Thread: Yahoo's New Email Blows Rancid Chunks

OK, so how many of you poor suckers have used yahoo email over the years and are now exposed to the new putrid, slow, clunky email interface?

Does anyone know a communication mechanism for the folks at Yahoo that designed, tested and implemented this?

All the shit that gets run in browsers nowadays, including TGR, makes it impossible to run over DSL or machines that have less than 500M of memory.

I'm in this boat now. Fuck Yahoo mail, I'll be opening another gmail account shortly.

The new mail works great for me and I like it better than the old. Disclosure: I work for Yahoo - not on mail.

I get all my junk/sales emails at a Yahoo account. I haven't had any major problems with it (though I don't use it intensely) but it annoys me when I hit the "back" button from a specific message and it takes me the whole way to the Yahoo home page rather than back to the message list.

Who uses Yahoo? Gmail, dude. You can also port all of your Yahoo (and other email addresses) into your gmail. Their spam filter is also far superior, so no need to keep a separate email address for spam and/or bacon.

Mmm ... bacon.

Originally Posted by Platinum Pete

The new mail works great for me and I like it better than the old. Disclosure: I work for Yahoo - not on mail.

I think it absolutely blows chunk. Shitty design - <esc> to get out of a message? Why wasn't the back button good enough. And try running that sucker on an XP machine with 500M of memory. Howly constipated elephant shit.

It's horrible for me as well. Been on Yahoo mail for 15 years and the new version is almost unusable at times. It's painfully slow, full or error messages, and just plain sucks balls. Please bring back the old version!

I had Yahoo mail for 12 years. I ditched it several years ago when they implemented their then-new design which also sucked and was slow. Going to gmail was seriously one of the best things I've ever done organization-wise. I love it.

I new there was a reason to refuse their insistent upgrade pressure. I thought it was just their new rules allowing them to read your mail,like google does

Ya, I'm with you on that one but I only have a yahoo account because I've been using it for fantasy sports for years. It has become my junkmail/spam account. Everybody knows gmail's the real deal.

Wait, people still go to Yahoo?

Originally Posted by systemoverblow'd

Wait, people still go to Yahoo?

Unfortunately, several members of my family will not leave it (business?).
Yahoo mail has sucked for a long time and gmail started crushing everything as soon as it came out.

Sent from my DROID2

Not to mention that they changed the features so now you have to "upgrade" to yahoo plus (at 20 bucks a year) just to forward you mail to another account.

Originally Posted by Joebornstein

Not to mention that they changed the features so now you have to "upgrade" to yahoo plus (at 20 bucks a year) just to forward you mail to another account.

Not true. Gmail will bring all of your Yahoo email into your Gmail interface automatically.

Uh, no, it doesn't.

Originally Posted by white wizzard

Uh, no, it doesn't.

I'll eat my words if you can prove me wrong.

Or you know ... you could just man up and quit using a yahoo address. When I hear people talk about yahoo, here's what I think: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig

Or you know ... you could just man up and quit using a yahoo address.

When you've been using an email address for a decade it's kinda hard to reach out to the entire contact list

I can't stand how the "back" button takes you out of mail. I've switched to gmail because of this. Otherwise it is ok. I haven't tried it on a slow computer so can't complain about the speed.

Did you know that gmail can import all of your yahoo mail emails? It takes a couple of days, but it will suck them all out.

Originally Posted by white wizzard

Uh, no, it doesn't.

Gmail will import your yahoo emails. Go to "settings-> accounts and import -> import mail and contacts"

https://support.google.com/mail/bin/...ent=25413&rd=1

Will only pull Yahoo emails for 30 days. To pull emails from Yahoo longer than 30 days you need POP3 which requires a Yahoo paid premium account which is exactly what the guy said above.

What I should have said is üm, no, after 30 days it doesn't"

There. Happy now?

Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

When you've been using an email address for a decade it's kinda hard to reach out to the entire contact list

Yup. Ive thought about switching for years but to inform all the contacts and all other accounts with the old email address is daunting.

Originally Posted by white wizzard

Yup. Ive thought about switching for years but to inform all the contacts and all other accounts with the old email address is daunting.

bcc your entire contact list with a generic e-mail about your new address. tackle the account info. problem one by one as they arise. problem solved.

Originally Posted by white wizzard

Will only pull Yahoo emails for 30 days. To pull emails from Yahoo longer than 30 days you need POP3 which requires a Yahoo paid premium account which is exactly what the guy said above.

What I should have said is üm, no, after 30 days it doesn't"

There. Happy now?

You are correct. I am wrong and I am sad.

Originally Posted by biff chalupa

bcc your entire contact list with a generic e-mail about your new address. tackle the account info. problem one by one as they arise. problem solved.

You can also set an auto response stating that you've switched your email address to one that doesn't indicate that your grasp of the interwebs is that of a 65 year old retiree. If you're really savvy, you can set it so only contacts in your address book get the message.

Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig

You can also set an auto response stating that you've switched your email address to one that doesn't indicate that your grasp of the interwebs is that of a 65 year old retiree. If you're really savvy, you can set it so only contacts in your address book get the message.

It's amazing in this day and age you can have more than one email address.