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Welcome to the new Yahoo Mail Desktop experience! This is a place for you to help shape the redesign. We review the most popular, feasible ideas from this forum to make positive changes to your Yahoo Mail.


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*Those asking about going back to the old version. Unfortunately, if you do not see the "Go Back" button you cannot go back. We really hope you'll try the new experience! Thanks!


WHAT'S NEW?
Search by Sender - Just hover over the sender's profile image and a spyglass icon will appear where you can search all emails by that sender.
Multi-Tasking Tabs - Like before, open an email in a new tab.
AI Summaries - Ability to disable. Go to Settings > AI Features > Toggle Off
Number of Total Messages - Hover over the Inbox Icon and you will see both total number of messages and unread.
Sender's Email Address - You don't have to open the message to see the sender's email address. Just hover over the sender's name from your Inbox.



COMING SOON!
Differentiate Unread v. Read - Better ways to see the difference.
Resize Images - Resize an image within the message.
Inbox Categories - Default to "All" category instead of always Priority.
Right Hand Column - Ability to minimize: Contacts, Starred, More (Currently for Yahoo Mail Plus subscribers)


TIPS:
Inbox Categories - You can go back to having just ONE Inbox. Go to Settings > Personalize Inbox.
Keep Folders Expanded - First expand left hand column by hovering on Inbox edge until you see Double Arrows. Then a drop down will show up next to Folders.
Bulk Delete - Click on a checkbox from your Inbox and a new checkbox will appear at the top. From there you can Select All and Delete All.
Sender's Email Address - You don't have to open the message to see the sender's email address. Just hover over the sender's name from your Inbox.
Dark Mode - Go to Settings > Appearance.




**Please do NOT post about Account, Password, Login issues here. It will be deleted. Please go to help.yahoo.com.




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  1. Tutorial for the New Yahoo Mail Lay Out

    Since this is New To Me -

    I Would Like To Request - Tutorial For None Sab People 1

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  2. Attach from Recent Email Attachment Option

    I see the attach from computer option for adding attachments to new emails, but where did the Attach From Recent Email option go? It was very handy and saved time not having to download and reattached. Bring back 'attach from recent email' option.

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  3. Fixing Issues with Fonts

    I would like the Font that I selected in my Yahoo Mail settings to function when I write an email. I chose Classic- Medium. When I write an email, the font automatically reverts to Classic, Tiny. I have to consistently change the font while writing the email to Classic Medium. Can you fix this ongoing issue?

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  4. Contacts List Cut Off

    1) I am not able to add a new contact to my contact list. When I open up New Contact, the box does not provide enough room for me to input the contact data. Only 1/2 of the contact information box is visible, as the contact information box is blocked by the inbox emails to its left. Can this please be fixed.

    2) Also, why did you discontinue "attach document from previous email" as an attachment option when sending documents? The only option is to attach documents from my files. Your previous version was far more user friendly when it…

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  5. external images

    Even though I have external images disabled in my settings, webmail (I'm using Firefox) is displaying those images anyway, with a message saying that they are shown by default, along with a link to the the settings. I've tried changing the setting back and forth just in case, and it still doesn't work.

    This has only started happening with the recent site redesign.

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  6. Migration from Comcast

    I've migrated from Comcast to Yahoo. There is no help available for technical issues on this migration.
    The account that got set up for me at Yahoo is an IMAP account. l need it to be a POP account. The way to do this from my Mac OSX mail client is to delete the IMAP account and create a new POP account. I can delete the IMAP account on my Mac Mail client but I can't create a POP account. That's probably because it thinks I'm creating an account at comcast.net because of my email address. I'm very glad I…

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  7. Improved Calendar Event Editing

    When I edit an existing Calendar Event - change the date - then click on another field such as the time - the square calendar box where I selected the new date does NOT close. This makes it difficult to select the SAVE button. Please improve this.

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  8. Calendar: Fix the sports teams links

    The favorite sports team sync with the Yahoo! calendar does not pull over games onto the calendar anymore, and/or it is spotty and missing games.

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  9. file name of attachment

    I sometimes receive emails with Attached files, and it's important for me to easily read the Full File name of the attached files, and I'd like to do this w/o opening the file.

    For example, if I am working on a project with someone and they are sending me attachments with file names that have a rev number in them or other information in the file name that gives me information on the file. I don't see anyway to view the full file name except by downloading the file. I would like to be able to hover my cursor over…

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  10. Protect Starred/Tagged Emails from "Select All" Deletion

    The 'Select All' feature is fantastic for quickly clearing junk. However, when 'Select All' is used, it includes emails that I have already marked as Starred (or otherwise "tagged important").

    My suggestion is that the system should be designed to automatically exclude any emails that are Starred/Tagged Important when the user selects 'Select All' for deletion. This would prevent accidentally deleting priority messages while mass-clearing the inbox.

    In short: Starred/Important emails should be protected from the 'Select All' function for deletion.

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  11. Copy/paste an email address

    Why is it impossible to copy/paste an email address?

    For example, in the "To" you add a name. Then, there's no way to click it, to grab the text of the email address.

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  12. backspace deletes emails that are being replied to

    When I try to reply to an email and I hit the back space, at all, it deletes the entire email. I just hit the back space on a very important thread of emails and it permanently deleted the entire string of emails I have been trying to work out a return for an expensive product for. When an email is in my inbox, it will automatically send it to the trash folder and exit the email if I press the back space and it does this without warning. the reply function/forward seems very buggy and there was also an…

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  13. email chain

    If there are multiple interaction on a topic the email chain display is horrible. Why can't we just all the interaction in the order.

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  14. Re-instate email link

    I am very disappointed with the removal of linking email from my Yahoo email account to another email account. I was not aware of this feature removal and lost some business due to this change. This was a feature I relied upon.
    Request that this email linking feature be reinstated. Thank you.

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  15. Fix it so it still works with Mac Mail

    smtp.mail.yahoo.com repeatedly either refuses to recognize the account I've used for years or the connection to the server simply fails.

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  16. Yahoo Email display window layout

    The Yahoo email display doesn't make good use of the display area. Files, folders, contacts and calendars etc... all need to be hidden but pop-out displays and allow the user to utilise the email lists and the window of the contents of the email usefully. ie. email lists + a window for a selected email's contents.

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  17. Sicherheitsfrage

    Ich gebe jedes Mal Passwort und trotzdem muss ich jedes Mal noch Sicherheitsfrage beantworten. Ich verstehe jedes zehntes Mal, aber nicht immer. Ändert sich nichts, muss ich mir anderen E-Mail-Anbieter suchen …

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  18. Too slow

    The speed of operation is extremely slow. Unusably slow. I type a message, I have to wait several seconds for the text to appear. Have to downgrade to the Basic version.

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  19. Let us hide the contact list on the right of the screen that takes up so much space!!

    PLEASE let us hide the list of contacts on the right of the screen.
    This takes up so much room and I don't even use contact lists!

    It is now a very narrow inbox which is hard to read, especially for many disabled people with certain issues.

    PLEASE let us hide the contact list when viewing inbox

    This is truly a awful new look.

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  20. The New Yahoo Mail Is a Mobile Mess Forced Onto Desktop, NOT an Upgrade

    I strongly prefer the old desktop-style Yahoo Mail on Chrome (or any Chromium browser).

    The former layout was vastly superior: intuitive, powerful, and built for real desktop use.

    • Clean list layout
    • Proper tabs for multitasking
    • Dynamic message preview that actually works

    The left sidebar was logical and rock-solid:

    Inbox • Unread • Starred • Drafts • Sent • Archive • Spam • Trash

    Views • Photos • Documents • Subscriptions • Travel

    Folders

    Everything exactly where it belonged — instantly findable, no hunting required.

    The new Yahoo Mail is a blatant mobile phone interface shoehorned onto desktop.

    It makes zero…

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