to scroll.
Why can I only see 20 messages per page? If it would be more (like it was before) then it is much each easier to scroll. Can you please put it back to minimal 100 messages per page, or preferably more.
2nd ranked -
what happened to color scheme options??
I managed to get to a page that let me choose my preferred color scheme again but when I applied these changes it didn't take (to my inbox). Now I can't even access those options anymore??
3rd ranked -
Simplify moving an email to a different folder
I used to be able to just drag an email from my inbox to a different folder. It was simple. Now, it seems that I have 1) click the email, 2) click on Actions, 3) Click on the folder, 4) click apply. 4 clicks for every email I want to move - it's a pretty stupid method.
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Why do I have to scroll back up to delete emails that are checked?
Why do I have to scroll back to the top to delete emails and how do I remedy this? It is a huge time waster! Additionally, I am forced to scroll back up in order to hit delete after checking the boxes on emails. Another drag on my time! And lastly, why do I get routed back to the home page after deleting a read email? I need to go to the next email. Please fix this immediately! I have always preferred to look at my email on my desktop because it was easier than my phone but not anymore.
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deleting and moving messages easier
make it easier to select multiple messages individually
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I'm in basic yahoo mail,, and when you're viewing all emails and then you go into a email the arrows to move up or down are grayed out
the up and down arrows to move up or down to the next emails are grayed out and not working.
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Get rid of the Actions button. It is more difficult to move e-mails to folders.
I can only see a few characters of each folder name. All the changes that Yahoo has made to mail have made it WORSE
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Latency has increased. After clicking to open an email and clicking to delete an email, the latency is noticeably slower.
Latency has increased. After clicking to open an email and clicking to delete an email, the latency is noticeably slower.
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Why do I have to log in every time I want to change accounts?
Changing from one account to the other is tedious now! I have to log in every time I want to switch accounts. Ridiculous!
11th ranked -
The settings for composing an email.
On the settings of my email page, I cannot locate how to change my font size, or underline or highlight or add emojis, when composing an email.
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What happened to being able to mass select emails via CTRL+ right click?
I used to be able to select an email, then CTRL+right click one several emails down and select them all at once without having to use the select all button and unselecting the ones I don't want included.
And are you going to answer any of these? Or return our beloved classic to us and quit screwing with as close to perfection as we're going to get?
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Show more than a few weeks of emails in each folder please.
Show more than a few weeks of emails in each folder please. Thank you!
12th ranked -
SIMPLIFY THE STEPS OF MARKING READ AND DELETING EMAILS
I LIKED THE OLDER VERSION BETTER. IT WAS MORE SIMPLE TO WORK WITH. FIX THIS ONE OR GO BACK.
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There are no line spacing options in settings. And settings is hard to access without the gear icon.
provide option to reduce line spacing in settings
17th ranked -
Attachments
We used to be able to see if the attachment was a picture or something else. now it just says attachment....duh, we know that. Show it.
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I received an email from "CVS", but the sender's email address is offer@hotmail.com. You wrote that it is "This message is from a truste
I received an email from "CVS", but the sender's email address is offer@hotmail.com. And you wrote that it is "This message is from a trusted sender". Are you serious??? If I'd click on their link, it would take me some other website, not to the CVS!!!! And you think it is a trusted sender????
GIVE BACK THE OLD VERSION!!! THIS IS NOT USEABLE AT ALL!!!!!20th ranked -
Restore the number count of emails in each folder, especially 'trash' and 'spam'
Restore the number count of emails in each folder, especially "trash" and "spam"
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You can't click shift click to delete blocks of emails
You can't click shift click to delete mass emails anymore
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dragging a file into my email
i used to be able to drag an mp3 into the email. now it seems i must search for it after hitting the attach file button. why? explain why.
26th ranked
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