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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. Current Open Email Indicator Bar

    When i am reading my emails with my inbox or folder on the left and the email on the right of the screen, the only indicator on the left in the list of emails of which one I am currently reading is a small, slim purple bar on the right of the email subject and first line card. This little purple bar gets partially covered by the scroll up and down bar when not hovering over it and is completely covered by it if you start using the scroll bar. My preference would be that you make the purple bar…

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  2. BUG: Issue with Attachment Viewer

    When pre-viewing an attachment on an email with multiple attachments, ability to select a file from the dropdown is great; allows the user to quickly select a particular file.

    However, when I wanted to go back to the email, for each of those selected files, I need to click the "X" on the top right. If I viewed 3 files, using the dropdown to switch between them, I have to click "X" on top right 3 times.

    The UX should be that a single click on "X" closes the attachment previews and goes back to the email.

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  3. Excessive scroll bars

    I have three scroll bars on the right side of my screen when I'm replying to a message. That seems excessive. Also, the "send" button and the rest of the icons "attach" "emoji" "bold" etc. are cut in half until I scroll down with the outermost scroll bar. The only thing it adjusts is the white space just above the subject line. I'm on a 14" laptop, so it isn't like I'm on a tiny screen.

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  4. The More options icon should be more easily accessible

    This option is currently shown after the list of folders. I keep my Folders expanded, so it took me a while to realize this, after scrolling to the end of my many folders. For example, move it into the section with Trash/Spam/Archive.

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  5. show me my current account name on all mail pages

    I tried the "new" mail layout and found one feature positively missing. I have multiple yahoo email accounts. The new layout absolutely did not display the current account name that I am using. There is no security issue showing me something I had to type into your form just to login. Please ensure the current account name is prominently visible on all mail pages.

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  6. Yahoo Need to Post the latest, most recent email on Top when opening the email

    1) Yahoo has failed to show the latest, most recent email on Top when opening the email. This is annoying when there is more than one email in string.

    2) Also, it is painful to go back to see the attachment after responding to original email which has the attachments.

    3)Yahoo needs to take it seriously to support their customers who pay for the email service.

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  7. Messages go to spam in spite of marking them as Safe Hundreds of Times or even if Contact exists in Address Book

    The whole idea of Whitelist is missing in Yahoo Mail. In spite of adding a contact email address in the address book or in spite of marking the message as Safe or Not Spam hundreds and hundreds of times, Yahoo still sends messages to Spam.

    The Spam NEEDS TO IMPROVE AT THE EARLIEST TO HONOUR THE ADDRESS BOOK AND NOT SPAM OR SAFE actions.

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  8. Executing Filters In An Ad-hoc Manner On Existing Messages And Folders

    Currently, it is NOT possible to run filters in ad-hoc manner on specified set of folders or on existing messages. This is a a basic basic basic feature of an email that for some reason Yahoo does NOT have from beginning.

    IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO RUN THE FILTERS IN AN AD-HOC MANNER ON EXISTING MESSAGES.

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  9. Buttons on top of viewing a message

    Right now you have to click the three dots to see the Archive option. That should be one of the icon options always visable.

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  10. Message Title Font Size Too Large

    With the list above and the message below, the area for the message's title takes up WAAAAAY to much space so there is hardly any space for the message content. This should be smaller by default. I was also hunting through the settings to see if there was a font size option to be more compact but I couldn't find one. I'm already on "compact" view in the appearance setting but that seems to only affect the list and not the message view below it.

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  11. something broken

    “IMAP settings missing. Need agent.”
    My Cox-migrated Yahoo account opens only the identity panel under Mailboxes.
    There are no IMAP or SMTP server settings. The mailbox is partially provisioned
    and IMAP is not enabled on the backend. Please re-provision or refresh the
    account so IMAP/SMTP settings appear.

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  12. Selection zone box

    Make selection zone that's around the box where you select your email bigger and not just the box itself. When you're clicking on the emails to delete and don't EXACTLY hit the box, you end up opening the email. Then you have to go back and that slows down the email deletion process. This normally happens when you roll out something new. Thanks!

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  13. Flexibility

    Do not take away functionality which we liked!!!!
    I want my inbox in WHITE, not grey;
    The messages need NO ICON for the sender, its a waste of space
    The messages are too spaced out, I liked the full screen with many lines of text
    I need to see the folder names on the LHS and be able to drag messages there
    You can ADD choosing the typeface; choosing the colour of screen and of text

    GIVE US OWNERSHIP, and please, do not deny us the chance to return to the previous version which we might prefer, I DO !!!

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  14. Interface flaws

    I've been using the new mail for a while now and I like it, however there are few annoying issues:

    1) I'm using the compact view, which I think it was selected the first time I switched to the new email.
    However I don't see I could change this in case I wanted to try other view. In settings I don't see a way to change it

    2) I've selected in the setting to not load the images automatically, but they are still loaded anyway.

    3) Because of the compact view, when I delete an email with the icons on…

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  15. Accept Invitations

    I never get the notices that I have been invited to a group after owners set them at my request.. Why is that? If yahoo blocks them then why not give that control to the individual to accept or deny

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  16. A few usability suggestions

    Great new design, I like it. There are a few things that I think could be improved:

    1. Ads look the same as new emails so its hard to see how many emails you haven't checked - good for ads click through, not so great for user experience.

    2. The inbox icon doesn't show the number of unread emails which is a bit odd.

    3. The inbox default to Priority not All even if you haven't set the priority emails.

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  17. Mailboxes selector should be at the top

    Can you Please move the mailboxes icon above the 'new message' icon or inbox icon - it makes it much more easier to switch between different mailboxes without me wasting time scrolling down for it.

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  18. the mailboxes should be able to show like folders

    the folders option down the left is collapsable and openable so they all constantly show or not,
    this should be the same for the mailboxes rather than it now being hidden away at the bottom and having to click it to see if any emails are in each inbox

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  19. Stop randomly scrolling through the email list

    When I am scrolling my inbox, or other folders, the list randomly scrolls several screens, usually in the opposite direction that I am scrolling with my mouse. When I close an email, the list immediately scrolls away from where it was when I opened the email. This makes it very difficult to use Yahoo! Mail. I am unable to scroll through recent emails to find anything because the list keeps shifting away from the current location. This happens in both Chrome and Firefox, on Windows 10, 11, Linux Mint and Linux Bazzite. Using the search feature is not a suitable…

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  20. Functionality of scrolling through mail

    Scrolling through mail is maddening. I can't see mail and scroll through titles of mail, it's not intuitive at all. I can't intuitively change the view of my main interface. I can scroll through the side menus. I can't scroll through the titles unless I use arrows. Trying to find the scroll bar for my main email is so frustrating I can't begin to describe it. Navigating this page is just not worth using yahoo anymore.

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