A tip for Yahoo Mail users

Yahoo’s “New Mail” - a case reminiscent of Microsoft i.e. trying to fix something that “ain’t broke”. If you use Yahoo Mail you will be invited to sample the “New Mail” system. When you do, you’ll find you cannot revert back to the “Old Mail”. (Shades of Windows 10?).

That wouldn’t be so bad if New Mail was an improvement but believe me (and lots of other users too, according to the various user forums) it is not. Many useful features have gone and the speed has reduced.

Thankfully, I just discovered on the user forum this morning that someone has posted this: type the following into the address bar and you will get back to “Old Mail”

mg.mail.yahoo.com/d/optout

I tried it and it works. Thought it might be worth passing this on to fellow CCMB users.

If you think Yahoo mail "aint broke" then you haven't been paying attention.

Thanks for the warning :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Gofer Blue

Yahoo’s “New Mail” - a case reminiscent of Microsoft i.e. trying to fix something that “ain’t broke”. If you use Yahoo Mail you will be invited to sample the “New Mail” system. When you do, you’ll find you cannot revert back to the “Old Mail”. (Shades of Windows 10?).

That wouldn’t be so bad if New Mail was an improvement but believe me (and lots of other users too, according to the various user forums) it is not. Many useful features have gone and the speed has reduced.

Thankfully, I just discovered on the user forum this morning that someone has posted this: type the following into the address bar and you will get back to “Old Mail”

mg.mail.yahoo.com/d/optout

I tried it and it works. Thought it might be worth passing this on to fellow CCMB users.

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Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Gofer Blue

Yahoo’s “New Mail” - a case reminiscent of Microsoft i.e. trying to fix something that “ain’t broke”. If you use Yahoo Mail you will be invited to sample the “New Mail” system. When you do, you’ll find you cannot revert back to the “Old Mail”. (Shades of Windows 10?).

That wouldn’t be so bad if New Mail was an improvement but believe me (and lots of other users too, according to the various user forums) it is not. Many useful features have gone and the speed has reduced.

Thankfully, I just discovered on the user forum this morning that someone has posted this: type the following into the address bar and you will get back to “Old Mail”

mg.mail.yahoo.com/d/optout

I tried it and it works. Thought it might be worth passing this on to fellow CCMB users.

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You cannot indeed "revert back" :shrug:

they keep asking me to change. I just ignore it.

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Originally Posted by xsnaggle

they keep asking me to change. I just ignore it.

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Is Yahoo still going. Do they still have those games rooms.

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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi

If you think Yahoo mail "aint broke" then you haven't been paying attention.

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I know what you mean - it's not perfect normally! I only use my Yahoo Mail address when I'm asked for it as part of ordering stuff on-line for example. I have a different private BT email address for friends/family, hence most of the junk stuff ends up in my Yahoo account rather than in the BT one.

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Originally Posted by El Gwapo

You cannot indeed "revert back" :shrug:

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Oops - the old double negative! Guilty as charged. :wink:

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Originally Posted by Gofer Blue

I know what you mean - it's not perfect normally! I only use my Yahoo Mail address when I'm asked for it as part of ordering stuff on-line for example. I have a different private BT email address for friends/family, hence most of the junk stuff ends up in my Yahoo account rather than in the BT one.

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Should have added: this is what was so annoying about the "New Mail" - I can't see anyway of blocking addresses. It is so easy in the current version. Hopefully they will take notice of the many complaints about this.

Thanks for that.I too tried it only to curse my stupidity when I realised you couldn't revert back.

yes you can iv done it, thanks very much fella

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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi

If you think Yahoo mail "aint broke" then you haven't been paying attention.

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Hello Colonel :wave:

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

Hello Colonel :wave:

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I thought that and then realised it was from a year ago...