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1/10
Too much spam in the inboxby banzaigtv - July 21, 2009
Pros: Abundant space available, loads fine with broadband connection
Cons: Most of the new messages in the inbox are explicit spam
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I have once had a Yahoo mail account in the past. Two years ago, my inbox was getting slammed with spam messages involving porn sites, sex videos, etc. Roughly 95% of my inbox messages were spam. It has been happening constantly, even when I repeatedly marked the messages from those servers as spam. After about a year of this, I have had enough and switched to Google mail. I have abandoned my Yahoo mail account and will never use it again. The problem with getting inappropriate contents in my inbox is no more. Apparently Yahoo does not even know the definition of "spam folder". Yahoo deserves to go out of business and should die in a fire.
User Rating: 
2/10
I like the old Yahoo Mail betterby pets2soul - July 15, 2009
Pros: Free......
Cons: Buggy, Bad UI, Annoying AD and add contact requests
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Tried new Yahoo Mail for 1 week, and I had to switch back to the old version.
The new UI is terrible, the way it splits the inbox, puts your email list in a short portion which takes you longer to scroll down for an older email, and it displays your email in a short and narrow box, make it extra hard to read on those mini Netbooks, and it doesn't allow you to hide either of the frames.
Mostly importantly, new Yahoo Mail is buggy, like when I try to access the mail options, it'd show me an error msg, and I haven't successfully access the mail options yet...and when you click to hide the AD banner at the right, a Tips msg would ALWAYS pop up no matter how many times you chose not to show that freaking msg again...
However, after you switch back to Yahoo Mail classic, you'd notice that the search mail function is GONE...
User Rating: 2/10
Indeed -- Yahoo EMail Now Sucks!by DaveNovak - June 17, 2009
Pros: It's free, nice rich copy/paste from MS Word, easy to use
Cons: Poor spam filtering and "Search Mail" feature now limits results to last 3 months (a bug or a "feature"?).
Review:
Without full search, Yahoo email is pretty much worthless to me!
User Rating: 2/10
Yahoo Email Now Sucksby brynze - January 23, 2009
Pros: More like what I used to like - never any real problems - easy to use, etc...
Cons: Now the "search mail" feature never works - I can no longer throw a email address into the searchbox, and get all my emails either to or from that address - i have to search manually-it's broken - when I draft a mess, it opens with all html coding...
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Yahoo is doing nothing about these problems - I have emailed them on numerous occasions - and recently I noticed you can no longer email them... there is not the "contact us" on every page like there used to be - and if you finagle a way to find a "contact us" deep in the site- they won't return a message to you - and just today I noticed they added a note on this page that says they only return emails to Yahoo Small Business Owners - So if you have an email problem - good luck. I am leaving them now - This has gone on long enough... they could care less about the people who made them what they are - I am taking to the internet and panning them everywhere! Companies like this should no be aloud to exist.
User Rating: 
8/10
GREAT for just email, but others offer more, for freeby kenboy127 - November 29, 2008
Pros: it is a superb email client, from simply sending a message to sorting contacts. it shines in most categories of email clients.
Cons: you have to upgrade to yahoo mail plus (which costs money) to get regular features including using offline apps, such as outlook, to manage mail and automatic message forwarding. gmail offers all of this for free.
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is there a way to set up an alert for the desktop to notify me when new messages arrive (using the regular yahoo mail)?
User Rating: 
9/10
Simply, the best in available free web mailsby Charismatic_tunes - September 15, 2008
Pros: Reliable, good interface, features.
Cons: I don't know any.
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Really, The best.
User Rating: 
10/10
The Slickest Webmail Aroundby sdhar23 - September 6, 2008
Pros: Beautiful and intuitive interface, powerful spam filter, attachment scans with Norton, tabbed, and much, much more.
Cons: Advertisments.
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Yahoo! Mail is easily the best webmail out there...though it isn't as fast and simple as Gmail, its advantage in features and power leave Google in the dust. The only real problem I have is the ads, because sometimes they slow down the loading of email because they have to load first...and if this is a real problem for you, you can upgrade to Yahoo! Mail Plus for $19.95. Other than that, perfect!
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4/10
Sinking Fastby dzzz - September 22, 2007
Pros: useful interface
Cons: doesn't work at least 1x/week
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The service is down way too often.
Substantial parts are still not working in the new version.
Yahoo does not seem to have the technical people to keep up with their competitors.
User Rating: 1/10
No Service in Customer Serviceby paulwb2 - August 6, 2007
Pros: cannot see many, if any...
Cons: No customer service, Help pages are no help, no response to issues,
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where do I start? you cannot access any where in the many help pages where you can contact the customer service and write them exactly what the issue is....
when you have finally do find a place to enter your direct complaint, they respond with a "form" letter that is no where close to your problem or not at all
I have a current issue that has been going on for nearly 3 weeks now, regarding attachmnts and their "preview mode" all I get is the run-a-round and "we are working on it" notes....
thinking of closing all my accounts with yahoo and going to google mail....
User Rating: 1/10
Y-Mail (beta) takes a nose-diveby Lemonhed - June 16, 2007
Pros: Beta improvements were otherwise fine, people were liking it.
Cons: The ads killed it for the AT&T users. Users are hopping mad.
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Recently, AT&T customers that signed on for DSL and got Y-Mail as their mail interface....well...they got shafted. AT&T and Yahoo (maybe just yahoo? Each cust service dept blames the other guy, the users say) decided to put ads in the user's email experience. I recommend you head over to the 'Yodel Anecdotal' section of Yahoo, and look at the tremendous negative user feedback about this under John Kremer's announcement regarding unlimited storage. People are up in arms, and threatening to leave in droves. Personally, I have already left, specifically because of this. Not just ISP's, I bailed on the phone service also. It wasn't the only thing in play, though. As a yahoo services user, I've noted a sharp decrease in their design team's ability to fathom customer needs, much les design good quality systems that could meet them. It goes across the board, and coupled with Yahoo's long standing failures to provide even remedial customer service, it was just high time to move on. Y'know something? I feel great about my choice, and have no idea why I waited so long. Sure, you could switch your YMail to the pre-beta look, and suffer through the same experience you would have had with the free service...and still be a paying customer...or you could move on, and take a deep breath of fresh air. I moved on, went with a bundled phone/net/TV package with a competitor, and now, in addition to faster internet, I will always know what my bill will be. No more billing errors (I assume),
no insanely confusing "help" pages (I assume), and no thoughtless infliction of terrible design on users. Well, not from Yahoo anyway. Yahoo's star is fading, and the problem is coming from the inside. The design VP of 11 years resigned (indisgust I am led to believe by the net articles), people are reportedly waiting to bail out on their Yahoo jobs as soon as the right offer comes along, and Terry Semel (CEO) has been taking a beating from the board, and is likelt to soon face some noise making from the 'Plan B' shareholder crowd that is doing a grassroots, youtube based movement to retake Yahoo from itself, and demanding his head be the first to roll among other things. I wish them luck.
User Rating: 1/10
Service has gone downhillby SAA999 - April 11, 2007
Pros: Nothing I can think of
Cons: Lets spam through like crazy
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I was a loyal Yahoo plus user for many years. Then about two years ago I noticed that I was getting a LOT of spam slipping through the filters and there was nothing that would remedy it. I set up a Gmail account and discovered that the spam that Yahoo failed to flag, was getting caught by Gmail. I also noticed that Gmail was a tad bit faster.
I have switched to Gmail and I am here shouting it from the rooftops, Gmail beats Yahoo on everything. I recently got all my email down to just one (with Yahoo I had to use different emails so I could have a throw away for those places that would spam me). For almost a month I let Gmail filter my email and I had over 1,000 spam messages. ONLY 2 GOT PAST GMAIL (a success rate of 99.8%)! If it had been Yahoo, I would have been to busy deleting spam to keep up with it.
Drop Yahoo and get Gmail. You will be much happier.
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3/10
Unreliable...used to be great, what happened?by sblagrave - April 2, 2007
Pros: Beta has some cool new features
Cons: Unreliable mail delivery
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After more than 5 years with my yahoo account, I was excited to see the beta. It has lots of great features and they also offer more storage now. Unfortunately their service has been incredibly unreliable in the last year - I think they offered more services and features than their infrastructure can support. Mail messages sent to me never arrive in my inbox and bounce back to the sender saying I cannot be found. Today I received a letter from a financial company asking me to please update my email address on file since repeated attempts to my yahoo account had failed. That was the last straw - I'm not in the process of updating all my accounts and getting rid of my yahoo account. Gmail here I come!
User Rating: 2/10
Customer satisfaction what is that?by asheth - December 6, 2005
Pros: Doing everything because Google is out there
Cons: Have issues:( There is no help.
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I have been a Yahoo user for about 7 years now. I use to heavily use Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger products.
While working on messenger, I was attacked by a virus which some how scheduled my account for deletion in the month of January. I sent out an email to Yahoo about it and told them if they could make sure that such a thing doesn't happen. No responses.
Thankfully a friend worked at yahoo who helped me out and made sure that I didn't loose any data.
But it turned out that because of the virus, my ability to change my user settings went away. I started to live it with.
A month back, I lost access to my account all together. I was unable to login to the yahoo mail portal and check email. Between 11/21 and 12/06 I sent out about 60 emails to Yahoo Customer support and I am yet to hear back froma sane person. Everyone who tries to contact me keeps asking me to refresh my browser to see if the problem goes away. I am not sure when would Yahoo's customer support realize that the three finger salute is not always the answer to all problems.
My account is yet to be fixed thanks to the disaster customer support at Yahoo.
User Rating: 3/10
What happened to Yahoo Mail? Sucks now.. almost as bad as Hotmailby Jessreese - July 1, 2005
Pros: Still free... and increased to 1 GB
Cons: Takes FOREVER to download on most internet connections
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You simply cannot open Yahoo email on most 56K connections anymore. Nor can you open it on most slower/weaker wireless connections. CNET tech snobs may laugh at the 56K connection issue--but considering that the majority of common folks STILL use 56K--and it is THESE very people that use Yahoo email the most--THIS IS A PROBLEM GUYS!
I have no problem opening other free email (such as care2.com) on these slower connections, so I don't know what Yahoo's problem is, but they need to get it together.
Also, it kind of sucks that you can't get any technical support or customer service--even if you're a paying customer. Or maybe you have to jump through a bunch of hidden hoops to get the help, I don't know. Whatever the case may be, if you're having trouble with your email, help is not easy to come by and you're essentially screwed. Better not use Yahoo mail for your business.
I know Yahoo's defenders will say it's 'free', but don't give me that because I know Yahoo pulls in big bucks with advertising... enough money to at least provide email that WORKS and ADEQUATE customer service.
User Rating: 
6/10
It's good not the bestby robbob - June 1, 2005
Pros: virus protection
Cons: Too many ads
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It's a good email service! not the best!
User Rating: 9/10
Is the PERFECT mailby kernelpanik - March 8, 2005
Pros: POP acces,low spam,250 Mb storage
Cons: Banners appairs in some pages
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Is better than hotmail: pop acces,low spam,scanned attachements,"some" banners and connection to all yahoo! services
So very useful in the school!
User Rating: 3/10
"Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconven.."by - June 23, 2004
Pros: Large storage space, auto-sorting of spam into Bulk folder
Cons: Forever down
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User Rating: 8/10
The mail service you keep.by - June 17, 2004
Pros: I have used free email services since back in the Rocketmail days. I started using Yahoo mail when they took Rocketmail over. I have had side accounts on just about all the other free services but still think Yahoo is supreme. Their spam filtering is t
Cons: Yahoo changes the mail interface often. Although I'm not too impressed with the latest interface change, it is still very functional.
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User Rating: 
5/10
Hey - It's Free - What Do You Expect?by - June 17, 2004
Pros: Have used it for years and will continue to use it. I like it's look and workings - when it works. Lately, mail message loads and "back" commands while in the "InBox" mode are frustratingly slow. Cannot Find Servier messages and lost connections are ra
Cons: For my money (which is none) Myway.com has the same look and feel with NONE of the functioning problems that I have experienced with Yahoo! There are other free and equally as good mail services out there - thank goodness!
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User Rating: 10/10
This is an overall great!by - June 10, 2004
Pros: You get your mail VERY quickly. It is FREE, unless you want a bigger mailbox, which rarely happens, because you have so much space to begin with. And, unlike aol, the messengers allow you to give them off line messages.
Cons: If you don't delete some of your mail, then you can't receive more mail, unless you delete some or upgrade.
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User Rating: 10/10
Great, best online e-mailer ever.by - May 7, 2004
Pros: This web-base e-mailer is the most reliable and safest there is. With the bulk mail feature, Yahoo mail is able to separate the spam from the personal (important) e-mail. You would never need to purchase (or pirate) anti-spam software. If you want somethi
Cons: None
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User Rating: 9/10
3 Years, No Problems!by - May 4, 2004
Pros: Yahoo mail is very easy to use, and its free. For the people complaining about ad's they need to relax because without the advertisement there would be no free yahoo! mail!!
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User Rating: 8/10
Get rid of SPAM... but see our ADsby - May 2, 2004
Pros: Yahoo Mail is one of the best ones when it comes to reliablity, SPAM protection, features etc. But too many ADs spoils it all. esp. when u use a dial up connection, speed is affected considerably due to all those flash and GIF stuff.
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7/10
Easy & free but NO customer serviceby - April 30, 2004
Pros: free & easy
Cons: No customer service email address or phone number Account can be deactivated with no advance warning--all information on that account is lost unless saved in a separate file
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User Rating: 10/10
The one true choice for web-based mailby - April 25, 2004
Pros: Very fast for international users, always implementing new tools against spam and virus. Is is almost never down.
Cons: little capacity. but then again, all free mail does :)
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User Rating: 8/10
Maybe it's because I'm in Britain, but there's 6mb space+free pop forwarding to outlook :-)by - April 10, 2004
Pros: *6MB space... unless you live outside UK/Europe I suppose *POP3 forwarding... again I guess it depends on your position on this Earth *SPAM filter - I never see any spam in my inbox and only very occaisonally see it in my "Bulk" folder *Linked with other
Cons: *When you try to send too many e-mails at once through outlook express it can occaisonally not let you send anymore *The e-mail requires "server authentication" with pop mail; which means using a program such as JetMailManager or the MSN Plus mail checker
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User Rating: 2/10
2004- can't hardly get logged on due to connection problems. WHat's up with Yahoo these days??by - March 30, 2004
Pros: big storage box.
Cons: Too many problems getting connected on-line ot Yahoo. What is the problem. Cannot find server....cannot find server... ALL the time thses days. No, I am not having a coputer problem either. ALl the other internet sites work.
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User Rating: 6/10
Lately Yahoo has become unreliableby - March 24, 2004
Pros: Yahoo is very user-friendly. I have been a Yahoo user since yahoo started and always preferred Yahoo - until lately.
Cons: Since lately, a lot of emails dont reach. Seems the automatic spam-filters pick out a lot of them. Also, many private mails end up in the trash marked as Spam. I have no luck with adding my own key-words in the email spam account, and it hardly works at a
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User Rating: 2/10
The World Internet Awards Org.by - March 18, 2004
Pros: Yahoo! Mail- is one of the best e-mail providers there is.
Cons: The only thing that is not attractive about Yahoo! Mail is the Service and Support. It's a complete turn off.
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User Rating: 10/10
This was FREE?by - March 16, 2004
Pros: Great all around, very easy to send and recieve pictures, superior to my CONcast email, which i have to pay for.
Cons: not the biggest free mailbox. still the best.
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User Rating: 5/10
don't count on customer serviceby - February 26, 2004
Pros: Ease of use.
Cons: CUSTOMER SERVICE ! Like several people who've posted reviews, I was using my Yahoo mail account fine until one day the password changed for some unknown reason. I don't remember my secret question and answer because I knew I'd never change my password.
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User Rating: 9/10
no whistles, but works like great alwaysby - February 9, 2004
Pros: Always functions. 0 down time
Cons: no special effects, basic as can be
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User Rating: 9/10
Excellent EMail service, some of the old features could be returnedby - February 5, 2004
Pros: I like Yahoo! Mail, I've been using it for quite some time now and the redesign makes the user interface less cluttered and easy to read. The service loads quickly.
Cons: Yahoo! took out some of the features I liked, I like how Yahoo! encrypted outgoing email and how I could read Yahoo mail inside a email application. Yahoo should bring those features back and have 15 MB of free space for email. Other than that, I would re
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User Rating: 9/10
Very fast, easy to use, very good spam controlby - January 26, 2004
Pros: Lots of storage space, Very fast, easy to use, very good spam control
Cons: Can only send 3 attachments at the same time
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User Rating: 8/10
Great free emailby - January 20, 2004
Pros: Good for the money
Cons: Possibly not enough mailbox space for big time users, but easily expandable
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User Rating: 9/10
VERY VERY RELIABLE EMAIL SERVICEby - December 15, 2003
Pros: SO FAR SO GOOD, THEY HAVENT DELETED ONE OF MY OLDEST EMAILING ACCOUNTS I HAD FOR A LONG TIME, ITS BEEN 9 MONTHS SINCE I LAST CHECKED AN EMAIL FROM AN OLD YAHOO ACCOUNT AND SURPISINGLY YAHOO STILL HAS IT ACTIVE. I SURE HOPE THEY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. VERY
Cons: ADS AND CONSUMER LINKS DOESNT PUT UP A MATCH WITH A RELIABLE EMAIL SERVICE. IF ITS A RELIABLE EMAIL SERVICE, THEN USE IT.
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User Rating: 7/10
overall, pretty good free productby - December 9, 2003
Pros: free, reliable. Have had several addresses with different purposes for years (since about '95 or so). The address I don't give out NEVER gets spam, the others do, but hey, they could have mined those anywhere. When my mailbox is full, I save the mail (try
Cons: Have had problems connecting every once in a while (very rarely), which is understandable, and it otherwise works from anywhere. May be slow on some connections. Have had my password stolen once, but I changed it (with absolutely no problems-remembering t
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User Rating: 4/10
Try www.myway.com same thing no ads !by - December 3, 2003
Pros: Convenient access with a browser Reasonably fast High Availability (reliable)
Cons: The ads are very distracting. When I log in I try hard to concentrate reading my e-mail. At times, I can hardly navigate to my inbox. I understand the requirement of ads for a free service but not to the level of unusability !. Try www.myway.com, it is
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User Rating: 9/10
efficient, easy & quickby - November 9, 2003
Pros: the yahoo account is very involved in informing customers, i.e news & events, and helps with personal organisation eg.. calender.
Cons: however.. I just came from a chat room, (culture chat).. out of interest, and found myself inside an extremely abusive, insulting, heated 'debate' on muslims. I was DISGUSTED. This was ALLOWED to occur on the site! Is there no controll on the chat rooms?
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User Rating: 5/10
Good for the most basic use.by - November 7, 2003
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Cons: Only good for sending simple e-mails, it is nothing fancy. Needs free pop service.
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User Rating: 7/10
yahoo mail sucks!!!by - November 7, 2003
Pros: some easier filters for span
Cons: very slow, can get rid of those annoying ads! I/m very sorry they bought swbell who is my isp!
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User Rating: 9/10
Dont look any furtherby - October 27, 2003
Pros: Very fast, extremely reliable,complete basic version; excellent paid options like Yahoo Mail Plus
Cons: HTML composition not displayed in Gecko-based browser
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User Rating: 7/10
Mail Service is Routinely Unavailable...by - October 13, 2003
Pros: Great Storage and Spam Filters and integrated with Yahoo Site.
Cons: The Yahoo email system is unavailable on a daily basis. This is very frustrating. I can understand occasional outages for servcing; but daily downtime. Usually the system is back up within an hour, but it is just inconvenient ... especially when you are i
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User Rating: 7/10
Better than Hotmail by farby - September 29, 2003
Pros: Free Very Little Spam Amount of Storage Space Easy to Use
Cons: Nothing that troubles me
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User Rating: 8/10
Life's not the same without Yahoo!by - September 2, 2003
Pros: I have been using Yahoo Mail for nearly as long as I can remember. It is by far the best web mail system I have ever used. Though they start charging now for some ********, I don't mind paying if I really need it. However luckily I have no use for them as
Cons: For some reason mails to Hotmail accounts have either been deleted automatically by Hotmail. I think it is a hotmail issue as they might consider mails from Yahoo a spam. Then again, hotmail is a Microsoft product, which in all instant probably sucks.
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User Rating: 8/10
excellent service for no cost!!!!by - September 2, 2003
Pros: i've been using now for almost 8 years my same account in yahoo and i had NEVER had a problem with the service... (i mean i don't forget my password and got errors 4 no reason!!) i use yahoo mail 4 europe and give 6MB of space that can fill over the limit
Cons: i miss the old text plain interfce which was pretty fast to load!!!!!
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User Rating: 6/10
Great for casual usageby - August 26, 2003
Pros: Easy to use, good for both sending emails and text messages.
Cons: After 5 years of usage, I received an 'invalid password' message for no reason I can possibly envisage. I have been unable to access my account via Yahoo customer services and have therefore lost many addresses and correspondence....not sure about web-ba
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User Rating: 3/10
Make the ads run once not with each commandby - August 25, 2003
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: wait, wait, wait for your ads to finish each and everytime I select an option. This has become a huge frustration and time commitment. I used to enjoy checking my email and keeping in touch. As a sty at home mother it was a wonderful tool. Now I just
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User Rating: 10/10
Not consumer friendly AT ALL!by - August 21, 2003
Pros: good advertising, I was suckered into thinking they were consumer friendly
Cons: Yahoo closed my account because sbc linked it when I got new phone service. when yahoo did the email "forwarding" switch recently, they closed my account with out as much as a peep. So unsettling that all my yahoo wallet, amazon store and addresses are lo
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User Rating: 7/10
Great E-Mail Serviceby - August 19, 2003
Pros: I've had Yahoo Mail for several months now and, in that time, I have npt receoved oen piece of Spam in it.
Cons: There seems to be no such thing as customer support, and it does take a bit of a long time to load.
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User Rating: 3/10
support stinksby - July 20, 2003
Pros: email is OK dont get much spam
Cons: Changed my password and now I cant access my email or IM. Cant reach support to help me. Loved my IM but oh well Ill find another one.There is lots of choices out there. Guess yahoo doesnt care.
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User Rating: 10/10
The BEST free emailby - July 14, 2003
Pros: Have used Yahoo since day one. Always reliable & able to check any time any where. Great Spam filter. Free Norton antivirus scanning. Good viewer for Excel & Word docs - dont need the program to view - nice for when checking emails from remote
Cons: Bummed that you have to pay for POP client access. But you can check you other POP accounts. Hmmmmm? Great value (for free) but trying to nickle & dime you for more robust features-I guess they have to make money somehow-just got too comfortable not
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User Rating: 10/10
The Best available !!!by - July 2, 2003
Pros: The 6 MB free space,all the various features that come included with it,Vacation Response,Reminders,Notepad,br iefcae.so many can't list them out here
Cons: some important features are Pay Only
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User Rating: 7/10
fun specially for keeping in touch with friendsby - June 29, 2003
Pros: fun to use with friends. love the emonicons!!!
Cons: doesn't offer the 6MB space ll the time. i only got 4 MB...why the random assignment of space?!?
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User Rating: 4/10
not satisfied with withdrawal of POP accessby - June 18, 2003
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Withdrawing the POP option without even a formal intimation was not expected of YAHOO. I feel restoring the facilitiy shall do a lot of good to users in general
User Rating: 1/10
Yahoo mail is unreliableby - June 18, 2003
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I have been using my yahoo account for years with no major problems. I used to change my password often for security reasons. Then one day when I changed my password, my account stopped working. It kept locking me out when I tried logging in with my new and old password. I am not able to reset my password because I dont remember all the old and fake information I used to register. And when I tried to contact customer support, all I got was an automated response. To end the sad story, all my emails and contacts from over the years are lost forever. To whoever is using yahoo mail, I suggest keeping a copy of all your important mails and contacts elsewhere, just in case the yahoo server screws up your yahoo account.
User Rating: 10/10
None could competeby - June 18, 2003
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...with Yahoo Mail Dont be blind give up HotSpam and join Yahoo...more stable, great features, free features. Best options, cheapest options Yahoo lacks promotions and remains too much sober to my mind. However, once your in Yahoo you'll discover another world that's worth living on
User Rating: 8/10
Excellent, yet not perfect.by - June 18, 2003
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I just love Yahoo! Mail simplicity and featureset: filters: although they may be better and be able to manage boolean operators in a single rule to avoid having to use several rules to filter a word in several fields, for example. antivirus: as good as Norton Antivirus can provide (excellent) storage: 4 MB, although not plenty, is enough, but you'll need to keep an eye in maintenance. rich text emails: unfortunately there is no support for Mozilla. Very sad. premium service: there's no way to get rid of the web interface ads. it would be desirable if they include a send fax option in the premium package, teaming with partner eFax, but charging on a per page, per locatoin basis. as for spam, yahoo mail is my main account and I receive 3 spam messages (and about 99% are cought by Junk Mail)at most per day. I think avoiding email "promiscuity" is the best spam control: giving the main account only to very trusted providers, reviewing the privacy policy, taking any chance to opt out mailing lists, using disposable email addresses for a while with just know providers.
User Rating: 9/10
Great Service but get rid of the adsby - June 18, 2003
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I have had Yahoo sine 2001. I decided to pay for the premium service when it became available. So far I have been happy except that I still have to look at the ads on the web interface even though I pay $30 a year now. I am an extremist when it comes to spam and I don't share the Yahoo address with anyone I don't know. I also opted out of all their "offers". To yahoo's credit I have not recieved One piece of spam in two years addressed to my yahoo account. I have another address that I use for "public" emails that gets spammed on a regular basis but the yahoo account remains untouched as I have reqested.
User Rating: 8/10
Spam guard needs to be strengthenedby - May 4, 2003
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I regularly receive "Spam" mail and the sender's e-mail address is INVALID_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR This mail does not have an option in the header "This is Spam', so there is no way to get to the spam guard option and block future mails from this address. Pl. suggest a way to handle such spam mails.
User Rating: 10/10
Far superior to Hotmailby - April 25, 2003
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I've been with Yahoo for about 4 years now and I've never regretted it. I have 6 mb (right now you only get 4mb) of space and with my Yahoo account, I have a briefcase that holds 35 mb that I can hold put any of my files online so that I never need to use floppies to work on my files at home. Now that Yahoo has hooked with Launch.com, I can watch my movies with my Yahoo! account. The calendar and its reminders is a great way to keep track of things. I still can't believe people still use Hotmail.
User Rating: 5/10
Kings of the Internet or Jesters of Customer Service?by - April 21, 2003
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I was a HEAVY Yahoo! Everything User for the longest time but then, much like Deric (listed here) I lost my account to some kind of hack. Luckily, I'd only paid for one year of Yahoo! Mail Plus - Basic ($29.99/yr for 25MB). Life was good with Yahoo! for several years and now with the added Mail upgrade this were smooth sailing, that is until they pulled the plug on my account. There is still no explanation as to what happened, in fact, if anyone reading this knows who to write to in order to file an appeal please respond. All I get is a page that states my name has been removed and then points me to the Terms of Service. Yahoo! is still king of the hill for portals, mail, content... everything, really. But I cannot recommend to anyone to pay for their services as long as they can pull the plug for such vaguely stated reasons yet without explanation to add insult to injury.
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Much much much better than Hotmail!by - April 14, 2003
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I've had my Yahoo! account for over five years. I get pretty much no junk mail whatsoever, and whatever I do get is caught in my Bulk Mail. The other features are incredible - I don't know what I would do without Yahoo! Briefcase and Notepad - and the interface is clean, simple, and intuitive. I love the fact that I can instantly save my attachments to my Yahoo!Briefcase, which offers an impressive 30 MB of storage free. And you CAN download have POP3 support with Yahoo! Mail for free - just download and configure Yahoo!POPs: http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net/
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Every feature missing in Hotmail, Yahoo nailsby - April 11, 2003
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Yahoo succeeds, where Hotmail fails: -more space -import/export address book -print address book -handles HTML-formatted email forwarding -can view HTML code in a message -can easily save a message as a file -better Spam filters -flag messages -show if messages have been forwarded or replied to -overall more flexibility and customization Job well done
User Rating: 4/10
Terrible customer serviceby - April 9, 2003
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Yahoo does not respond to customer service inquiries. There is no way to receive refunds when they incorrectly bill your credit card.
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Every Department Powerlessby - April 8, 2003
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On January 31, 2003, I signed up for SBC Yahoo's MailPlus service and paid $59.99 for one year of an additional 100MB of mailbox space. I had the additional space for 2 months until, recently, when I went on line, I was back to the standard (free) 25MB. I called SBC Yahoo Tech Support to question why I no longer had my additional MB's and how to get the problem resolved. They said they didn't know why, couldn't fix it and suggested Billing might know. Billing said the same thing and said talk to Tech Support. I've spent a total of 4+ hours on the phone for the pastweek and a half getting bounced from dept to dept, with no one able to fix the problem. So I went on line and offically cancelled my MailPlus service. Now the problem is getting my money back. No one seems to know how to help with that either. Interesting.SBC Yahoo and their abilities to identify and resolve an issue is a sham. To add insult to injury, every department has you on hold "forever".
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I doubt Yahoo eliminates all but 5% of SPAM!by - March 25, 2003
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Yahoo WAS a great email service however they have allowed SPAM to ruin their service. They advertise "state-of-the-art" SPAM protection when it is actually quite lame. Yahoo allows headers with NO RETURN ADDRESS!!! What! Sorry Yahoo...your email service is no longer that great!
User Rating: 10/10
http://www.MyOrphanage.orgby - March 24, 2003
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Orphans and Orphanages Worldwide www.MyOrphanage.org "Orphans of Today, People of Tomorrow"
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Wasn't totally SOL in the end.by - March 22, 2003
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I wanted to post an updated comment since Yahoo finally deactivated the stolen account I complained I was SOL about. They didn't tell me they did this- I had to verify it on my own. It may very well be because it was a now illegal id, __Deric___ and they have been looking to get rid of these so they had an excuse. Anyhow, I'm glad at least nobody can impersonate me anymore and it's only fair that I make this known. However, I still have lost the account for good and my All Star subscription because I cannot remember the answer to a security question from 1998 even though I could do other things to verify I'm the owner if they allowed it.
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Swedish language UI sucksby - March 11, 2003
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Yahoo needs have the Swedish language version of Yahoo Mail fixed. Language, and usability, suffers from poor translations.
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If your account gets stolen you're SOL:/by - March 9, 2003
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I've had an account for five years that was stolen. I never responded to the hacked password forms in e-mail but someone finally tricked me by linking a faked login page on a geocities site to their yahoo messenger profile. The hacker changed my verification issue so now they have all of my e-mail since 1998 loaded with personal information, my year long All Star subscription and there is absolutely nothing Yahoo will do about it. I completely investigated, found out who, when, where, saved a copy of the hacked pages, sent them the three URLs involved and even a saved copy of the hacked web page itself. It apparently doesn't matter that I can prove it. It is completely sickening. I am going to do as someone said in these comments and get my All Star account refunded but now some stranger has all my mail... for good apparently. They haven't even stopped the creep from doing it. The profile is still hacked.
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I keep trying to log on and sends a page is currently unavailableby - March 7, 2003
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I paid for an upgrade of my mailbox, and I can't even log in because everytime I try I get an error saying 999 this page is currently unavailable, please try again later. Yahoo mail has no customer service and I have been at this for two weeks now. It is impossible to get someone to help, all you get is generic Q&A from the help page which only helps if your Yahoo is working perfectly. Why can't I get into my Account? can someone help me with this? You can reach me at demetrio.papadimitriu@undp.org.pa
User Rating: 3/10
yahoo sucksby - March 6, 2003
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they reset your setting once in awhile to allow spam to get thru to the users , i guess the need the cash from the advertisement
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FED UP!!by - March 2, 2003
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On Feb 24 i opted to upgrade from free service, to 25 mb. Coincidentally (?), about 2 days after that, i had problems sending mail -- when i sent an attachment AND a text letter, only the attachment went thru -- the letter i'd type was nowhere! And it continues to happen, despite emails to their so called "Help", and yes i get the usual form response which does not address my problem. So, i cxd my 25 mb upgrade back to free 4 mb, and tho i have less storage, i got a refund for the upgrade (less 30 some cents for the days i had the upgrade). Does anyone know why i'm having this problem? (i send an email w/message AND attachment, but only the attachment goes thru; note-if i send JUST a message w/no attachment, the message goes thru fine). Thanks, and I hope Yahoo spends my 30 cents wisely.
User Rating: 8/10
The Perfect Free Emailby - February 28, 2003
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I've had Yahoo since 1996. I find that it is the most easy to use, as well as great content.
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flooded with spamby - February 28, 2003
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is this how yahoo pays the bills ? flooding there users with "gain six inches" ads ? and they won't allow me to delete my email account
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At first I didn't like itby - February 17, 2003
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When they first changed to the new format I didn't like it at all, but now I have growen to like it a lot actually. Just give it a try it wont hurt you and it might actually turn out you like it.
User Rating: 8/10
If it had Forwarding I would rate 10 in every case.by - February 16, 2003
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Its lacking forwarding otherwise its the best for the Money!!! FREE
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Folks..YAHOO mail sucks!!Just say NO!!by - February 13, 2003
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I agree with all the negative comment given here and could add some more disgust and horror to the mix if you're still thinking of using them. By now I think you get the picture... Yahoo is a bad dream all the way around. When people write about support, service, answers, help ,and attitude, a recent definition in Webster's might read..."the opposite of Yahoo" But if you like that sort of abuse, and upwards of 100 spams a day, and bugs in your mailbox, and no help what so ever...then definitely use Yahoo, after all they are a trough above the sty they call AOL.
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Ever Tried to Contact Yahoo Customer Service?by - February 12, 2003
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Email, has had some very bad days, where I was unable to access my account. Tried to look for a customer service phone number, email...nothing! I use a lot of Yahoo services, and now I'm thinking of switching to MSN, at least I can reach a person, if there is a problem. I guess Yahoo doesn't want to hear there customers problems...Too Bad!
User Rating: 9/10
Greatest Email!!by - February 10, 2003
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I've used yahoo forever is seems and it just keeps getting better. I was upset when they lowered the disk space for new users but all n all it's the best free email out there.
User Rating: 5/10
No effective Spam Control and Block domainsby - February 6, 2003
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Though I still like using Yahoo for its ease of use and conveinience, the tons of spam in Inbox and Bulk Mail making it miserable experince. The drawbacks are: 1) In Yahoo, you cannot block an entire domain(like xxx.com). But in Excite Email, you can do that. 2) Yahoo News letters are count as our mail space, which is wrong.
User Rating: 4/10
Yahoo is toast!by - February 5, 2003
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I used Yahoo mail for several years but became increasingly frustrated with the video style ads. They frequently caused my computer to freeze. Yahoo was not interested in this problem. Recently, I changed to Myway e-mail. It offers most of the same free features as Yahoo with NO ADS! Since no one else uses this computer, I also like not having to sign in every day, a feature Yahoo doesn't offer.
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good, but I found something betterby - February 5, 2003
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Yahoo is the best that people have heard of. It has good storage, less spam, and a good interface. But ever heard of fastmail? It is the best ever, so please check out www.fastmail.fm and learn about great service, and IMAP, POP ability! also great interface and no spam in fastmail...the .fm my look weird but for great email, who cares?
User Rating: 6/10
The spam is badby - February 5, 2003
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I have a few email accounts and I have to say Yahoo sucks. I get tons of spam and yahoo dose not do a very good job of helping. There customer support is a joke.
User Rating: 3/10
Anyone that rates this anywhere near good is a lunaticby - February 4, 2003
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Yahoo has me listed as a minor, due to someone trying but never succeeding to steal my account (Those f....g ********.) There is no remedy in sight since yahoo never responds to my emails. So go suck yahoo........so take a clue from aol time warner, f...k yourself without trying............
User Rating: 2/10
worst customer supportby - February 2, 2003
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if you send a mesg to customer support (anything), the reply will be a big automated mail which describes all possible problems. Most of our peculiar problems won't be there for sure. It's better if yahoo shuts down their support and give those details in their web site itself.
User Rating: 10/10
Perfect Webmailby - February 1, 2003
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The perfect webmail solution. I use it. I love the Yahoo! Messenger Suite, provided free of charge, which includes Messenger, and Companion. And for all of you people wanting to POP it for free - goto www.pop3hot.com and download the *FREE* IzyMail software (its what i use)
User Rating: 5/10
There is a Better Free Email!!!by - January 30, 2003
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Everyone....THERE IS A BETTER EMAIL SERVICE. Try My Way www.myway.com It is so much better than Yahoo. It comes with the same features, but NOT ONE SINGLE AD ANYWHERE, and no one sends you junkmail.
User Rating: 9/10
It's just simple and the best.by - January 26, 2003
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So it was once free and now you have to pay for it, but that's if you want more space. I don't archive my files in my inbox on yahoo, and i delete the older ones, so it's still practically free. Besides unlike hotmail which de-activates your account after a month of inactivity, yahoo still let' you have it for inactivity greater than a month, in addition hotmail offers only 3MB of space while yahoo mail offers twice as much space of 6MB. Isn't it just typical of microsoft to charge for everything and not give you your moneys worth. Even if i had to pay to keep my service at yahoo, i wouldn't mind cos it offers a better service and has much more to offer than e-mail.
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It's Excellent, can't say more.by - January 23, 2003
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Yahoo mail is the Best Free email service found today on net, it's to much userfriend, stable than even paid services as i've used many others along paid. So i can only say that Yahoo mail is the Best today on net and expect in future. Regards Sajjad Tufail Director @ CMXD.studios - CodeMasters & xTreme deZinerz www.cmxd.com
User Rating: 7/10
As long as your shopping it is fineby - January 18, 2003
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I am having trouble with my e-mail. Everyday when I go to send e-mail out it drops all but the first address. Then I have to re-install each address and hope it takes them. I have tried to find out what the problem is but can't get a hold of a yahoo rep. to help me. This has been going on for weeks.
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Better than hotmail!by - January 17, 2003
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I recommend Yahoo Mail! It's better than Hotmail. It offers more storage than other free web based email services. I use Yahoo! Spain, it's a good alternative for those who are looking for a good service. You can retrieve the email messages via email program(like Outlook or Eudora), or you can choose mail forwarding to another account, all of those features free of charge. If you're looking for a good free email service, switch to Yahoo!
User Rating: 5/10
Miserable customer serviceby - January 15, 2003
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It's unbelievable what they can get away with! They bill your credit card for their "Premium Services" and then they provide absolutely no customer support for their frequent problems.
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YAHOO MAIL is Worth havingby - January 15, 2003
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Well I've had YAHOO email for 9 years and I can stay that it is a good product. Yes, SPAM is rampid however, no other email system is SPAM proof either.
User Rating: 4/10
When Bad --real badby - January 14, 2003
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There are probably other web based services but you would think that Yahoo! would offer some higher level of support and quality. When it works it is great. When it is down forget a real response or anyway to figure out why as a paying customer the service is unreachable.
User Rating: 8/10
Mega Adsby - January 12, 2003
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Great email client, but Yahoo still kills you with unattractive and busy ads. They should offer a cheap ad-free version. I'd be a member for life!
User Rating: 3/10
Spam continues to get worse and Yahoo does nothing about it.by - January 12, 2003
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Whail this article drones on about how Yahoo mail gives users twice as much space as Hotmail, they seem to have forgoton that in the past Yahoo main gave users 6 megs of space instead of just four.Also spam continues to get worse and Yahoo does nothing about it. All they do is rediresct some (but definatly not all) spam to youre bulk mail folder. They don't actually do anything to stop spam from reaching youre inbox in the first place. Also features such as the abil,ity to block up to 100 email adresses and POP forewarding are now available only in the 'premium" (A.K.A. Vastly overpriced) version. In short, whil still marginally better then hotmail, I would never reccomend Yahoo mail to anyone. Use Lycos mail instead...
User Rating: 5/10
The worst of all !!!by - January 5, 2003
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Unstable, unpredictable, and the last few months, a real nigtnmare to get in. Also, a very efective page to crash my explorer. Goodbye yahoo !
User Rating: 2/10
A lot of clutter it is not e-mail it is e-adsby - January 3, 2003
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The space that ads cover at yahoo e-mail is much larger than anything on the yahoo page. It is so intrusive that it takes a moment to concentrate to actually find my inbox link. Don't bother with yahoo - instead use myway.com they are incredably ad free.
User Rating: 10/10
Been using it for over five years!by - December 29, 2002
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I've been using Yahoo! since forever, and I'm extremely happy with the service. I also have a Hotmail account, but I just don't ever use. yahoo! offers you a full package, and I'm very happy with the online Briefcase, since I need to exchange a lot of files with my friends for school projects etc. Another plus is that it loads very fast, especially compared to Hotmail. And have you ever heard of YahooPops... ?
User Rating: 4/10
Intermittent Accessby - December 22, 2002
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What has gone wrong with Yahoo Mail? I have been using this for 6 years and no suddenly I have no access to my account! The features and the price are good, but if you can't log in, it isn't worth much.
User Rating: 5/10
Spam is Getting Worse, and Support is Pitiful!by - December 22, 2002
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Spam blocking on Yahoo is getting worse, but still not quite as bad as the amount of spam a hotmail account will generate. I recently tried to see if I could purchase additional online storage for a yahooGroup. It took me about 10 mins to find the question form -- no telephone number. I got an auto reply from yahoo' email bot with giberish for an answer. Here was an opportunity for yahoo to create a revenue stream from yahoo groups, but their "executives," aka young kids, wouldn't even know what that means if it bit them!
User Rating: 5/10
Doesn't always workby - December 17, 2002
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I was happier with Yahoo mail before they upgraded, and received this award. Now I get error messages often and sometimes my emails don't even go out!
User Rating: 8/10
The best if don´t have any problemby - December 12, 2002
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Yahoo is the best email service if you don´t have problems. I have use yahoo for 3 years and i have a problems that´s yahoo don´t solve. I paid for plus email but i don´t have any type of support. My problems are: - My briefcase don´t work (1 year) - Pop service don´t work (I paid for this)
User Rating: 10/10
SIMPLY SUPERBby - December 9, 2002
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EVEN A LEARNER CAN SIGN UP AND USE YAHOO. I DONT FIND ANY BETTER WORD THAN TO SAY "SIMPLY SUPERB" AND KEEP IT UP. bUT HELP US STOP RECEIVING SPAMS AS IT DISTURBS BROWSING. SHALL BE GRATEFUL FOR FEEDBACK FOR THIS HELP.
User Rating: 7/10
quite stable through the yearsby - December 6, 2002
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I am using it already 6 years and it proved to be the most stable mailbox I ever had.
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DEFINETLY Better than Hotmailby - December 3, 2002
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The best thing I have to say about Yahoo compared to Hotmail is that there is NO ARCHIVING!!! Hotmail routinely sweeps your email and deletes or "archives" older and larger messages. I have lost SO MUCH mail this way in my Hotmail inbox! Whereas with Yahoo, I still have messages from 3 years ago in my inbox! It is left up to ME to decide if or when I delete them! Gives ME total control over what's in my mailbox! Yahoo also has a better SPAM filter than Hotmail. On average, I get about 5 times as much junk email or SPAM in my Hotmail inbox as I do in my Yahoo inbox. Yahoo is better all the way around!
User Rating: 9/10
Excellent Spam/Virus low FREE browser based emailby - December 2, 2002
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So nice to be sitting there quietly with other folks who complain about virues, spam, etc. I have used Yahoo Email for close to 8 years now and the new interface is even easier than before. I recommend it.
User Rating: 1/10
Too much spamby - November 29, 2002
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Switch from yahoo mail to my isp email. Got way too much spam mail on yahoo compared to none for my isp email and I have had the isp for 5 years.
User Rating: 4/10
Customer service is nonexistentby - November 25, 2002
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I have a friend who has not been receiving any messages sent to her for more than three weeks. Yahoo's response has been to send me meaningless automated responses suggesting things like typos in the address. I have received ten bounced messages without typos in the addresss, she has space in her inbox, and I have sent the error message text. Yahoo keeps sending me meaningless responses that make it obvious that human beings are not even reading my messages. If that doesn't suck, what does? I have been using Yahoo for ten years or so and their customer service has never been superb, but this is lower than low.
User Rating: 6/10
No free POP3by - November 25, 2002
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I used Yahoo! Mail specifically for the POP3 access. When they notified me that they were going to charge me for a formerly free service, I changed to Fastmail. I have no regrets.
User Rating: 10/10
The Best Online Email Providerby - November 24, 2002
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I have been using my local ISP email for many years and when I started using Yahoo email several years ago the Internet to me became even better! I don't have towrry about virus infectiosn because the anti-virus software is already enabled in Yahoo. I can also access my email anywahere int he world. SPAM is kept to a minimum compared to my Hotmail acct. Overall, a very good and easy email experience!
User Rating: 10/10
Simply the Best !!!by - November 22, 2002
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So many features!!!! lots of space for each user, simple in its use, fast, surpising, and important enough: lots of extras to respond to every single need
User Rating: 2/10
There is no such thing as customer service fro Yahoo email.by - November 21, 2002
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I have been receiving a message that my email capacity is being exceeded in an effort to sell me more storage. The message says I have used 7mgbs. According to my calculations I have used 1.13megs. My email has been shut down by Yahoo. Ihave looked and can find no way to reach customer service. I am not going to order any more megs. and I will soon be discontinuing my Yahoo email if this problem isn't corrected.
User Rating: 5/10
old one betterby - November 21, 2002
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I had no problem with the old one. The upgraded one is totally inefficient. Cannot forward from my address book. Send Spam to them is valueless.They should clear all their problems before introducing new options. Tried many times to write the about this all I receive in return is an email stating that they received mine. This does not fix the problems
User Rating: 6/10
Great features but unstable billing and awful supportby - November 20, 2002
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I've been using Yahoo for over five years. It is continually improving its features and I have found it well worth the money to pay for upgrades. Yahoo! Mail Plus is the best web-based e-mail for the price and I don't mind paying for the extra storage space and ability to archive messages. BUT I can't upgrade to Yahoo! Plus because the Yahoo! Wallet database has been unavailable for days and there are not alternative billing options. Several months ago I had a similar problem with not being able to access my billing information when I tried to cancel an upgrade service that I no longer needed. Customer service is difficult to contact (you have to go through several layers in Yahoo! Help Center to even get to a contact form) and the first response is generally a form-reply that doesn't even address the problem submitted. The problems that I continue to experience with Yahoo! billing and customer service is leading me to look into another service.
User Rating: 8/10
It's the BEST free webmail!by - November 16, 2002
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It really is. It's loaded with great features and you can't beat the space (4 mb, and then an upgrade to 6mb after one year of continuous use). It's definitely better than hotmail, mail.com, and netscape webmail (I know because I have accounts with all of them). I've made Yahoo! my primary account. It's the most reliable one and it's free. No better deal than that.
User Rating: 7/10
Goes evrywhere you go.by - November 16, 2002
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I am a student and Yahoo mail is a best communication tool between my and my professors. It also helps me communicate whit my club members. My favorite part of yohoo mail is the ease of sending small files form anywhere and since all mail lives on the server, my computer is not prone to email viruses.
User Rating: 9/10
Rock solid, fast and freeby - November 13, 2002
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I use it for years and it still works fine. Their recent new user interface is an improvement. Free mailbox, free virus-scanner (attachments), free customizable spam filter and fast. It's even faster in receiving mail than my internal companies mail system! Excellent!
User Rating: 8/10
El Correo de Yahoo lo mejorby - November 9, 2002
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Hace mas de 3 años que utilizo una cuenta de correo en yahoo. Y la verdad que es un servicio excelente... Se los recomiendo para todos.. no como otros servicios lentos y dificiles de navegar... Yahoo.. esta cool.!!
User Rating: 7/10
It's the mail !by - November 9, 2002
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I yahoo ! for the past 5 years and the present features that yahoo has made is great, it simplifies the way to use it. It's just great- yes when compared to any other service provider Yahoo Rocks !
User Rating: 10/10
Very Demanding!!!by - November 5, 2002
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I think that it is the greater of the few products that is out today on the net world wide. The public definitely loves it as do I in the same manner of course because of how it is very easy to keep up with all of your messages. I definitely agree on how they have it well guarded and safely easy to use. It will be a turn of events that will embrace America and the world that shall come to thei natural senses in using the product. Like I said it is in demand and is highly rated in my book with a perfect 10!!!
User Rating: 3/10
yahoo alert keeps gettin messed upby - October 29, 2002
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yahoo alert keeps alerting me of mail but I aint gettin any mail & theres nothing in my mail box.
User Rating: 7/10
the best of the bunch to haveby - October 26, 2002
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yahoo! email is simply the best email choice, less spam and more reliable than any other.
User Rating: 10/10
The Best Moveby - October 21, 2002
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Nice interface. Easy to use. The Best:Manage properly.Provide more storage as compare to Hotmail. The Bad: Charges on to retrieve mail with a desktop client.
User Rating: 10/10
yahoo good for spamby - October 20, 2002
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good for use in yahoo groups where u can send spam ... cool autoresponder feature ... you send html email ... really cool html newsletter ... very fast ... worth it for your communication ...
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Excellent Web-Mailerby - October 12, 2002
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I've been using Yahoo services since 1995 and I've been a happy camper since that time. I've had accounts with all the major web emailers including hotmail. Hotmail in my opinion should be called hotmale considering all the adult spam a person gets. Hotmail is poorly designed, its slow, the spam filtering is pathetic. There is a program now called Web2Pop that allows a person to retrieve webmail in Outlook! Which makes Yahoo Mail the best web mailer
User Rating: 7/10
Simply the BEST !by - October 11, 2002
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Yahoo! mail is the best e-mail service. Its GUI is so natural to use and a world standard by itself. Keep up the GOOD (&FREE) work. Hemant
User Rating: 8/10
I'd recommend to a userby - October 11, 2002
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I have used Yahoo ever since I wired myself to the internet. I find myself promoting Yahoo mail to a end user very quickly because of the features it has. But it does stink that they have started charging. I remember when Yahoo was about free, and not about making a dollar like some ISP's I know of, yet do not want to disclose...AAAAHHHHAOL chew, excuse me. But that's just my 2 cents, ain't worth anything now-a-days.
User Rating: 10/10
HotMail Sucks so hard it can bend light!by - October 8, 2002
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This is so much better than Hotmail now I have no spam and the bulk mail folder actualy works
User Rating: 6/10
Pays for everythingby - October 8, 2002
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I always use yahoo mail until they make you pay for the pop3 feature so I now use hotmail or seznam mail for me to use outlook.
User Rating: 10/10
Beyond Comparision.by - October 8, 2002
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Gone are the days when hotmail ruled the net place with its free mail systems. The newly redisigned Yahoo provides a lot more than just email. It provides complete satisfaction and offers premium GUI for free, In one word "SUPERB"
User Rating: 10/10
Your Office Onlineby - October 7, 2002
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I've been using for quite a long time and i have to say that despite all the critics Yahoo! may receive, i just love it OK right adverts are everywhere!!! but: - who else proposes 4 Mo for the webmail nowadays? - i have never been conflicted to undesired mails with Yahoo! i'm not joking !! i just dont subcribe to newsletter or directories...On the other hand MSN is the junk webmail par excellence - With the Briefcase (drive.yahoo.com) you got your 30Mo for free...MSN...3Mo need to add something else? And for less than 35 bucks a year you got a real 130Mo Drive...go check the prices of XDrive or Oodrive...Yahoo's the best! - The big differnce maybe the effort Yahoo! provides to be the closest possible to its customers: easy to use and very complete. Who else proposes a service as complete as My Yahoo! (my.yahoo.com) ? Oh yeh you can put you poor 8 links in My MSN cool .... My Yahoo offers you 6 fully customizable web pages that can really turn in to a powerful tool...go check ContactOffice.com...see the differences...yahoo!'s the best office online you may find - From the powerful, customizable Messenger to the complete personal services (carrer, shopping,personals, groups...) Yahoo! s definitly my fav tool. WHAT WE DONT LIKE: - company based on using adverts to survive - the SBC service only avalaible in the USA..i'm French ! - When will a "Yahoo! Explorer" dethrone the the toy-like MSN Explorer?
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Good, but there is better!by - October 5, 2002
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MyRealBox (http://www.myrealbox.com) is a great deal better than Yahoo. If you are a novice, Yahoo is the way to go. If you want more features, with a less fancy interface, more space, way better service, go with https://www.myrealbox.com. No ads, no money, it's 100% best, and free!
User Rating: 5/10
Spam Mailby - October 4, 2002
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The change recently to Yahoo maildoesnt make it easy to block address,s as before. The filters are almost useless When are they going to provide a facility to bounce E Mail back? I asked if they are providing email lists for yahoo members but they dont answer this. I used to be on a public list with them some time ago but removed myself due to increse in spam.
User Rating: 10/10
I have been with Yahoo for years and it is by far the best!by - October 4, 2002
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Never had a problem, never crashes and I don't get loads of spam like I did with my Hotmail. Well worth signing up!
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Created with a social cause in mind.by - October 3, 2002
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I have been using this service for the past 7 years without a break. Never suffered for any reason attributable to Yahoo Inc. I have accessed it from practically every possible device/ client but still the same stunner performance.
User Rating: 10/10
I love Yahoo! Mailby - October 2, 2002
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It's the best out there, the only downside is its mail qouta, they've reduced it from 6 to 4 mb. I wish they're increase it back... maybe 6 or more!
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A H*LL OF A LOT BETTER THAN AOLby - October 2, 2002
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AOL was always giving me problems so I got rid of 'em and got turned on to Yahoo! I've been completely satified for six months now. Plus, it's not 25-75 dollars a month, its completely free.
User Rating: 9/10
great free emailby - September 30, 2002
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easy to use and simple layout...recieve some junk mail but most of them are sent to bulk mail which can just be deleted easily...more storage space than hotmail but still wished had more!
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Excellent programby - September 29, 2002
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Great program. I have been a fan of yahoo for a long time because of their simple and easy to understand interface that loads fast!! But, the new charging structure for mail retrieval is grievous loss. But it's still the best one around. Beats Hotmail by a mile!!
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better than Hotmail!!!!by - September 27, 2002
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the pop mail retrieval is great, especially when traveling. One can get their email from any computer.
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The Greatest And The Fastest...by - September 26, 2002
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This Is The Best And The Fastest Mail Server And Even The Most Good Looking One Too...Love It To The Core.
User Rating: 8/10
POP, secure login and speed make it ROCK!by - September 24, 2002
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Secure login at work is a must, plus the POP access and features make it very handy to check hom email account. Speed of pages is exceptional... blow Hotmail away!
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Very nice and useful free emailby - September 24, 2002
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The new design is wonderful, i'm sure it will set new parameters in web design. The spam filter works great (not like the terrible one in hotmail). And the advertising is not annoying. Great service.
User Rating: 3/10
Have a problem with Yahoo Mail? Forget about support.by - September 22, 2002
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My Yahoo SpamGuard/ Bulk folder has never worked. I recieve over 200 spam emails a day that go right into my Inbox although SpamGuard is active on my account. I have never recieved a responce to my several requests for help from Yahoo, although I am paying extra for greater space. Its time to move to another mail provider.
User Rating: 6/10
Too many junk mails...by - September 19, 2002
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i have benn usin' yahoo for two years,it was petty good before, i liked it before,but now these days, i have been just gettin too many junk mail,it's like every day i get about 40 junk mail,i have to delete em' every day...
User Rating: 10/10
The BEST "Free" email out there... no come closeby - September 18, 2002
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It's a no brainer to use it. I do all my email on Yahoo!... Not even my ISP email is as good as Yahoo!
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Best mail program I've usedby - September 17, 2002
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I love Yahoo. It's so great that I'm continually surprised that I'm not paying for it. PLENTY of space. I have at least 60 messages in my inbox and about a 100 in my sent folder and I'm only using 8% of my allocated amount. It has a bulk mail folder that screens out spam mail. You don't even have to go into the folder to empty it.
User Rating: 7/10
Spam filter does not workby - September 16, 2002
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I get this nice little envelope in my taskbar that is supposed to mean I have email. What it really means is that I have SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
User Rating: 2/10
there ok butby - September 15, 2002
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there ok but they are makeing you pay for stuff now like. pop3, yahoo by phone personals and what next
User Rating: 10/10
its going down..by - September 15, 2002
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yahoo mail was a trusted family orientated email provider. now they have lost the trust of their users since its features needs to be paid for, and also yahoo mail have been showing ads.
User Rating: 8/10
Best if you use the browserby - September 13, 2002
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Yahoo is the best provided you use your browser to check mails. I loved Yahoo when it offered a free POP and SMTP service. But, ok, I understand, if Yahoo offers free POP and SMTP, it can't show you those ads as it can when you are using the browser. But it got a stunning interface recently to make up for that.
User Rating: 8/10
The very best once, today the best web-based.by - September 13, 2002
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The limitation of services, once up on a time, free like POP3 are melting down this email web-based
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Great improvements in usability and speedby - September 8, 2002
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So far it's much more stable than Lycos, and speed has improved too.
User Rating: 10/10
The Best free e-mailby - September 6, 2002
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Yahoo has caught on to the free e-mail wagon. For sure beating out the competition such as hotmail. My new free e-mail service for sure
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Simply Incredible !!!by - September 5, 2002
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How could you ask for anything more? FREE email, packaged w/ FREE contact management, FREE Calendar, and FREE Notepad. Blows away Hotmail !!!!
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Cannot get mail!by - September 5, 2002
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I need info about how to get to a job interview tomorrow and the %*!@ mail is unavailable!
User Rating: 7/10
yahoo is the worst of the evilsby - September 4, 2002
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I have used Yahoo since 1998. It does have the most features, but I now receive up to 50 spam a day. Their spam eliminator does not keep it out of your inbox, it just sits in another folder and takes up you 4MB Allowed space. If you have a problem, forget Yahoo customer service helping you out. They will just send you back an email that is a verbal run-around. At peak times of the day, the server slows down. This list is long on the negatives. I still use it but have not switched because the other "free" email providers are just as bad. Oh and I did not even get to mention the plethera of pop up ads!
User Rating: 10/10
Simple and lightby - September 4, 2002
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Been using it for more than 4 years. I think they 'upgraded' my account to 6MB for being and old-timer
I access popmail with it also.
User Rating: 10/10
Highly recommended to all Hotmail users sick of spamby - September 3, 2002
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Much better than meets the eye. I've been using Yahoo Mail for 2 years now. Don't know about you but I still get FREE access to yahoo mail from my email clients and FREE mail forwarding which makes it the no.1 choice by far. Alternatively take a look at Netscape mail which offers most of what Yahoo offers including free access through Netscape's mail client complete with 5MB storage and spam free mail.
User Rating: 10/10
Got better?by - August 31, 2002
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It is hard to offer a perfect yet free service for so many people, but is there any other free e-mail good as Yahoo! ? It's just as comparing Google with other search engines. Read some info on the company itself and the technology used along with the corporate turnover and you will understand why Yahoo! is the best. Well done to all fellow project planners, front-end and back-end programmers!
User Rating: 7/10
Spam Filter Needs Improvementby - August 31, 2002
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Spam filter works too well. It throws away almost anything, including personal emails and ones you opted in to receive. You have to write a filter for each source to make sure it gets routed to your inbox. Luckily I don't use Yahoo Mail for more than about 10 emailers. You can turn off the spam filter, but then you will get spam in your inbox. Also, it lacks options to delete mail from your Deleted Mail folder and spam folder at more frequent intervals to prevent your email account from exceeding the space limit. However, it is easily to occasionally manually delete those folders if you need to. (I don't get enough emails to ever exceed the space limit, so I haven't needed to yet, but I would like to have the Deleted Mail folder emptied every day. It's just a waste of space.)
User Rating: 2/10
Too much junk mailby - August 31, 2002
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I want mail that I can enjoy reading from my friends, not all the junk mail that I have been getting and it seems like that is the only kind of mail I get is junk.
User Rating: 10/10
except the name i like evrything better than hotmailby - August 31, 2002
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yahoo could improve by having better spam control. mails need to be opened now to block them. and u cant block the isp unlike hotmail. so it could be peter@spam.com and tomorrow henry@spam.com.
User Rating: 8/10
extremely versatileby - August 30, 2002
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A lot of services for free. One caveat: make sure you keep your profile hidden and don't allow the web beacons.
User Rating: 10/10
The Best Mail client around the netby - August 29, 2002
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YAHOO delivers one of the best service in electronic mail system.
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The Best free Emailby - August 29, 2002
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I have been with Yahoo! for a long time and i still have 6 migabbytes and best of all i can go over my quota by a Megabyte
User Rating: 9/10
great free e-mail programby - August 27, 2002
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I would have liked the ability to filter more into my TRASH, but moving said messages into my BULK MAIL folder is not bad either. Users should remember to check their account weekly to manually empty these folders
User Rating: 10/10
SIMPLY THE BEST . . Hands Downby - August 27, 2002
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Yahoo has changed my life. With integrated Mail, Calendar, Address Book, and Notepad, it just destroys the competition - not only the free mail and contact management services, but those that you have to pay 100/s of $$$ for. Thank you, Yahoo.
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definitely the bestby - August 27, 2002
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well hotmail sends all the spam in the world to my inbox (despite the spam filter claims) and yahoo doesn't (well 90%+ of the times it doesn't)
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Yahoo-PalmPilot syncingby - August 25, 2002
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I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but Yahoo Address Book, Calendar, Notepad and To-Do lists are all integrated with the PalmPilot with Yahoo's IntelliSync download. If you have lots of addresses in your Palm or Yahoo, you can completely sync up so that you have them both places. It's great. No charge (yet).
User Rating: 10/10
Excelent e-mail with a small attachment problemby - August 25, 2002
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Yahoo is very good. Especially with new JavaScript enhancements. Now it's pleasure to work with it even on a small screen (like my laptop's). However the old design bug/feature still remains unfixed. The attachment is limited by both size and number of files. Of course, multiple files can be zipped into one, but it's troublesome for beginning PC users. Another attachment feature, which would be good to have, is ability to attach files directly from Yahoo Briefcase. It would save a lot of uploading time for frequently sent files (such as resumes). Overall, Yahoo! e-mail complex is the best. Sincerely, Nick
User Rating: 10/10
Only thing really missingby - August 25, 2002
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is a security feature: have a date/time stamp of last successful login and unsuccessful logins (like on GMX and others)
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Best of Webby - August 22, 2002
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Yahoo! is superb, not only the Yahoo! mail but infact all the features of Yahoo! like its Geocities, Personel, Calender, Auctions and Locals section are COOOL. I don't have the credit card now, but in 2 or 3 years when I'll have my own credit card I'm gonna subscribe for my own Domain at Yahoo! with other services like mail etc. Keep it up ! Warm Regards
User Rating: 7/10
sooo much faster than hotmailby - August 22, 2002
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faster than hotmail charges for less things than hotmail doesnt keep you in a frame when you exit.
User Rating: 4/10
So slow...by - August 22, 2002
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Yahoo mail used to be the best around but now is so slow loading....and unstable. Don't recommend this if your in a hurry to check your mail.
User Rating: 7/10
Good but a little smaller nowby - August 22, 2002
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The interface is great and refreshing. Works well, but they use to offer 6Mb of space when I orginally sign up. Now all new accounts are 4MB. They haven't cut the limit of older account yet. But who know what the future holds.....
User Rating: 9/10
One of the best email providerby - August 22, 2002
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Well, I love the new look of Yahoo! mail but the best thing is...unlike Hotmail, you get none or very less junk mails...thats like a big plus point and whats more 4MB of free space! Ain't that cool
User Rating: 10/10
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLby - August 21, 2002
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YAHOO IS THE BEST MESSANGER IN THE WORLD. I LOVE TO USE THIS NEW MESSANGER. IS LIKE FOR NEW GENRATION , OTHERS LIKE WE ARE LIVING ON 15 CENTURY'S.
User Rating: 10/10
greaT EMAILby - August 20, 2002
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i think yahoo mail is the best ive ever used. they have a nice new look with the beta version and its fast and easy to use.
User Rating: 10/10
Great Look! Great Featuresby - August 19, 2002
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I was once used to be a hotmail fan..Hotmail cool looks always inspired me..Well anyway, until now we have to admit that microsoft has been pretty good with hotmail design. But now comparing hotmail slow and spam-ful life with new fresh and clean look of yahoo, i certainly think that yahoo deserve a five star YAHOO!!!!
User Rating: 10/10
hotmail=spamby - August 19, 2002
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ive used yahoo for 4yrs and i recently tried the so called #1 email service, hotmail. and i have to say its whack! hotmnail is half the limit and twice the spam, get yahoo instead. plus its sounds cooler, no? giddyup YAAAHOOOOOO!
User Rating: 9/10
Pretty Dernned Good (for what it is)by - August 18, 2002
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I am a student at a community college and live with friends and other relatives in without stability. What is a God send is Yahoo mail. No matter where I am, I have access to the same system. Web based is the best.
User Rating: 8/10
Its good if you can get inby - August 18, 2002
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I have no problems with it most times, abut occassionally at peak times it doesn't work well
User Rating: 10/10
Everything simple and easy.by - August 17, 2002
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I only get the useless extra features if I pay, and I'm not hassled by pop-ups and big ads asking me to start paying for those things I'd never use. It's a breath of fresh air.
User Rating: 9/10
Good One...by - August 17, 2002
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Been using it for the past 3 years. Great service... Adding usefull features consistently.... And it is still FREE!!!
User Rating: 10/10
yahoo is da best.by - August 16, 2002
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who ever can take place of yahoo..coz yahoo is da best...n we also wanna belive in da best
User Rating: 9/10
Have not had any problems.by - August 16, 2002
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What's to say?. It works, does everything you want for e-mail and does it easy. Nice block setup. Save in folders. Foward. Address book. All work great.
User Rating: 9/10
best free web-based online mail i've seenby - August 16, 2002
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Even if at first they give you 4 mbytes of mailbox space, this will grow to 6 mb of space after a year or so of constant usage, THREE times what hotmail gives you, and the spam protection facility is great, while hotmail's protection, even at the "high" level is almost nonexistent (i am flooded with spam at this level and the mailbox fills in 1...2 days), and the "exclusive" option being too restrictive (i don't receive any messages at this level, and i hate to fill an address book just IN CASE i receive email from certain addresses... and doing this for more than 5 addresses becomes annoying). Moreover yahoo's reporting links "this is spam"/"this is not spam" provide a great mechanism to assist them in doing this job. However, I quite miss the free pop3 access, but i can live without it...
User Rating: 2/10
The dethroned kingby - August 16, 2002
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yahoo mail was my favorite email application until i started using Fastmail.fm. FM beats Y! Mail without any problem, has more storage, more features and even a forum where you can communicate with fellow users and with the developers. Check it out at Fastmail.fm. I guarantee... you won't repent
User Rating: 1/10
I dont like yahoo because i had to fill passwords many times and one cant get inbox in one step.by - August 15, 2002
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I dont like yahoo because i had to fill passwords many times and one cant get inbox in one step.It is not fast as its rivals like rediff.com,lycos.com etc etc.
User Rating: 4/10
I can not open my mail account.by - August 15, 2002
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I have be trying to find a way contact Yahoo! about my mail and I have found no answers. I have been unable to open my mail account for 2 weeks now and have extremely important mailings that I need to open. I am very unhappy and am ready to open a hotmail account.
User Rating: 2/10
I`m very displeased!by - August 15, 2002
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I`m having the same problems as jstef. Problems with my inbox. Distorted pages which are very annoying and no hope of ever getting it rectified because yahoo customer service is the worst. They should have left well enough alone, the old mail format was perfectly acceptable to me.
User Rating: 7/10
Huge Delays in sending out bound emailsby - August 15, 2002
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Excellent email program, but there have been lots of technical problems lately that have been causing huge DELAYS to the users when accessing their mail account and sending out bound emails
User Rating: 7/10
Yahoo! Has Grown.by - August 14, 2002
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If you ever seen a screenshot of Yahoo.com from a long time ago you might just drop your mouth open. They has changed so much since they started and I personally have to say that its for the better.
User Rating: 10/10
Best mail softwareby - August 14, 2002
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i think yahoo mail is the best mailing software around.its more better than haotmail.
User Rating: 10/10
Far and away best online Emailby - August 14, 2002
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Easy to use, efficient, reliable, excellent spam-guard, accessible via wap... i could go on and on....
User Rating: 10/10
Best web-based emailby - August 14, 2002
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It's free, easy to use, and in the past couple of years that I've used it hasn't been down for more than a few minutes once.
User Rating: 8/10
very well doneby - August 14, 2002
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yahoo's done a great job keeping it simple and usable. I'd like it to have more storage space though of course and be able to check email w/ a pop3 client w/o the extra fee. oh well,
User Rating: 9/10
Best Online Email Hands Down!!!by - August 14, 2002
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For some reason, The more active of my two Yahoo mail accounts allows 6mb free storage?!?!?! Maybe because I was a beta tester? Ok, no complaints about the 2mb bonus. The only thing I would change is the ability to have folder filtering (rules) but what online service offers that anyway? The look is clean, the spam filter is excellent and my hotmail account sits dormant now collecting tons of spam! Yahoo for Yahoomail! So far, so good. One more thing; a mail alert program would be great. I dont want to use Yahoo Messenger just for that. Sorry, got my buddies on AIM. Thanks Yahoo.
User Rating: 10/10
Yahoo continues to lead the wayby - August 14, 2002
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They seem to have cleared up much of my spam problem. The new look is clean and easy to access features I use regularly. Just wish they would AUTOMATICALY DELETE emails with virus attachments. Also suggest they be able to BLOCK email with IP addresses from foreign countries. I now use my hotmail account for "required" spam purposes; i.e. websites requiring email addresses for access and info. Might as well use Hotmail for recieving spam because their internal spam blocking filters DO NOT WORK! I wonder if Microsoft isn't responsible for most of those spams to hotmail???
User Rating: 9/10
always availble and not full of security holesby - August 14, 2002
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I have been a user of hotmail and yahoo for a long time. recently i was thinking of switching to hotmail when yahoo released their revamped interface.... now... its not even close... oh and 10% of the spam that you get with hotmail.
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Yahoo!by - August 13, 2002
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I've been using Yahoo mail for years and it gets better and better--they up-ed the amount of free storage, they added support for file types I can't ordinarily open, and they even scan attachments for me before I download them onto my machine. Why would I want a fat-client mail program?
User Rating: 10/10
Great integration with Address and Calendar functionality with hardly any spamby - August 13, 2002
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Yahoo has done a comprehensive job of providing a full featured email service. At Yahoo, spam is minimal. This is compared to Hotmail where even before I have sent my first email, I had 15 spam email!!
User Rating: 7/10
easy and reliableby - August 13, 2002
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however, spam in it is becoming terrible - I am beginning to think Yahoo is selling us to spammers, like they sell ads.
User Rating: 5/10
Yahoo blows(hard)by - August 13, 2002
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E-mail is better than their groups, banners and adverts load fast the rest (if they decide to load) is so slooooooow !!
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The best I used so far.by - August 13, 2002
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I have tried almost all the e-mail programs that exist today and none comes close to yahoo with respect to its ease of use, security and stability. I am all for it.
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It's the best there is!by - August 13, 2002
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I have used Yahoo Mail for more than 5 yars. It's the best there is! It has excellent features and you do not pay a dime. For a small yearly fee you can use your own domain label mail. Visit our Y! Store At: http://BargainsHot.Com/ or, hhttp://MyBargainsHot.Com/ or my personal site http://Bagchi.Org/
User Rating: 10/10
At least CNET likes something yahoo doesby - August 12, 2002
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They seem to have a negative attitude towards this site that provides everything. Their services tend to be the best
User Rating: 10/10
This is fast becoming my favorite email service!!by - August 12, 2002
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I love how easy yahoo mail is to use. It also looks so user friendly and big and clean! The redesigned look is what I really like about it. The spam is really kept to a minimum, compared to hotmail. Great stuff!!
User Rating: 10/10
the best mail service in the world..by - August 12, 2002
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Yahoo! is the best mail service i ever used,i only use yahoo mail service.i also tried other mail services but didn't like those,Yahoo! will be my mail service forever........
User Rating: 9/10
I have them all....Yahoo's the bestby - August 12, 2002
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I've been using Yahoo for years, and of all the mail servers, it is the best.
User Rating: 6/10
The Simple Wayby - August 12, 2002
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Free goes a long way. I am willimg to see some advertising for the use of yahoo mail.
User Rating: 7/10
Better than hotmail... butby - August 12, 2002
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Too many ads. Used to get 6mb and pop3 access, but not anymore. myrealbox is far superior. No ads, 10mb, pop3 access and free as the wind!
User Rating: 9/10
All around great.by - August 12, 2002
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I've used yahoo for years, and while i've watched my friends slowly become engulfed in porn and other unsolicited e-mail, i've remained, mostly, spam free. Yahoo's new clean look is great, and i've never seen the site down. My one qualm is that the new version sends everything in HTML, and one is not able to send in text only. Its tolerable though, and its still a great service to the net.
User Rating: 10/10
Hotmail users...notice the difference!by - August 12, 2002
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I at one point used Hotmail and still have many friends that use it. When you sift through all the features, bells and whistles (which are cool) Yahoo! wins out based on the fact that every time I check my Email it's not filled with 120 spam messages. Now THAT'S web-based Email that works.
User Rating: 1/10
Yahoo Free email is joke!by - August 11, 2002
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I have been a long time user of yahoo email, but now that they charge for everything, and the free version is full of ads and yahoo even admits they soam their own users and their so called useless spam guard is joke. i was so fed up with the new yahoo mail. i discover another REAL free email Service call fastmail.fm you get 10 MB quota ? 40 MB bw/month ? IMAP And Get this there absolutly NO ADS with this service!
User Rating: 9/10
Yahoo Mail delivers...mailby - August 11, 2002
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No other service is more reliable during all hours of the day. This service is secure, yet it will not hassle you if you forget your password. Sign up now for an experience of a lifetime!
User Rating: 10/10
What've you got to lose?by - August 11, 2002
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I think Yahoo is a good mail server. I don't seem to get much spam. If I do it usually goes to the bulk mail folder. I've never used any otherfree internet mail service. But I'm pretty happy with Yahoo. The one change I don't like is the downsizing of free email storage space. Was at 6mb now it's down to 4mb. Even 4mb is pretty good for just sending and recieving emails. But my Yahoo account did get maxed a couple times with large picture files I had emailed myself. But Yahoo did give me extra space (went up to 4.5mb) to store the files. I'd say give it a shot. If you don't like Yahoo it's real easy to delete an account through the "Help" guide.
User Rating: 9/10
Wonderful and Amazingby - August 11, 2002
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Yahoo continues to exceed expectations, the new interface is even Faster than the original Yahoo Mail and is much needed replacement for the old GUI. Keyboard shortcuts are a nice touch probably unnecessary but a nice toy.
User Rating: 8/10
The best but still missing a lotby - August 10, 2002
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Well, it's the best I could find on the market, but still not the great one: -- SpamGuard filters approximately less than 20% of spam that comes to me. First I tried to report "this is spam", but it takes too much time: you must read the message before reporting it, though I tell that's spam just by sender and subject. -- You cannot export your whole folder into a file; -- No support for non-US customers, even those who paid. In my case, it's Russian code page support. All mail goes with "us-ascii" charset, and it makes crasy my fellows' Outlooks. The rest is fine, and nothing better is available by now.
User Rating: 10/10
Best e-mail out there!by - August 10, 2002
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Not only is Yahoo the best e-mail out there, if you've stuck with them, you would have a 6MB mailbox with all the features!
User Rating: 7/10
How can you complain?!?!by - August 10, 2002
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I have used Yahoo for several years now, along the way trying all the others like hotmail. This one has always been the most reliable and I am happy to say they are becoming more proactive with spam protection.
User Rating: 10/10
Very Realiable!by - August 10, 2002
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The site is never down and always at top speeds. I can always rely on my mail at Yahoo!
User Rating: 10/10
I use it as my main accountby - August 9, 2002
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It's fast, clean, and it blocks almost all spam automatically, what else can I ask for? It's free which makes it even better! A great service!
User Rating: 9/10
Free = Greatby - August 9, 2002
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Yahoo is reliable and most importantly free. They give you lot's of space and it is easy to navigate.
User Rating: 6/10
GATEWAY OUTby - August 9, 2002
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Yahoo freezes and stops me from login. Times out with gateway notice. This is frustrating
User Rating: 9/10
nice and simpleby - August 9, 2002
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I like the nice and simple interface of yahoo mail. Especially with the new look, it's really cool. In addition it's fast and better in protecting spam (for sure alot better than hotmail, also you'd feel how fast yahoo mail is after using f***ing hotmail). The best web mail service I could find so far.
User Rating: 10/10
Great service for freeby - August 9, 2002
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I have registred to many web mail provider, and mots of them where experienceing delays in queeing mails and problems knowing if the sent mail was recieved or not. Also I have registred to Hotmail, but again it was so f***ing slow and you have to wait ages before you get the chance to see one message even with a broadband connection (my guess is they are using win 2000 as a server
), plus the fact that you will recieve hundereds if not thousands of spam every month and you will spent most of your time deleting them!!!. With Yahoo Mail I know what really an email service is and very happy with it services, stability, speed, and spam guard. I also advise my best friends to use it because I know they will never regret it
User Rating: 7/10
Better but not the bestby - August 9, 2002
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Yahoo is much better than Hotmail. But it do not support free POP3, so you have to pay for it.
User Rating: 7/10
Reliable, Basic, Unsecureby - August 9, 2002
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I have been a long time user of Yahoo Mail, I think I have had an account with them since 97. So I have seen the online client change over time. As an overall email program, it is something I would reccommend to my friends. I like the ability to check my mail from other POP servers. The 6 mb for those that have it when it was offered is incredible space for simple emails back and forth. Only problem I see is the security of the information you send out in an email. Yahoo sells information. You provide it, just be careful on what you provide and what you send. Its all I can say from my experience with Yahoo Mail.
User Rating: 10/10
The one and only best!by - August 9, 2002
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The one and only one service which provides everything that a user needs . In one word it is all-in-one.
User Rating: 10/10
I hv checked many email providers but still its the best which I found.by - August 9, 2002
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I hv checked many email providers but still its the best which I found. but the main problem is there high rates for pop and its hard for student to afford ...there should be discount for them.
User Rating: 7/10
Excellent web-based emailby - August 9, 2002
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I've been using Yahoo Mail as my primary email access since 1999. There's lots of ads, there are a few limitations, once in a while I've run into glitches, but overall I've been a very satisfied customer. My only real complaint is that on the very few occasions where I've attempted to use tech support, such as to report a problem, the response has been virutally nonexistent: I get an automated response that seems irrelevent to the message that I have submitted. But hey, it doesn't cost me anything to use, and the pros outwiegh the cons.
User Rating: 2/10
tremendous difficulties with new yahoo versionby - August 9, 2002
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while there are many features of yahoo that i find superior to other web-based email (such as better & more accurate spam protection, and the feature that specifies an action taken on an email, such as forwarding or replying) these are features that existed prior to the "upgrade," and this "upgrade has resulted in problems viewing my inbox & have also brought to light yahoo's inferior customer service. my inbox page will load correctly, but then the screen is bizarrely distorted - with the bottom half of the screen appearing at the top, the ad being superimposed over this, and a row of messed up pixels across the middle. the only way to contact yahoo about this is to scroll through any number of FAQ solutions (none of which apply), then receive an automated response, which is equally unhelpful. after replying to these automated responses a number of times, each time, reexplaining the situation, i was unable to get anything from yahoo cust. svc. other than a message saying they had "checked my account," they had no problems with their servers & as far as they could tell, my acount was fine. i wrote back to tell them that, no, it wasn't & received the same response. i have now opened an account at hotmail & although i do receive unsolicited spam, when i contacted their customer service about it, received a very friendly, personalized response that at least let me know that a human being had read my message.
User Rating: 5/10
Same service, but now looks horrible.by - August 9, 2002
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The redesign of the site makes Yahoo Mail look like something Fisher-Price would make. It wasn't broken, but they fixed it anyway.....
User Rating: 9/10
Excellent reliabilityby - August 8, 2002
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I use Yahoo Mail since 1999 and I have no complains. I tried various paid email providers, but they had downtimes and I lost some messages because of that. With Yahoo I had none of these problems.
User Rating: 10/10
The best in the businessby - August 8, 2002
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i've been using this ever since hotmail kicked me out....it's a million times better and faster than hotmail
User Rating: 10/10
The re-design of Yahho! Mail makes it the best free web-based email on the web!by - August 8, 2002
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The re-design of Yahho! Mail makes it the best free web-based email on the web! Ease of use and is very fast. Hotmail is lacking speed to their service and all the years I have been with Yahoo! Mail only a few times it has been slow. 9/10 Yahoo! Mail is only slow because of a server problem which is normally fixed in a 24 hour period. I'd recommend their service to anyone over any other free email service. As to a charge to view your email via Outlook etc is a bit harsh. I'm not sure how they operate this and if an ad still remains at the bottom of outgoing mail. If no ad than the charge is fine, if the ad remains than why charge really? Still #1 Web Mail today, and with the re-design they are defently well ahead of the rest. I bow to Yahoo!, a great job! I hope to see more updates in the not to near future.
User Rating: 6/10
Well why we must pay ?!by - August 8, 2002
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We can get a thousands of e-mail from any other company, why we must pay this cost of money to have more storage or pop3 !!
User Rating: 9/10
Best integrated life-manager there isby - August 8, 2002
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Yahoo! provides the best, cleanest services there are on the internet. The new integration of Mail, Addressbook, Calendar and Notepad are fabulous, and the ease of syncing with my palm pilot are great. A+
User Rating: 7/10
No otherby - August 8, 2002
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I won't use any other web mail program for my main account. However, I am displeased with why all of my personal folders have disappeared and have not heard from Yahoo on what has happened.
User Rating: 9/10
You get more than you pay forby - August 7, 2002
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Been around for a long time with timely updates. Has online help for free. Good storage capacity. Love the virus checking ability. Features are among the best for free ware.
User Rating: 9/10
One of the very best!by - August 6, 2002
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Love Yahoo mail. Has Spam Turn on that puts spam in separate folder. Works just great for me. If you want a certain email to be added to regular mail they add it there instead of spam folder. Am a very happy camper after 5 yrs. of aol mailbox. The spam folder is usually for the listbots or massive mailing lists that they have identified as being spam.
