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  1. You can't "Trash" your Drafts any more

    If I create a Draft that I then want to delete becasue I changed my mind - there is not "Trash" icon while creating a Draft when there used to be in the older version. Not efficient to have to close the draft, clikc on the check box next to it and THEN hit Delete

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  2. When you click on an email and then want to "X" the tab out to get back to your list - there is no "X"

    When you bring up an email, there is no "X" next to the "Inbox" tab as there used to be, so that you can close that email and go back to the list.

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  3. Show new emails as soon as them arrive

    So, I noticed that when a new email comes in , on the left folder view, I can see the highlighted "1" but in my view to the right of that, the new email isn't there. I have to actually click on the 1 in order to see the new email in the right side list. Not efficient, not an improvement.

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  4. archive old inbox emails

    My old in box emails disappeared without warning

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  5. Make the task bar float with the message section !!! I do not enjoy selecting messages to delete only to have to scroll back up task bar

    PLEASE!! I want my old "Basic" emasil back .

    This new version is wonky and time consuming trying to find everything and requiring many more keystrokes to accomplish tasks!

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  6. Not being able to add photos to the body of the text

    Why have you got rid of adding photos into the text of the email? It is so annoying that you have to have everything as an attachment which is an extra step all round. Plus you can't choose multiple files in one go to upload to your email you have to do each separately. This new version of the old Mail is really not user friendly. you have added more steps for so many functions. Can you go back to the old version please. the new one is not good.

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  8. Links in Signature

    I used to have links in my signature and now the links have become inactive and there's no way to edit them to re-do the links. Bring back ink functionality in signatures.

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  9. After hitting the "Reply" button - how about putting the cursor in the BODY of the email ready to type.

    Right now, when you hit Reply, the cursor is not active anywhere. So if you hit Reply, and then start typing - nothing happens. This BREAKS the way Yahoo email used to work before the "update". Please put it back.

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  10. Sortieren der Kontakte

    Warum bleibt die Sortierung nach Nachnamen nicht bestehen, sondern wechselt immer wieder auf Vornamen (z.B. wenn man eine Löschung gemacht hat). Das ist supermühsam.

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  11. yes , reply area missing

    yes , reply area missing . Before there was a large obvious space where to write our reply . Now , where is it ?

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  12. calendar

    Can you fix the calendar so I can see all events at one time like the old calendar allowed? Thank you.

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  13. contacts

    are terrible. lots of duplications. only can add name, phone, email. where are the addresses?

    the duplications make no sense and are a waste of space.

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  14. I cannot find the amount of storage used.

    Please tell me how to find the amount of storage used

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  15. Spam & writing format

    omg i get so much spam. I have 2 yahoo email both lots of spam, I have 2 gmail and 2 hotmail. From those 4, I get in a year what i get in a day from yahoo. Each year I said by next year I am getting rid of both yahoo because of the spam as well as writing an email can not copy and paste on email is becomes an attachment. Also no format hotmail & gmail have highlight, B U I. numbers & bullets. yahoo nothing. worst format in writing and worst with spam

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  16. Can't change to dark mode.

    Are you trying to force people to stop using their yahoo accounts?

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  17. storage

    Please, your way, where is possible to find rest of my storage, is uncorrect. How many space I have? Thank you

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  18. missing items or can't find them

    can't find where to change font, size , color etc.

    tired of closing mail, thinking i am in an internet tab, wish it would be able to freeze the top of the email, where it notes it is mail,

    system is now slower since you have changed, more frustrating to navigate, more steps to activate an action, before you could just click on move, pick the folder and it went, now you have to activate it as well and wait

    before I could paste into the email directly, now I have to create a file, and attach it, can't seem…

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  19. KILL IT!

    Kill new stupid AI driven Yahoo Mail!!! Cannot even type anything because cursor position constantly moves somewhere with each ad change

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  20. Please add back the folder list on the left margin

    In the new email format the folder structure can be found in a drop down box. Having the folder list visible was much better user experience.

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